💡 Chronic pain is often misunderstood. This #PainAwarenessMonth we’re busting 4 common myths — and sharing the truths. #ChronicPain #PainEducation #PainAwarenessMonth

So nobody died from cancer before biopsies & cancer treatments. They just went about their lives with an extra natural mass in their body. Who knew? Does make you wonder why all those biopsies & cancer treatments were developed in the first place though…

Ironic ⁦@guardian⁩ quotes Andrew Kolodny, massive vested interest in opioid litigation & responsible for destroying pain management in US by focusing CDC on prescriptions instead of illicits- pocketed $Ms while illicit opioid poisonings skyrocketed.

Elephant in the room: most ppl in UK don’t have so much “spare cash” they can afford to lose its value (risk with any investment). Cash ISAs also more liquid. Women tend to prioritise certainty of keeping roof over children’s heads vs long term gambling.

In defence of previous generations (measles vaccines rolled out in UK late 60s) children sick with measles were isolated. Parents didn’t wish potentially maiming/fatal infection on children. They had a more informed view of risks. Any child dying a preventable death is a tragedy.

⚠️ Warning: rant alert ⚠️ 1/10 @nabp claims “we’re all one patient population”yet their PhARM-OUD Guidance ( https://t.co/YNn5MwHlvp) carves bupe out of every barrier that still traps legacy pain patients. Let’s go👇

“Medicine doesn’t treat the root cause, they just treat symptoms.” —Every wellness grifter Marty Makary, RFK Jr & MAHA allies claim they’re going to “fix” American health by focusing on “root cause medicine.” Reality? They’re using the FDA to spread wellness propaganda. 1/

You are joking, right? Standing joke that people could play “the last Labour government” bingo with Conservative politicians/pundits from 2010 right up until election result was announced last year. I think we can let Labour off that one for now.

Equations for Calculating MME’s In this critically-important study on the topic of MME (Morphine Milligram Equivalents) we learn that “there is proof that daily MME is not a standardized clinical metric.” This study asks this critical question: “WHY has this not been detected

This topic, again. When will we stop doing this to people? Served with a hefty dose of misdirection. Suicide risk after abrupt discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy: an observational cohort study. This study showed that there are massive risks if harm when tapering

@aander1987 This has been done, not to further medical understanding but simply so the conclusion sentence can be quoted and cited by anti opioid researchers in the future, thus cementing the idea of opioid ===harm into the general medical consciousness.

The amazing team from UK - National amyloidosis centre @RoyalFreeNHS presenting annual clinical audit - over 1300 new amyloidosis patients seen last year with patient satisfaction over 97% highly positive - a beacon for rare diseases. A huge thanks to the whole team for an

In 1945, six women pulled off a computing miracle. They programmed the world’s first computer—with no manuals, no training. Then, a SINGLE assumption erased them from tech history for decades. The story of how ONE photo nearly deleted computing’s female founders: 🧵

Here we go again. Hot on heels of idea that pain patients have OUD even if they take pain relief as prescribed, now apparently ADHD patients have PSUD even if taking stimulants as prescribed. Note same dx even when misuse = taking stimulants *not rxd*. https://t.co/zqUtB1HBaH

You’ve got to be a special kind of tragic to be jealous of disabled people for having things that enable them to try and live the best life they can. Trust me, we’d gladly swap our disabilities etc… for a body that functions….

In this world of magic money trees, conducting the umpteenth expensive study to prove what we ALREADY know is a MUCH better use of resources than, you know, funding research into stuff we DON’T KNOW YET, like new treatments for dementia, cancer, autoimmune diseases ETC. Right?

If someone posted “I’m 56 years old and… I don’t wear glasses/don’t use a hearing aid/still have my hair… What about you?” do you think thousands would respond? Or maybe think “So what? Lucky you!” and scroll on by?

Another “secondary benefit” people with disabilities &long term medical conditions enjoy… In same way life is paradoxically more expensive for the poor, life is made harder than needs to be for disabled. My disability admin at 27 feels like full-time job

Not disruptors with deep pockets - greedy men gifted unimaginable resources (to most people) by a skewed economic system, who use their money to garner as much power for themselves as possible. The challenge of disruptors with deep pockets

When NICE dev chronic pain gls I commented that having the team headed by a psychiatrist & a famously anti-pain med dr was like putting a blatant anti-vaxxer in charge of childhood immunisation programme. NICE gls turned out as expected & now the US is about to test my theory 🙄