Mission: Cure's most recent webinar is now online: Pancreatitis Pain: The Latest Medical & Policy Perspectives on Opioids Watch It Now! On this webinar, Kate Nicholson, J.D., a civil rights attorney, pain patient advocate, and expert on the so-called opioid or overdose crisis, and Dr. Eva Szigethy, a leading UPMC psychiatrist focused on the management of chronic pain and psychotropic medication management in patients, discuss: Barriers to care for patients who use opioids The opioids policy environment and how patients can use recent policy changes to self-advocate Pain treatment options, including opioids Dealing with anxiety and depression Dr. Eva Szigethy is a professor of psychiatry, medicine and pediatrics at…
September 6, 2019
Pancreatitis and Chronic Pain: How Can I Manage?
On this Mission: Cure webinar, Dr. Tonya Palermo discusses pain self-management techniques If you or a family member have chronic pain from pancreatitis, Mission: Cure’s webinar with Dr. Tonya Palermo will be helpful as it explores the impact of chronic pain on children, adults and families dealing with pancreatitis. “Chronic Pain and Pancreatitis” was selected as the topic for this webinar in Mission: Cure’s ongoing Patient Education Webinar series based on input from patients and families who identified pain as their number one pancreatitis-related issue. Our speaker : Dr. Tonya Palermo University of Washington, Psychologist, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain…
October 28, 2019
Pancreatitis Pain: A Medical Approach with a Patient Focus
Pancreatitis Pain: A Medical Approach with a Patient Focus If you or a loved one suffer from chronic pain from pancreatitis, you won't want to miss the second in Mission: Cure’s series on managing chronic pancreatitis pain. The first webinar in this series discussed a psychological approach called pain self-management. In this webinar, Dr. Steven Freedman discussed a range of medications and medical procedures that have been successful in reducing or managing pain, including: · Analgesics · Medical Marijuana · Uncoated pancreatic enzymes · Neuropathic pain treatments · Hormones for women · Trans-cranial Magnetic Stimulation Dr. Freedman shared his patient-centered, problem-solving approach to finding solutions that…