Finding Freedom from Suffering in Chronic Pain Management
Stop Living in the Problem
Chronic pain management can be an extremely complex and frustrating experience for both the patient as well as their healthcare provider. Managing a pain condition is often very challenging, and it becomes even more so when a coexisting problem is also present. In fact, one of the most difficult problems is not identifying coexisting prescription drug abuse or addiction problem. There is a significant risk of prescription abuse/addiction problems because as many as 90 percent of people undergoing chronic pain management are prescribed opiates—about 10 percent of people on chronic opiate maintenance will develop a substance use disorder abuse or dependence.
Some People are Blinded by Denial
What often happens for a patient undergoing chronic pain management through their primary care provider, or even at a pain clinic, is medication management becomes a problem. Sometimes nobody sees this problem until it has become quite serious. One reason for this is the person goes into denial about their pain medication because after all “I have a real injury and my doctor is prescribing me the medication.” Now in many cases this is true. Unfortunately, many people develop prescription drug abuse or even addiction and no one saw it coming.
Working Towards Freedom from Suffering
The important thing to remember is that people undergoing chronic pain management who also experience coexisting addictive disorders need to be able to recognize and admit they have a problem before they can work on finding a solution. Typically they need help—a support network for instance—to work through any denial or depression issues in order to develop an effective recovery and pain management program. In acute cases, and due to the nature of coexisting disorders, they also need a multidisciplinary team to effectively assess, diagnose and provide treatment. In any case, a major task for the individual or a treatment team is education regarding the diagnosis and how to effectively participate in a treatment plan.
Finding Freedom with the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System
The Addiction Free Pain Management® (APM) System provides such a way to deal with the problem of chronic pain and co-existing addictive disorders and succeed in providing people with effective chronic pain management so they can lead a higher quality of life. The APM™ system is a treatment approach that is based in part on the GORSKI-CENAPS® Biopsychosocial Developmental Model of Recovery. It also integrates the most advanced pain management methods, developed at the nation’s leading pain management programs with the most effective treatment methods for addiction developed at the nation’s leading addiction treatment programs.
The result is a unique integration of treatment methods that combine proper medication management and cognitive behavioral interventions along with nonpharmacological (non-medication based) modalities. The APM™ approach leads to patients obtaining pain relief, while lowering or eliminating their risk of addiction or relapse as well as reducing or eliminating problems from other mismanaged coexisting disorders.
To learn about the importance of dealing with roadblocks to effective chronic pain management please check out my article Overcoming Obstacles for Effective Chronic Pain Management that you can download for free on our Article page.
You can learn more about the Addiction-Free Pain Management® System at our website www.addiction-free.com. If you or a loved one is undergoing chronic pain management, especially if you’re in recovery or believe you may have a medication or other mental health problem and you want to learn more effective chronic pain management tools, please go to our Publications page and check out my books; especially the Addiction-Free Pain Management® Recovery Guide: Managing Pain and Medication in Recovery. To purchase this book please Click Here.
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