Every doctor treating patients with chronic pain should read this

Posted by kdks99 @kdks99, Jan 20 6:34am

This article is an excellent description of what it's like to live with chronic pain and current research and potential treatments. I would welcome thoughts and comments.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/12/magazine/chronic-pain.html

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hkjp | @hkjp | Jan 20 9:08am

I just read the article - offers some help down the road.

rashida | @rashida | Jan 20 11:04am

Can’t open the link without subscribing. Told me to subscribe for free, then it wouldn’t open anyway unless I subscribed for a fee!

mickyg | @mickyg | Jan 20 11:53am

Great article. Thanks for sharing

meryw | @meryw | Jan 20 8:48pm

You can’t read it without subscribing to the Times. Can you try a different link?

rashida | @rashida | Jan 21 7:00am

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@kdks99 and @meryw - same here!

rashida | @rashida | Jan 21 7:09am

@meryw I just came across this link from another thread I. mayo Connect on Pain management, and it opened for me - it’s the same article from NY Times that @kdks99 has posted above but shared by someone else from another publication …?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-pain-medication-suzetrigine-prevents-pain-signals-from-reaching-brain/

kdks99 | @kdks99 | Jan 21 8:28am

great! And as a follow up....this looks promising so worth staying on top of this...hope this link opens. Let me know. https://www.medcentral.com/pain/suzetrigine-pending-approval-signals-a-shift-in-non-opioid-pain-management

rashida | @rashida | Jan 22 8:08am

In reply to @kdks99 "great! And as a follow up....this looks promising so worth staying on top of this...hope this..." + (show)

I sent the article to my doctor and she said it will take several years before it is approved in Canada.

kdks99 | @kdks99 | Jan 22 9:10am

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I think it will be approved in the states by 1/30/25. A family member who does research for the NIH reviewed the data and said it looks promising. I know there are always unanticipated risks associated with any new drug, but these are risks I will take in this instance. I will report back here or message you once it becomes available and I try it. If it works, it may well be worth a trip.

kdks99 | @kdks99 | Jan 22 9:18am

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I just checked about when after posting the previous comment. FYI.... "If suzetrigine is approved by the FDA on January 30, 2025, it could potentially become available in the US shortly after that date; however, the exact availability date will depend on the pharmaceutical company's distribution and pharmacy stocking processes, which could take a few weeks following approval."