And finally, in the February, 2008 issue of PAIN, the publication of the International Association For The Study of Pain, an article states that physicians should always consider opioid-induced pain sensitivity before increasing patients’ dosage, because "increasing opioid dose may not always be the answer to ineffective opioid therapy, and under certain circumstances a smaller amount of opioid may lead to more effective pain reduction." Smaller amounts also may prevent addiction and the need for drug detox.

It seems clear that Big Pharma’s interests in keeping people on opioids has finally found some important scientifically-supported professional opposition. We can only hope against hopes that the research reaches the right officials at the FDA. If it is broadly explained to the public that their painkillers are probably increasing their pain, and that alternatives to opioids exist, we might see fewer people needing a drug detox program to get their lives back.

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