Twitter CommonHealth: The Complexity Of Painkillers
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After major surgery or perhaps a serious accident, the focus of any patient is healing. Frequently, that includes managing pain. And getting the support to manage that pain can be a big challenge. That’s what WBUR.org Producer and Editor Keosha Johnson and journalist Judy Foreman wrote about recently, and it’s the subject of today’s Commonhealth segment.
Guests:
- Keosha Johnson, WBUR,org producer and editor
- Judy Foreman, Boston-based health reporter and nationally syndicated columnist. Foreman is working on a book about chronic pain called “A Nation in Pain: Healing Our Biggest Health Problem”
More:
- CommonHealth: Taking It To Feel Normal: My Oxycodone Experience
- Commonhealth: Filling in the Gaps on Pain Prescriptions
Other stories from this show:
Hosts Meghna Chakrabarti and Anthony Brooks introduce us to newsmakers, big thinkers and artists and bring us stories of relevance to Bostonians here and around the region. Live every weekday at 3.
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