There’s a chronic pain crisis in Canada, and governments must address it GlobeDebate
Margo Kelly is a journalist based in Toronto.
“It’s not a sexy topic,“ Dr. Choinière says. “People don’t usually die from chronic pain, although the risk of suicide is higher” – at least twice as high for people with chronic pain than the general population. Yet the amount spent on pain treatments, research and education is a small fraction of what is allocated to other diseases.
“Now I’m bedridden and in a massive amount of pain because these guys know nothing about pain. They treat you like a drug seeker, a criminal, a liar. I’m a person with a horrible, horrible condition.” There are often no easy answers in the unforgiving world of chronic pain. Treating it is complex and difficult. Trying to decide who should be allowed narcotic relief from pain and who shouldn’t is a political minefield. Thirty years ago, doctors were shamed for not prescribing opioids for pain, then, as opioid overdoses and deaths mushroomed, shamed for prescribing them.
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