What are career options for an anesthesiologist besides working in an OR and pain management?

Besides OR and pain management, there are anesthesiologists who work in critical care (adult or pediatric), administrative roles (manage a surgicenter, run an anesthesia department) and research. ...

Thanks to all the Junkies abusing narcotics ,those of us with REAL Chronic pain cant get the help we need. There have been studies that show how pain drugs work at the point where pain meets the br...

Did your mom or dad come in with you during the treatment? If so they should have asked the doctor to help you with your pain and fear. In fact, any dentist that refuses to take the pain and emot...

I took methadone for pain in my hand (I had a flesh eating bacteria in my hand and lost one finger.) They had been giving me large doses of pain meds in the hospital, and I slowly built up a toler...

Yes, i am a patient at the UCLA pain management center. First, change doctors if he thinks you should go from darvocet to surgery. Darvocet is a rediculously weak hydrocodone. Surgery should be a l...

Yes, sometimes it can be such as if someone is going for help with back pain. It can be easier to find the areas of pain by having the gown on than thru regular clothes. But each Pain Managemen...

I have done it 4 times. My advice is stay focused and see your baby as the finish line or your goal. It is painful but to me manageable. Put it in your mind that the pain is temporary and well w...

It is not uncommon for chronic pain patients to be seen monthly for their prescription refills. This is neccessary as they are usually Schedule II narcotics and cannot be written for a longer than...