An analgesic drug,also called simply an analgesic,antalgic,pain reliever,or painkiller,is any member of the group of drugs used for pain management. Analgesics are conceptually distinct from anesthetics,which temporarily reduce,and in some instances eliminate,sensation,although analgesia and anesthesia are neurophysiologically overlapping and thus various drugs have both analgesic and anesthetic effects.
Buprenorphine,sold under the brand name Subutex among others,is an opioid used to treat opioid use disorder,acute pain,and chronic pain. It can be used under the tongue (sublingual),in the cheek (buccal),by injection,as a skin patch (transdermal),or as an implant. For opioid use disorder,the patient must have moderate opioid withdrawal symptoms before buprenorphine can be administered under direct observation of a health-care provider.
The Canadian Medical Association is a national,voluntary association of physicians and medical learners that advocates on national health matters. Its primary mandate is to drive positive change in health care by advocating on key health issues facing doctors and their patients.
Sally L. Satel is an American psychiatrist based in Washington,D.C. She is a lecturer at Yale University School of Medicine,a visiting professor of psychiatry at Columbia University,a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute,and an author.
Tapentadol,sold under the brand name Nucynta among others,is an opioid analgesic of the benzenoid class with a dual mode of action as an agonist of the μ-opioid receptor and as a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (NRI). Analgesia occurs within 32 minutes of oral administration,and lasts for 4–6 hours.
Jennifer Lee Garfein Ashton is an American physician,author and television correspondent. She is chief health and medical editor and chief medical correspondent for ABC News and Good Morning America,chief women's health correspondent for The Dr. Oz Show,and a columnist for Cosmopolitan Magazine. Ashton was also a regular contributor to the ABC daytime program GMA3:What You Need to Know until 2024. She is also a frequent guest speaker and moderator for events raising awareness of women's health issues.
Devi Elizabeth Nampiaparampil is an American physician and researcher who specializes in preventing and treating chronic pain. She performs X-ray-guided invasive spinal procedures for pain,teaches medical students and trainees,comments on medical issues for various platforms,and appears on news and talk shows. She has appeared on the daytime soap opera General Hospital. Dr. Nampiaparampil also ran as for New York City Public Advocate in the November 2021 general election.
Brett P. Giroir is an American pediatrician. He was formerly the U.S. assistant secretary for health,a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and an acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner.
Peter Sean Staats is an American physician,specializing in interventional pain medicine. He is the founder of the Division of Pain Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine,and was the Division's chief for nearly a decade. He is a past president of the North American Neuromodulation Society,the New Jersey Society of Interventional Pain Medicine,the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians ( ASIPP) the World Institute of Pain ( WIP),The Southern Pain Society.
M. R. Rajagopal is an Indian palliative care physician (anesthesiologist) and professor referred to as the 'father of palliative care in India' in honour of his significant contribution to the palliative care scene in India.
Rajendra Bothra is an American surgeon,humanitarian and politician of Indian origin. He is a former Chief of Surgery at the Holy Cross Hospital,Detroit and practices interventional pain management at the Pain Centre USA,Warren. He is a Fellow of the American Board of Interventional Pain Physicians (ABIPP) and is associated with Indian health organizations in conducting lectures to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. He is politically aligned with the Republican Party and was appointed by George H. W. Bush as the co-chairman of the Asian-American Coalition for the 1988 United States presidential election. He was awarded the fourth highest civilian award of the Padma Shri,by the Government of India,in 1999.
There is an ongoing opioid epidemic in the United States,originating out of both medical prescriptions and illegal sources. It has been called "one of the most devastating public health catastrophes of our time". The opioid epidemic unfolded in three waves. The first wave of the epidemic in the United States began in the late 1990s,according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),when opioids were increasingly prescribed for pain management,resulting in a rise in overall opioid use throughout subsequent years. The second wave was from an expansion in the heroin market to supply already addicted people. The third wave starting in 2013 was marked by a steep 1,040% increase in the synthetic opioid-involved death rate as synthetic opioids flooded the US market.
Elinore F. McCance-Katz is an American physician,academic,and government official who served as Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Mental Health and Substance Use from 2017 to 2021. Prior to assuming her current role,she was the chief medical officer for the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral Healthcare,Developmental Disabilities,and Hospitals and a professor at the Alpert Medical School at Brown University. Her nomination was supported by the American Psychiatric Association,which released a statement saying "Dr. McCance-Katz has a wealth of experience in academic and public sector settings in addressing mental health and substance use disorders."
Céline R. Gounder is an American physician and medical journalist who specializes in infectious diseases and global health. She was a member of the COVID-19 Advisory Board transition team of then-incoming U.S. president Joe Biden. In 2022,she joined the Kaiser Family Foundation as senior fellow and editor-at-large for public health at Kaiser Health News.
The opioid epidemic,also referred to as the opioid crisis,is the rapid increase in the overuse,misuse/abuse,and overdose deaths attributed either in part or in whole to the class of drugs called opiates/opioids since the 1990s. It includes the significant medical,social,psychological,demographic and economic consequences of the medical,non-medical,and recreational abuse of these medications.
Manish Kumar Sethi is an American physician and former political candidate. He is the president and founder of the non-profit Healthy Tennessee and an orthopedic trauma surgeon at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Sethi serves as the Director of the Vanderbilt Orthopedic Institute Center for Health Policy and is the lead author of the books An Introduction to Health Policy and Orthopedic Traumatology:An Evidence Based Approach.
Rebecca D. Jackson was a medical researcher,medical practitioner and professor of endocrinology,diabetes and metabolism. Her research was significant in the understanding and treatment of osteoporosis. She also researches the opioid crisis in Ohio.
Rachel Leland Levine is an American pediatrician who has served as the United States Assistant Secretary for Health since March 26,2021. She is also an admiral in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps.
Chinazo D. Opia Cunningham is a physician,researcher,and Professor of Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York City. She is also the Director of Diversity Affairs for the Department of Medicine. She worked on the frontlines during the HIV/AIDS crisis in San Francisco and in 2020 began working on the frontlines of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in New York City. She also specializes in treating patients with addiction,overseeing a network using buprenorphine to treat people with opioid addiction.
Mandy Krauthamer Cohen is an American internist,public health official,and healthcare executive serving as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since July 10,2023. She was previously the executive vice president at Aledade and chief executive officer of Aledade Care Solution,a healthcare company.
