https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=028yi9ZV5L0 The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) establishes five characteristics of addiction. It is important to understand how Las Vegas Recovery Center will address each of these characteristics. Addiction is characterized by: Inability to consistently abstain. Las Vegas Recovery Center believes in and requires abstinence from all reward-inducing drugs. The program includes medically managed…
DetailsWhy does pain exist? What function does it serve? Pain exists to protect us from injury and if injured, it protects us from further damage. [video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”JxhvsX49dlQ” width=”640″ height=”480″ auto_thumb=”1″] What is the difference between acute and chronic pain? The only thing acute and chronic pain have in common is the word “pain”. Acute pain…
DetailsChronic pain refers to pain that continues after an acute injury heals or after a period of time that should enable healing. In the case of chronic pain, the discomfort persists for six months or longer. Examples are cancer pain, pain related to a persistent or degenerative disease, and long-term pain from an unidentifiable cause.…
DetailsAbstract—Chronic pain is commonly treated by prescribing an opiate medication. For those suffering from both chronic pain and substance dependence, barriers to adequate pain management increase. This often causes both disorders to exacerbate one another. Effective treatment may also be hampered by opiate-induced hyperalgesia, tolerance, physical dependence, “chemical coping,” and diminished physical and emotional functioning.…
DetailsLas Vegas Recovery Center & Hazelden Springbrook invite you to a Continuing Education Event in Tualatin, Oregon, on Monday, September 10, from 9:30am to 3:00pm. Speakers: Dr. Mel Pohl, Medical Director, Las Vegas Recovery Center Chronic Pain and Addiction Chronic pain occurs as a complicated web of emotions and physical symptoms. The most common way to…
DetailsThis upcoming conference promises to offer cutting-edge information on Pain, Co-Occurring Disorders, and Prescription Drugs. The conference on Maui will be held at the Makena Beach & Golf Resort (the Maui Prince Hotel) on October 11th and 12th. The conference will then continue on Oahu on October 15th and 16th at Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki.…
DetailsThe Nevada Division of Mental Health and Development Services and the Department of Health and Human Services’ collaborated to create the Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Agency 2012 Community Profile:
The abuse of prescription pain medicine is epidemic, especially among adolescents. Dr. Mel Pohl, medical director of the Las Vegas Recovery Center, and one of the nation’s leaders in studying prescription abuse, has successfully treated patients and his own chronic pain without dangerous mediciness. We need to rethink how we approach pain, he says.
Mark Greenberg, Vice President of Business Development for Las Vegas Recovery Center discusses the nationwide prescription medicine epidemic with Channel 3 News