May 13, 2016
Dr. Beth Darnall, PhD is a clinical associate professor in the division of pain medicine at Stanford University. She is a pain psychologist with 15 years of experience treating adults with chronic pain.
She discusses the health risks associated with taking narcotic opioid pills, why opioid medications don't work to control chronic pain, what techniques help patients need less pain medication, how pain sufferers best taper off opioids, and what should doctors be doing to help people with chronic pain.