By Suzanne Harrison
It costs the Australian economy billions of dollars every year, but what is the true cost of chronic pain for the millions of people living with it and are health practitioners equipped to manage it?
Mandy has been living with chronic pain for about a decade and takes around six different medications every night, as well as requiring regular IV drips.
The 59-year-old Perth-based mother of five suffers from debilitating rheumatoid arthritis and migraines. The former keen netballer and golfer does not want to take the prescribed pain medication, but without it she...
It costs the Australian economy billions of dollars every year, but what is the true cost of chronic pain for the millions of people living with it and are health practitioners equipped to manage it?
Mandy has been living with chronic pain for about a decade and takes around six different medications every night, as well as requiring regular IV drips.
The 59-year-old Perth-based mother of five suffers from debilitating rheumatoid arthritis and migraines. The former keen netballer and golfer does not want to take the prescribed pain medication, but without it she...
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