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We need to invest more time and resources into painkiller alternatives, we need to demand more from our doctors and insurance companies, we need to provide more easily accessible treatment to those suffering from addictions, and above all, we need to recognize the scale and severity of this threat.

What should you do if your doctor prescribes a powerful opioid painkiller for a toothache?

There are no simple solutions to the opioid epidemic, in women or in the general population, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t prominent ideas and valuable services that can contribute to harm-reduction efforts.

An interview with pain expert Dr. Beth Darnall, author of "The Opioid-Free Pain Relief Kit: 10 Simple Steps to Ease Your Pain." As she says, we can and should break free of harmful prescription opioids. It's all about going slowly, relaxing, and learning how to work with mind and body.

A refreshing book by Stanford University pain expert Dr. Beth Darnall, 'The Opioid-Free Pain Relief Kit,' offers a compassionate, practical roadmap away from harmful opioids and chronic pain.

Pain is in the brain, according to prominent pain psychologist, Dr. Beth Darnall. Her book, "Less Pain Fewer Pills: Avoid The Dangers of Prescription Opioids and Gain Control Over Chronic Pain", gives patients dependent on harmful prescription opioids a way out of both the pain and the pills.