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Pubdate: Tue, 03 Jan 2017
Source: Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY)
Copyright: 2017 The Courier-Journal
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Author: Beth Warren
TREAT PAIN, WATCH FOR ADDICTS
Dr. James Patrick Murphy, a nationally-recognized pain medicine
specialist, balances guidelines meant to lessen the risks of addiction
with a patient's need for pain relief, examines Marta D. Thomas of Old
Louisville. Thomas is a volunteer at Kosair Pediatric Convalescent Center
and receives radiofrequency lesioning ( which melts the covers off nerves
so they don't transmit pain for 4-6 months. ) 27 October 2016( Photo: David
R. Lutman/Special to The C )
Cattle farmer Marquis Smith is in pain, but he doesn't get sick leave.
The cows must be milked and fed, even though the 57-year-old developed
arthritis and injured his back lifting feed.
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