Chronic pain
What research knows about chronic pain comes from people who live with it. Here is how many do, what records they usually have, and what sharing yours is worth.
Living with it
51.6 million
US adults with chronic pain (pain on most days or every day for 3 months), 2021
sourceWhat patients usually have
The records behind chronic pain
Prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) review of controlled-substance prescriptions
before the first opioid prescription, then every 3 months or more often
guidelinePEG pain and function questionnaire (3 items) at reassessment
at each reassessment, suggested every 3 months
guidelineUrine toxicology test
before starting opioids and at least annually
guidelineAntidepressant prescription for chronic primary pain
not stated
guidelineCare and support plan from a person-centred pain assessment
agreed after assessment; reviewed at a flare-up
guideline
What sharing it is worth
$123
per licence for a complete story and one year of these records, $123 to $1,567
- Your health story$23how
- Medication historyx5$8.43how
- Health questionnairesx4$5.64how
- Lab resultsx1$0.24how
- Doctor's lettersx1$3.49how
- Richness premium (5 kinds of data linked)x3how
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