Welcome to Painopolis, the podcast for people with chronic pain. We bring you stories about people who confronted the worst hell imaginable, surmounted it, and are now ready to tell the rest of us how they did it. You’ve never heard stories like these. Stories straight from the trenches, brought to you by seasoned journalists who’ve made chronic pain their full-time beat. Prepare to be riveted. Painopolis. Relentlessly in search of what works, one defiant story at a time. Visit us at painopolis.com.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 18 hours 12 minutes
How Not to Get Gouged at the Pharmacy: GoodRx
Sick of overpaying for your prescription meds? GoodRx offers online comparison-shopping and discounts to get you the best pill deals in town.
How To Become a Guinea Pig: Using ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov can help you find pain-fighting treatments so new that your doctor may not even know about them.
A Ketamine Coma Was Her Last Resort: RSD/CRPS
Her medical career halted by chronic pain, Shannon Stocker gambled on a powerful anesthetic, a five-day coma, and a do-or-die medical-tourism journey to Mexico.
Does Your Doctor Work for You or Big Pharma? Dollars for Docs
Has your doctor accepted payments and perks from drug and medical device makers? Dollars for Docs can give you the answer.
Uncle Sam Is His Dealer: Medical Marijuana
Meet the Florida stockbroker with chronic pain who talked the U.S. government into supplying him with free, legal medical marijuana for the last 34 years.
Can a Plant-Based Diet Beat Ulcerative Colitis?
By switching from the pharmacy to the produce section, 32-year-old Gabrielle Fennimore hoped to tame her worsening ulcerative colitis. But did it work?
This Health Coach Won’t Take No For an Answer: MyFitnessPal
Fallen short of your diet and exercise goals and feel lousy because of it? Meet MyFitnessPal, an online personal trainer that’ll keep you on track.
Pelvic Pain Demands a Rewrite
Our intrepid journalist travels to an innovative pelvic-pain clinic. It’s a big gamble, because if the clinic’s approach fails to work, he’s got no plan B.
Our Anus Horribilis: Pelvic Pain
Painopolis editor David Sharp outs himself as a chronic-pain sufferer and recalls the unforgettable day his ass spontaneously imploded.
It's Like Google on Steroids: PubMed
Still using the big kahuna of search engines to answer crucial medical questions? That’s because you haven’t tried PubMed.gov.