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This section of our website has content formerly posted on our Intractable Pain Syndrome (IPS) website that has been discontinued as of January 31, 2022. We want to provide as much information as possible to help with treatment of this disease.
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| IPS REPORT 2020 |
2020 IPS Report: A Call for Recognition and Prevention
Doctors throughout the country are beginning to recognize and treat IPS and other spinal canal inflammatory disorders. In every case a patient has taken our materials to a local physician who becomes interested and knowledgeable. We recommend that every afflicted person start self-treatment and take educational materials to their local physicians.
CHRONICLES – Click on blue link to view, print, or download.
Chronicle 1 – What does constant pain mean?
Chronicle 2 – IPS: What caused it and where did it start?
Chronicle 3 – Criteria for IPS
Chronicle 4 – Differences between simple chronic and intractable pain
Chronicle 5 – Three neurotransmitters essential for pain relief
Chronicle 6 – IPS has 2 kinds of pain
Chronicle 7 – Tips to reduce descending pain
Chronicle 8 – Control of electric currents in IPS
Chronicle 9 – Seven components of IPS treatment
Chronicle 10 – Diagnosis and causation: the missing links
Chronicle 11 – Foods that help heal an inflamed body
Chronicle 12 – Laboratory testing for diagnosis and treatment of IPS
Chronicle 13 – Potentiation: making the most of opioids
Chronicle 14 – Dental issues in IPS
Chronicle 15 – Hereditary collagen disorders of the EDS type are a common cause of IPS
Chronicle 16 – Do you have a hereditary collagen disorder?
Chronicle 17 – Anabolic program for hereditary collagen disorders
Chronicle 18 – Determination of IPS questionnaire
Chronicle 19 – Dental deterioration in IPS is a call for action
Chronicle 20 – Do you have neuroinflammation?
Chronicle 21 – How did our IPS start?
Chronicle 22 – Life adjustment profile
Chronicle 23 – Intraspinal canal disorders and IPS
Chronicle 24 – Constant pain: what does it mean?
Chronicle 25 – Constant pain: how does it happen?
Chronicle 26 – Six stages of IPS development
Chronicle 27 – Constant pain is an inflammatory disorder
Chronicle 28 – Sleep medications for constant pain
Chronicle 29 – Constant pain categories: which are you?
Chronicle 30 – World Health Organization 3-step ladder
Chronicle 31 – Self-recognition of IPS
Chronicle 32 – IPS causes glucose abnormalities and diabetes
Chronicle 33 – Osteoporosis, arthritis, scoliosis, and tooth decay can be caused by IPS
Chronicle 34 – Profound cardiovascular complications of IPS
Chronicle 35 – How to explain IPS to family, doctor, and friends
Chronicle 36 – Spinal canal inflammation disorders
Chronicle 37 – Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes are a top cause of IPS
Chronicle 38 – Best vitamins and minerals of 2020
Chronicle 39 – Coping with dopamine deficiency
Chronicle 40 – How to reduce brain and spinal cord inflammation
Chronicle 41 – Use a 3-component medical protocol to tackle IPS
Chronicle 42 – Which painful disorders do you have?
Chronicle 43 – How IPS develops
Chronicle 44 – How to regenerate nerve tissue with nutrients
Chronicle 45 – Clinical profile of IPS
Chronicle 46 – Who develops IPS?
Chronicle 47 – Best remedies for flare ups
Chronicle 48 – Low dose naltrexone-drug of choice for new IPS patients
Chronicle 49 – How to obtain medical help in your community
Chronicle 50 – Documents and records needed to obtain pain care
Chronicle 51 – What you need to know to obtain care
Chronicle 52 – A rare disease requires records and rules
Chronicle 53 – The difference between central sensitization and IPS
Chronicle 54 – Do you have IPS?
Chronicle 55 – Cascades of inflammation: basic cause of IPS
Chronicle 56 – Measures to control the inflammation cascades of IPS
Chronicle 57 – Why opioids quit working?
Chronicle 58 – The difference neuropathic pain and neuropathy
Chronicle 59 – Nutrition program for IPS-Part 1
Chronicle 60 – Are you in a catabolic or anabolic state? – Part 2
Chronicle 61 – The importance of glucose and cholesterol testing – Part 3
Chronicle 62 – Nutrition for nerve and tissue regeneration – Part 4
Chronicle 63 – Vegetables, fruits, and nuts for IPS – Part 5
Chronicle 64 – How to build your IPS nutrition program – Part 6
Chronicle 65 – Infusion: new measure for IPS care
Chronicle 66 – Autoimmunity in chronic pain conditions: causes and biologic mechanisms
Chronicle 67 – Autoimmunity in chronic pain: complications and recognition
Chronicle 68 – Autoimmunity in chronic pain conditions: control and suppression
Chronicle 69 – IPS Update 2021: Part 1 – transformation and definition
Chronicle 70 – IPS Update 2021: Part 2 – recognition of IPS
Chronicle 71 – IIPS Update 2021: Part 3 – necessity of diagnostic testing
Chronicle 72 – IPS Update 2021: Part 4 – coping with opioid restrictions
Chronicle 73 – IPS Update 2021: Part 5 – opioid surrogates and potentiators
Chronicle 74 – Maximal daily opioid dosages for 90 mg morphine equivalence
Chronicle 75 – Electromedical therapy Part 1: electric current therapy
Chronicle 76 – Electromedical therapy Part 2: electromagnetic
Chronicle 77 – Electromedical therapy Part 3: blockage and retention
Chronicle 78 – Electromedical therapy Part 4: guidance
Chronicle 79 – Necessity to control hormone blood levels
Chronicle 80 – Old fashioned estrogen shot
Chronicle 81 – Kratom right for you?
Chronicle 82 – Symptom criteria for diagnosis of AA
Chronicle 83 – Why and what to know about GABA
Chronicle 84 – Suicide: biological reason for suicide with opioid cessation
Chronicle 85 – Suicide and lack of opioid care
Chronicle 86 – Failure to differentiate between addiction, chronic pain, and IPS
Chronicle 87 – How neurotransmitter-receptor systems relieve pain – Part 1
Chronicle 88 – Neurotransmitters and receptors – Part 2
Chronicle 89 – How to raise critical neurotransmitters – Part 3
Chronicle 90 – Immediate pain relief with GABA – Part 4
Chronicle 91 – Necesssity to regenerate endorphin receptors – Part 5
Chronicle 92 – Time to bring back injectable and suppository opioids
Chronicle 93 – Poor pain relief with oral opioids
Chronicle 94 – Necessity of injectable opioids
Chronicle 95 – Are you in palliative or curative care? – Part 1
Chronicle 96 – Fallacies and misconceptions about palliative care – Part 2
Chronicle 97 – Presenting your case to family and physician – Part 3
Chronicle 98 – IPS depletes cortisol-adrenal storage (reserve)
Chronicle 99 – IPS patients have two kinds of pain: neuroinflammatory and neuropathic
Chronicle 100 – Why high blood sugar (glucose) worsens pain
Chronicle 101 – Metabolic complication of IPS: diabetes pre-diabetes, excess cholesterol
Chronicle 102 – IPS is treated with a 4-component protocol
Chronicle 103 – Special-Announcement: close of IPS website January 2022