AGAINST OPIOD CRISIS A
WEARABLE DRUG FREE DEVICE
JOINING ME, DR. CAN YOU TELL
US HOW THIS WORKS.
>> ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU FOR
POWERED ELECTRICAL STIMULATOR
STIMULATES NERVES NONPAINFUL
WAY AN HOUR AT A TIME THE
EFFECT OF THAT STIMULATION IS
TO TRIGGER A RESPONSE IN YOUR
BRAIN THAT DECREASES YOUR
PERPETRATION OF PAIN SIGNALS
IN A PARTICULAR CHRONIC PAIN
SIGNALS THEREBY PROVIDING PAIN
RELIEF.
>> DR. JAMES FREEMAN HERE "THE
WALL STREET JOURNAL" WE HAVE
SEEN THE REALLY, STATISTICS ON
IMPACT OF THIS PROBLEM,
DEVASTATION IT DOES TO LIVES
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE -- OR
HOW -- HOW DO PEOPLE GET OUT
OF THIS?
HOW A OFTEN DO THEY MOVE
BEYOND THIS KIND OF PROBLEM TO
GO BACK INTO A KIND OF A
NORMAL PRODUCTIVE LIFE?
YOU ARE REALLY IDENTIFYING THE
CORE THE CORE CHALLENGE WHICH
IS GETTING INDIVIDUALS WITH
CHRONIC PAIN OR INDIVIDUALS
PRODUCTIVE LIFE.
THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT IT THE
DEVICES LIKE THIS, ONE OF A
NUMBER OF APPROACHES TO
MANAGING PAIN
NONPHARMACOLOGIC, PART OF A
TOOL BOX THAT SOMEBODY IN PAIN
CAN USE TO TRY TO DECREASE
POTENTIALLY TO ELIMINATE BUT
AT LEAST TO DECREASE USE OF
THE AMOUNT OF NEWS AND CONCERN
THERE IS ABOUT PRESCRIPTION
OPIOIDS, PEOPLE IN PAIN ARE
LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVES SO A
STRONG DESIRE TO FIND SUCH
SOLUTIONS.
>> THIS IS JASON CHAFFETZ
INTERESTING TECHNOLOGY I DO
THINK WEARABLES ARE GOING TO
AMAZING THINGS EXPLAIN CHRONIC
PAIN IF BACK PAIN IS THAT WHAT
KIND OF PAIN ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT?
AND DO YOU HAVE TO ALSO DO
SOMETHING ELSE, DO YOU NEED TO
BE ACTIVE MOBILE?
WORK?
>> SO -- THE DEFINITION OF
CHRONIC PAIN THIS IS REALLY
THE WE ISSUE, I THINK
IMPORTANT TO FOCUS ON CHRONIC
PAIN SUFFERER ABOUT 100
MILLION PEOPLE IN UNITED
STATES DEFINED AS PAIN FOR
MORE THAN THREE TO SIX MONTHS
THAT IS ESSENTIALLY THERE
EVERY DAY, VERY DIFFERENT THAN
ACUTE PAIN, YOU MIGHT HAVE
AFTER AN INJURY OR AFTER
SURGERY.
THAT KIND OF PAIN IS
PROTECTIVE PAIN CHRONIC PAIN
IS I ADAPTIVE DOESEN
IS I ADAPTIVE DOESN'
IS I ADAPTIVE DOESN'T
IS I ADAPTIVE DOESN'T S
IS I ADAPTIVE DOESN'T SER
IS I ADAPTIVE DOESN'T SERVE
PURPOSE ACUTE PAIN CAN
PROGRESS INTO CHRONIC PAIN.
WHAT YOU WHAT YOU IDENTIFY IS
ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THERE IS
NO PANACEA.
YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR
LIFESTYLE, YOU HAVE TO BE
ACTIVE YOU HAVE TO EAT WELL.
YOU HAVE TO SLEEP YOU HAVE TO
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND USE
APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
POTENTIALLY A DEVICE LIKE THIS
BUT ALSO OTHER INTERVENTIONS
BEHAVIORAL THERAPY A
BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOLOGICAL
IS HOPE BUT IT DOES TAKE A LOT
OF WORK.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING
HERE.