Which state uses the most prescription drugs? The answer is West Virginia according to a recent article on Forbes.com. What is the top selling drug? Lipitor (a cholesterol lowering drug) is the top selling drug. What are the third most used drugs in America? Antidepressants are widely used and the third leading money maker for [...]

The biggest hurdles to adequate pain control with medications are the side effects. Wouldn’t be nice to have a chronic pain treatment that did not have you “backed up and barfing“? Hypnosis treatment is an alternative treatment (not a cure) for chronic pain without all those nasty side effects. Recently, I interviewed a local expert [...]

Hypnosis for the management of pain is an effective, yet underutilized, alternative treatment. By learning the techniques of self-hypnosis, a patient can experience these benefits.
1. Reduction of overall pain intensity: Hypnosis has not proven to be a cure for chronic pain, but has consistently given patients some control over pain intensity.
2. Ability to manage breakthrough pain: Chronic [...]