By Addy Hatch,WSU SpokaneSPOKANE, Wash. – Marian Wilson, and an assistant professor at the WSU College of Nursing,is joining a team of scientists who’ll lead a federally funded, $2.5 million study investigating whether an online pain management program can aid patients with chronic pain reduce or eliminate the amount of prescription opioids they buy.
Wilson is a co-investigator on the EMPOWER study with lead investigator Theresa Winhusen, and director of the Addiction Sciences Division in the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. The five-year study will involve 400 noncancer patients who are being treated for chronic pain with long-term opioid therapy at University ... » More ...
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