CONTENTS

Introduction

How to Read This Book

Chapter 1 The Enormity of the Problem

Chapter 2 What Is Pain, Anyway?

Chapter 3 The Genetics of Pain

Chapter 4 Gender and Pain

Chapter 5 Children in Pain

Chapter 6 The Mind–Body in Pain

Chapter 7 Opioid Wars, Part I: The Problem

Chapter 8 Opioid Wars, Part II: Proposed Solutions

Chapter 9 How the Immune System Cranks Up Pain

Chapter 10 Marijuana: The Weed America Loves to Hate

Chapter 11 Beyond Opioids, Part I: Western Medicine

Chapter 12 Beyond Opioids, Part II: Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Chapter 13 Exercise: The Real Magic Bullet

Chapter 14 The Way Forward

Acknowledgments

Appendix Resources for Chronic Pain Patients

Notes

Index