By Frank Thorp V and Jane C. Timm
WASHINGTON — A woman with a severe chronic pain condition testified before Congress from a cot set up in the hearing room Tuesday, calling for more research and a smarter approach to pain management amid efforts to curb opioid abuse.
"The opioid crisis has only underscored our failure to provide adequate, safe, accessible treatment options for pain relief," Cindy Steinberg, the national director of policy and advocacy at the U.S. Pain Foundation, told members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
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