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A doctor’s tweet, a mother’s complaint, a loss for chronic pain patients.

By Taylor Knopf For Courtney Cates, pain medication is the difference between taking short walks or staying in bed. It’s the difference between talking with her 8-year-old son or passing him notes. Cates, 37, suffers from chronic pain in her back, leg and jaw resulting from car accidents, failed surgeries and a painful jaw disease. […]