{"id":3834,"date":"2021-01-19T19:16:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T03:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/"},"modified":"2023-11-26T08:35:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-26T16:35:42","slug":"does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Pain Catastrophizing Cause Heavier Drinking?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n \n
\n \n
\n\n \n Press Release<\/span>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
\n\n \n

Does Pain Catastrophizing Cause Heavier Drinking?<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n
\n \n January 19, 2021<\/span>\n <\/div>\n \n \n
\n\n \n
<\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/path><\/path><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/path><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/path><\/path><\/g><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/div>
<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n<\/div>\n \n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\r\n\r\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n \n
\n \n
\n\n \n

Chronic pain and heavy drinking are often found together. Knowing that, researchers set out to learn whether on or not those who engage in pain catastrophizing end up drinking <\/a>heavier, too. They published the findings of their study in the Drug and Alcohol Dependence journal in October 2020 [1].<\/p>\n

Research Study<\/h2>\n

For this study, they had a group of non-treatment-seeking heavy drinkers complete reports regarding their condition. They shared information regarding their pain intensity, as well as their catastrophizing, and details about their alcohol use and problems, depression, and the reasons why they drink so heavily.<\/p>\n

What the research showed was that pain catastrophizing has an effect on the person, leading them to crave alcohol. Oftentimes, those who engage in pain catastrophizing engage in the heavy drinking in order to try to \u201cfeel normal\u201d again. The researchers concluded that pain catastrophizing does predict alcohol craving and that those who have high-intensity chronic pain tend to drink heavier.<\/p>\n

Pain Catastrophizing<\/h2>\n

Pain catastrophizing, which is having a strong and recurrent emotional response to the pain or anticipated pain, can be displayed in several ways. Some of the ways that people will catastrophize the pain include ruminating on it, making magnified or exaggerated
\nstatements about it, or having a feeling of helplessness about it. It\u2019s a condition that not only leads drinkers to drink even heavier, but it can have a negative impact in other areas of people\u2019s lives as well.<\/p>\n

Related Reading: Does Emotional Approach Coping Ease Chronic Pain?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the November 2020 issue of the journal Pain, researchers shared their study<\/a> that showed those who pain catastrophize in the morning are less likely to engage in physical activity throughout the day [2]. They found that pain catastrophizing even went into the next day\u00a0 and led people to be more sedentary, skipping out on exercising and being physically inactive overall.<\/p>\n

Related Reading: Managing Chronic Pain with a Mind-Body Physical Activity Program<\/a>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relieving Pain<\/h2>\n

Pain catastrophizing, as research has shown, can make matters worse for those who suffer from chronic pain. The good news is that it\u2019s a behavior that can be changed. Those who work with such people may want to provide information about how to change the attitude, including exploring talking therapies, cognitive behavior therapy, mindfulness, imagery, and various other programs that can help address the situation.<\/p>\n

Related Reading: Help Others, Help Yourself: Altruistic Behaviors Relieve Chronic Pain<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Chronic pain often makes people feel down, stressed, and depressed. The more we can help alleviate the mental conditions that may end up making the condition worse, the\u00a0 better people will be. Curbing the pain catastrophizing can help reduce the drinking and\u00a0 keep people more physically active, among other things.<\/p>\n

USC\u2019s Online Degree in Pain Medicine<\/h2>\n

Pain Medicine online<\/a> degrees provide education to a wide variety of health professionals. Consider enrolling in our online, competency-based certificate or master\u2019s program today!<\/p>\n

\n
\"Get<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Sources<\/strong><\/h3>\n

[1] Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Pain catastrophizing predicts alcohol craving in heavy drinkers independent of pain intensity. October 2020.<\/p>\n

[2] Pain. Daily pain catastrophizing predicts less physical activity and more sedentary behavior in older adults with osteoarthritis. November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":168,"featured_media":3835,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[146],"class_list":["post-3834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-pain-medicine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDoes Pain Catastrophizing Cause Heavier Drinking?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Does Pain Catastrophizing Cause Heavier Drinking?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KECKschoolUSC\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-20T03:16:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-26T16:35:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/artem-labunsky-mNRrEXZn6i4-unsplash-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Keck School Media Relations\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@KeckSchool_USC\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@KeckSchool_USC\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Keck School Media Relations\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d73b4e3cd2ac264049e281da8db4b1d6\"},\"headline\":\"Does Pain Catastrophizing Cause Heavier Drinking?\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-20T03:16:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-26T16:35:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":6,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/68\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/artem-labunsky-mNRrEXZn6i4-unsplash-2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Pain Medicine\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Press Release\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\\\/\",\"name\":\"Does Pain Catastrophizing Cause Heavier Drinking?\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/68\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/artem-labunsky-mNRrEXZn6i4-unsplash-2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-20T03:16:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-26T16:35:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/68\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/artem-labunsky-mNRrEXZn6i4-unsplash-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/68\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/artem-labunsky-mNRrEXZn6i4-unsplash-2.jpg\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"artem-labunsky\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Does Pain Catastrophizing Cause Heavier Drinking?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Newsroom\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Keck School of Medicine of USC\",\"alternateName\":\"Keck School of Medicine\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/68\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/keck-school-of-medicine-logo-696-square.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/68\\\/2023\\\/11\\\/keck-school-of-medicine-logo-696-square.jpg\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"Keck School of Medicine of USC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/KECKschoolUSC\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/KeckSchool_USC\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/school\\\/keckschoolusc\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/KeckSchoolUSC\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCpL1E1W5ZTfkc5iihwLSFEA\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tiktok.com\\\/@keckschoolusc\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d73b4e3cd2ac264049e281da8db4b1d6\",\"name\":\"Keck School Media Relations\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6b319538a9488520b1cb0d3154ed0c97262d4d94d2b325f8260b196b9083b893?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6b319538a9488520b1cb0d3154ed0c97262d4d94d2b325f8260b196b9083b893?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6b319538a9488520b1cb0d3154ed0c97262d4d94d2b325f8260b196b9083b893?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Keck School Media Relations\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/keck.usc.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/ksommarketing\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Does Pain Catastrophizing Cause Heavier Drinking?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Does Pain Catastrophizing Cause Heavier Drinking?","og_url":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/","og_site_name":"Newsroom","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KECKschoolUSC\/","article_published_time":"2021-01-20T03:16:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-11-26T16:35:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/artem-labunsky-mNRrEXZn6i4-unsplash-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Keck School Media Relations","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@KeckSchool_USC","twitter_site":"@KeckSchool_USC","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/"},"author":{"name":"Keck School Media Relations","@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d73b4e3cd2ac264049e281da8db4b1d6"},"headline":"Does Pain Catastrophizing Cause Heavier Drinking?","datePublished":"2021-01-20T03:16:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-26T16:35:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/"},"wordCount":6,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/artem-labunsky-mNRrEXZn6i4-unsplash-2.jpg","keywords":["Pain Medicine"],"articleSection":["Press Release"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/","url":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/","name":"Does Pain Catastrophizing Cause Heavier Drinking?","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/artem-labunsky-mNRrEXZn6i4-unsplash-2.jpg","datePublished":"2021-01-20T03:16:20+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-26T16:35:42+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/artem-labunsky-mNRrEXZn6i4-unsplash-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/artem-labunsky-mNRrEXZn6i4-unsplash-2.jpg","width":1500,"height":683,"caption":"artem-labunsky"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/does-pain-catastrophizing-cause-heavier-drinking\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Does Pain Catastrophizing Cause Heavier Drinking?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/","name":"Newsroom","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/#organization","name":"Keck School of Medicine of USC","alternateName":"Keck School of Medicine","url":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/keck-school-of-medicine-logo-696-square.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/keck-school-of-medicine-logo-696-square.jpg","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"Keck School of Medicine of USC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KECKschoolUSC\/","https:\/\/x.com\/KeckSchool_USC","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/school\/keckschoolusc\/","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/KeckSchoolUSC\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCpL1E1W5ZTfkc5iihwLSFEA","https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@keckschoolusc"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d73b4e3cd2ac264049e281da8db4b1d6","name":"Keck School Media Relations","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6b319538a9488520b1cb0d3154ed0c97262d4d94d2b325f8260b196b9083b893?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6b319538a9488520b1cb0d3154ed0c97262d4d94d2b325f8260b196b9083b893?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6b319538a9488520b1cb0d3154ed0c97262d4d94d2b325f8260b196b9083b893?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Keck School Media Relations"},"url":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/author\/ksommarketing\/"}]}},"author_meta":{"display_name":"Keck School Media Relations","author_link":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/author\/ksommarketing\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/68\/2023\/11\/artem-labunsky-mNRrEXZn6i4-unsplash-2-300x137.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/category\/press-release\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Press Release<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Press Release<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/category\/press-release\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pain Medicine<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Pain Medicine<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on January 19, 2021","modified":"Updated on November 26, 2023"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on January 19, 2021 7:16 pm","modified":"Updated on November 26, 2023 8:35 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keck.usc.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}