CDC – OPIOID GUIDELINES SHOULD NOT BE USED TO TAPER PATIENTS April 24, 2019 By Pat Anson, PNN Editor The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken its first concrete step to address the widespread misuse and misapplication of its opioid prescribing guideline. In a commentary published in The New England Journal of Medicine,…
Video to the importance of knowing your blood pressure and blood sugar numbers by Carol Howell
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Are we making progress or stuck in neutral with the opioid crisis?
Copied from, The Hill’s web page. Link to article at the bottom of this post. BY ADAM BRUGGEMAN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR23. The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill TWEETSHAREMORE Today’s opioid crisis requires no introduction. The deaths, costs and subsequent lawsuits have become front-page articles for many publications…
The De-Evolution of Chronic Pain Control
I have had a open wound on my left leg just above my ankle to mid-calf. Over the six years it has gone from a small surgical site (2” long) to its current size, 18cm x 20cm. I had several follow up procedures and in 2018, five skin grafts that all failed. Then in 2019,…
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Your Pain Treatment Agreement
NOTE: This article was originally posted by http://www.WebMD.com on 1/23/2020 What Is a Pain Treatment Agreement? Managing chronic pain with opioids is complicated and challenging. Doctors need to know if patients can follow the treatment plan, if they get desired responses from the meds, and if there are signs of developing addiction. And, patients need…
