October1, 2019 / U.S. Pain Foundation The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) convened a public meeting on Sept. 20 to solicit input into the development of an Action Plan on the opioid crisis and the treatment of acute and chronic pain as specified in the SUPPORT Act. The Action Plan is due to…
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How do we manage pain in the era of the opioid crisis? RITA AGARWAL, MD | MEDS | OCTOBER 2, 2019 “6 in 10 Kids Got Opioids After Tonsil Surgery, Study Says.” So screams the headline from The Daily Beast. “In the midst of the opioid crisis, doctors sent many kids home with oxycodone and…
Suicide And The ‘Opioid Crisis’ Related articles By Richard “Red” Lawhern — October 3, 2019 Pain and hopelessness lead to suicide. Writing in her blog at the National Institute On Drug Abuse, Dr. Nora Volkow and co-author Dr. Joshua Gordon of the National Institute of Mental Health offer the insight that “Suicide Deaths Are a Major Component…
Chilling report reveals how the DEA inflamed the opioid crisis
The DEA can’t justify why it authorized a 400%-plus increase in oxycodone production from 2002-2013 SHIRA TARLO OCTOBER 6, 2019 6:00PM (UTC) Even as fatal opioid overdoses surged dramatically across the country, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) authorized large increases in the production of painkillers, the Justice Department’s inspector general said in a scathing report…
Learn Correct Terminology With the Disability Style Guide Jaclyn Youhana Garver 9/25/19, 3:15pm Illustration for article titled Learn Correct Terminology With the Disability Style Guide I have used the term “special needs” freely and often throughout my life. I have a brother with autism, and the phrase is pretty versatile and, I thought, inoffensive. But…
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