U.S. agencies warn doctors not to abruptly cut off the medications for long-time users ————————————- By Claudia Wallis on April 19, 2019 Pain Patients Get Relief from War on Opioids Credit: Getty Images Ever since U.S. health authorities began cracking down on opioid prescriptions about five years ago, one vulnerable group has suffered serious collateral…
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Patient Abandonment and Forced Opioid Tapers
This is part of a letter sent to a hospital after patients were informed that their opioid scripts would be suddenly discontinued following a doctor’s retirement. I told the hospital that I was sending a copy of the letter to the news director at my state’s public radio station. Hospitals (and insurance companies) don’t want…
Opioid crackdown forces pain patients to taper off drugs they say they need.
Hank Skinner and his wife, Carol, are no strangers to pain, having collectively experienced multiple illnesses and surgeries. Hank relies on a fentanyl patch but is now being forced to lower his dosage. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) By Joel Achenbach and Lenny Bernstein September 10 at 10:54 AM Carol and Hank Skinner of Alexandria, Va.,…
Relief For Pain Patients: CDC Makes Bold Clarification About Opioid Care In NEJM
Sally Satel, Contributor April 25, 2019 at 7:37 AM Patients with chronic pain who need opioid treatment as a life-line have seen some very exciting developments within the span of just two weeks. Quick backstory: Starting in 2016, many patients who were benefitting from opioids for the treatment of intractable pain were being told by…
Pain Specialists Pile on CDC Opioid Guidelines
Meeting Coverage – Pain Week —Chronic pain patients were left out to dry by Elizabeth Hlavinka, Staff Writer, MedPage Today September 05, 2019 LAS VEGAS — The 2016 CDC guidelines on opioid prescribing have had lasting consequences for patients with chronic pain, an expert said here. In the 3 years since the guidelines were published,…
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