February 27, 2018 The City created opioid prescribing guidelines and tapering guidelines that health care providers can use when considering prescribing opioids. The guidelines are listed below individually. The Department of Public Health has also been working with public and private health insurers to establish safer opioid prescribing policies and policies that improve access to…
Category: June 2019
THE OPIOID CRISIS – ERODING CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER OUR EYES
Do we even notice? Heather Wargo Jan 6 It is a fascinating case study to look at the origins and all involved in the power plays of the opioid “crisis” to truly understand its machinations and what is wrong with it. After all, every day the media throws another horror story at the public for…
DEAR PHARMACIST, IM NOT A DRUG SEEKER, I HAVE CHRONIC PAIN.
Jessica Jones The Mighty, June 26, 2019, 11:12 AM PDT I stood at the pharmacy today waiting to hear once again why my prescription was not being filled. The technician had sent the pharmacist over. “We’re sorry, but it won’t allow us to fill your prescription. This is the same prescription I had been filling…
FORBES, CDC BOWS TO DEMANDS FOR TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC INPUT ON DRAFT OPIOID-GUIDELINES
Dec 15, 2015,4:01 pm Rich Samp, Contributor Washington Legal Foundation, Contributor Group Over the past year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been drafting a Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain in relative secrecy, relying upon the input of a hand-picked group of advisers and a limited number of stakeholders. Such…
A call for action on high-dose opioid prescribing
The Pharmaceutical Journal25 JUN 2019 Despite a decrease in the number of prescriptions, there are still thousands of patients on high-dose opioids. Pharmacy’s mission must be to review whether this is appropriate. Source: JL / The Pharmaceutical Journal Opioid prescribing has stabilised in recent years; while the number of prescription items per 1,000 patients in England rose…
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