Chronic pain patients are speaking out, saying they are now not able to obtain the medication they need. Posted: Oct 9, 2019 6:46 PMPosted By: Emma Withrow EUGENE, Ore. — Chronic pain patients say they’re struggling due to guidelines regarding opioid prescriptions from the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC originally released the guidelines in 2016 but revised…
Category: October 2019
Never Let an Opioid Crisis Go to Waste
by DAVID CATRONAugust 21, 2017 When the Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis advised the President to declare a national emergency to deal with the overdose epidemic, HHS Secretary Tom Price wisely suggested that this step wouldn’t be particularly useful: “[T]he opioid crisis at this point can be addressed without the declaration…
CMS Holds Public Meeting On Pain and Opioids, Seeks Public Comments By Oct. 11.
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…
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…
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…
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