I want to paint today. Instead, I am writing about pain, advocating for palliative care that I should be receiving, care that I used to receive without incident for years – care that actually allowed me to complete my college degree, but I am currently, inexplicably denied. I have a long, well-documented history of multiple…
Category: September 2019
Feds ask to inspect Kaiser Roseville due to high number of opioids bought
This was posted earlier today (9/30/19) on Facebook and I had to re-post it. If you click on the hyperlink in this piece, you will see the subpoena by the Feds. It’s for records. That includes medical records? If so, two questions. Is this not just a fishing expedition by the feds? They don’t have…
Is The DEA Branching Out Into Regulating Medicine?
Dr. Jeffrey Singer Reprinted with permission of the author and the Cato Institute. Dr. Jeffrey Singer’s original essay can be found here. The Drug Enforcement Administration, having virtually eliminated the diversion of prescription pain relievers into the underground market for nonmedical users, appears to be setting its sights on regulating the medical management of pain,…
Pain Management Resources Washington Clarification Letter on 2017 Opioid Rules was Washington State Boards, Commissions and the Department of Health have composed a letter to clarify the 2017 opioid prescribing rules. We have received reports of patients on chronic opioid therapy whose opioids have been rapidly tapered or discontinued. We are also hearing reports of…
Fentanyl Crisis: What’s driving the drug overdose epidemic?
Posted: 10:32 AM, Sep 26, 2019 Updated: 1:44 PM, Sep 26, 2019 By: Valerie Cavazos TUCSON, Ariz. — Girl, China White, Dance Fever, Friend, Goodfellas, Jackpot, Murder 8, and Tango & Cash — all street names of illegal fentanyl. The CDC reports fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that’s 50 times more potent than heroin — 100 times more…
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