The Unseen Victims of the Opioid Crisis Are Starting to Rebel The push to end opioid abuse has ended up hurting the people who use the drugs legitimately. Now those chronic pain patients are starting a movement of their own. Some doctors and pharmacies are cutting off chronic pain patients from the opioids they had…
Category: September 2019
How to Make Change in Chronic Pain Policy
Posted on July 18, 2019 by Amy Coombs I happened to catch a television interview with Georgia Congressman Buddy Carter on Wednesday. Carter, who is a pharmacist was discussing the Washington Post Story that said six companies “saturated” (their term) the country with 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pain pills from 2006-to-2012. The Washington Post…
From China White To Breaking Bad: The Rand Report On Fentanyl In America By Chuck Dinerstein — September 2, 2019 A lethal dose of fentanyl Courtesy of the DEA The Rand Corporation just released their study on the opioid crisis. Everything that follows our their words, gently edited and slightly rearranged. No facts or conclusions…
Why the National Pain Strategy Won’t Help California Pain Patients
Posted on September 4, 2019by Peggy Hillman Editor’s Note: I met Peggy through the National Pain Report Facebook page. I thought she was overstating her opposition to attempts to create a California pain policy. We spoke on the phone and I said, “if you feel that strongly about it, write a counterpoint. The California woman did.…
CDC opioid guideline is causing harm to people in chronic pain
August 16, 2018 – 08:00 AM EDT BY DR. LYNN WEBSTER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR ——————————————————————————————The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill. On March 15, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published its Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. The recommendations were designed for primary…
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