Thomas Kline, MD, PhDJun 14 By Thomas F. Kline MD, for JATH Educational Consortium, LLC, Raleigh NC. Edited by Leslie Bythewood and Kyle Lorentzen September 5th, 2018 Editor’s note: The words heroin, opioids, opiates, and narcotics are synonymous with the functional name: Pain Medicines Is there an epidemic of opioid overdose deaths ? Not really.…
Tapering – Guidance & Tools
Clinical Update Dec. 2018 Overview Over the last 20 years, the liberal prescribing of opioids for chronic pain has created a population of patients who been on long term opioid therapy (LTOT) for several years if not decades. Many patients are on doses well above the CDC recommended upper limit of 90 Morphine Equivalent Dose…
Tapering – Guidance & Tools
Clinical Update Dec. 2018 Overview Over the last 20 years, the liberal prescribing of opioids for chronic pain has created a population of patients who been on long term opioid therapy (LTOT) for several years if not decades. Many patients are on doses well above the CDC recommended upper limit of 90 Morphine Equivalent Dose…
Insurers want patients to use wearables. That could be a problem.
AUGUST 26, 2019 Andis Robeznieks Senior News Writer American Medical Association @AndisRobeznieks Digital Information Health Playbook A practical guide to implementing digital technologies that take patient care beyond the exam room. Download Now (To obtain this go to the link listed at the end of this post). Insurance companies are promoting healthy lifestyles by having…
WHY AMERICA’S LATEST TURN ON OPIOIDS IS BRINGING HOPE TO PAIN PATIENTS
By Elizabeth Brico On April 9, 2019, the FDA released a drug safety communication in which the regulatory body unequivocally stated that patients who are dependent on opioids should not have their medication abruptly discontinued. WHY YOU SHOULD CARE The war on opioids led to many pain patients suffering from an abrupt termination of their…
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