December 04, 2019 By Pat Anson, PNN Editor The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in the initial stages of updating or expanding its controversial opioid prescribing guideline, which has been widely blamed for patient suffering, abandonment and suicide since its release in 2016. CDC officials outlined their plans today at a meeting in…
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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…
An Epidemic of Under Treated Chronic Pain
Posted on September 16, 2019 by Ginevra Liptan, MD I was relieved to read the headline “A Mea Culpa on CDC Opioid Guideline” in a recent edition of Pain Medicine News. Mea Culpa means a formal acknowledgement of fault or error, and gives me hope that the pendulum on opioids may be moving closer back…
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