LINK TO ORIGINAL ARTICLE: https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/Guidelines_Factsheet-a.pdf
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No more ‘shortcuts’ in prescribing opioids for chronic pain. Millions of Americans need nuanced care
STAT NEWS FIRST OPINION By STEFAN G. KERTESZ and KATE M. NICHOLSON APRIL 26, 2019 Declarations from two federal agencies offer hope — and possible action — for people in pain who have lost access to prescribed opioids. These declarations come not a moment too soon for those who have been abandoned by their health…
CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline: Unintentional Consequences?
Posted on July 11, 2018 by Angelika Byczkowski I’m sick of reading how all the horrible and entirely predictable consequences of the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline were “unintentional” and “unforeseeable”. The broad misinterpretation of the CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guideline as establishing fixed limits on opioid prescribing has stranded hundreds of thousands of pain patients in…
Who Is Telling The Truth About Prescription Opioid Deaths? DEA? CDC? Neither?
By Josh Bloom — November 5, 2018 To Be Believed? Maybe Not. “Controlled Prescription Drugs (CPDs) … are still responsible for the most drug-involved overdose deaths and are the second most commonly abused substance in the United States.” 2018 National Drug Threat Assessment. Drug Enforcement Administration, October 2018. I just don’t get it. A newly-released 164-page report just…
Addiction -vs- Dependence
To see what government sources say about the opioid crisis and the difference between Addiction and Dependence go to the following link. http://www.facebook.com/painpainandmorepainCathyKean/photos/a.534315456707770/1429922623813711
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