U.S. agencies warn doctors not to abruptly cut off the medications for long-time users ————————————- By Claudia Wallis on April 19, 2019 Pain Patients Get Relief from War on Opioids Credit: Getty Images Ever since U.S. health authorities began cracking down on opioid prescriptions about five years ago, one vulnerable group has suffered serious collateral…
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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…
PainNewsNetwork ‘Opioid of the Future’ Postponed
By: Pat Anson, PNN Editor 7/26/19 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is tapping the brakes on NKTR-181, an experimental opioid pain medication that has less abuse potential than traditional opioids like oxycodone or hydrocodone. In an SEC filing, Nektar Therapeutics said it received a letter from the FDA on July 23 saying the agency…
FDA Seeks Feedback On Opioid Blister Packs
Doctors prescribing opioids in blister packs is going to help the opioid crisis, really? What do you the real people with chronic pain feel about this? What do you think would cure this opioid crisis? http://www.facebook.com/groups/CPPNewsSource/permalink/471027603647097
KAISER HEALTH NEWS POSTED THIS ARTICLE YESTERDAY ON FAULTY MEDICAL DEVICES
FDA To End Program That Hid Millions Of Reports On Faulty Medical Devices By Christina Jewett, May 3, 2019 (EyeEm/Getty Images) The Food and Drug Administration announced it is shutting down its controversial “alternative summary reporting” program and ending its decades-long practice of allowing medical device makers to conceal millions of reports of harm and malfunctions…
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