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.…
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CDC Advises Against Misapplying Opioid Guideline
– Certain practices harm chronic pain patients by Judy George, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today  Authors of the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain sought to clarify the guidance on Wednesday, urging clinicians against misapplying its recommendations. Certain policies and practices about opioids and chronic pain patients have been misapplied and do not reflect the 2016…
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