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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…
PAIN NEWS NETWORK: DEA Proposes More Cuts In RX Opioids
September 12, 2019 By Pat Anson, PNN Editor The Drug Enforcement Administration is proposing more cuts in the supply of hydrocodone, oxycodone and three other opioid pain medications in 2020. If approved, it would be the 4th consecutive year the DEA has made steep reductions in opioid production quotas. For the fourth consecutive year, the…
The Importance of Opioid Tolerance: A Therapeutic Paradox
This is a great article regarding opioids and the treatment there of. http://www.facebook.com/groups/CPPNewsSource/permalink/527128951370295
The Opioid Crisis Has Upended Pain Management. What’s Next for the Industry.
This is a great read for all chronic pain fighters. Let me know your thoughts. http://www.facebook.com/groups/CPPNewsSource/permalink/526513388098518
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