VICE VIDEO Maine has one of the highest overdose rates in the country, with a record 378 deaths in 2016. And the state has responded aggressively, by passing one of the nation’s strictest laws on prescribing opioids. It caps most patients at 100 milligrams of morphine, or its equivalent, per day. But the law has…
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MOST RECENT CDC RELEASE PERTAINING TO OPIOIDS.
CDC – OPIOID GUIDELINES SHOULD NOT BE USED TO TAPER PATIENTS April 24, 2019 By Pat Anson, PNN Editor The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has taken its first concrete step to address the widespread misuse and misapplication of its opioid prescribing guideline. In a commentary published in The New England Journal of Medicine,…
Intake.me Patient Chat
The next Intake.me #patientchat on Twitter is scheduled for Friday, 2/23, 10am pst (1pm est). The topic for this week chat is “How to Include Patients in Design.” I have posted a direct link to the chat below. Direct Link with click to tweet https://powerfulpatients.org/event/empowered-patientchat-14/ #patientchat is held every other Friday at the times listed…
Why Pain Patients are Being Cut Off Their Meds, September 10, 2016
My pain most of the day, on meds!! This article, posted on the U.S. Healthcare website earlier today, November 6, 2016 was written by Cindy Perlin (The Truth About Chronic Pain Treatments) In March, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic…
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING & THE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE EDUCATION AND REFERRAL CENTER
This article was posted by our good friend Gincy who’s husband deals with Alzheimer’s on a daily basis. Thank you Gincy for sharing this wonderfully informative articles. Lewy Body Dementia: Information for Patients, Families, and Professionals Introduction Lewy body dementia (LBD) is a complex and challenging brain disorder. It is complex because it affects many…
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