Chronic pain sufferers applaud changes to opioid limits law

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/chronic-pain-sufferers-applaud-changes-to-opioid-limits-law/450683168 AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — People taking opioid painkillers for chronic pain are breathing a little easier. A new state law that went into effect Friday is clearing up confusion about how much a patient can legally take. The law used to require people taking opioids to taper down their daily doses to no […]

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” bureaucratic solution”… made the PROBLEM WORSE ?

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Study: W.Va. heroin overdoses doubled after use of drug-monitoring program https://www.ems1.com/opioids/articles/362080048-Study-W-Va-heroin-overdoses-doubled-after-use-of-drug-monitoring-program/ Researchers suggested that limiting the ability to acquire prescription painkillers can lead to more people using heroin MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — New research suggested that drug-monitoring programs can lead to more heroin overdoses if not paired with a policy to help treat addiction. Pacific Standard […]

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A Call to Arms for the Chronic Pain Community

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

www.nationalpainreport.com/a-call-to-arms-for-the-chronic-pain-community-8834850.html Since 2012, and more recently in intervening months, weeks and days, the climate of health care for persons who require support for chronic and intractable pain has deteriorated – in part because of the politicization of health care that includes mental health, substance abuse services, care that addresses pain. The conflation of health care […]

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