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The goal is for pain management patients to have the best life possible while dealing with their pain http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/the-waiting-room/pain-management-in-primary-care/article/713073/ I work in primary care as a Family Nurse Practitioner, but there are days I feel more like I am primarily a pain management provider who also practices primary care. Prescribing chronic opioids on a regular […]
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half or more of prescribed medication is never taken https://www.doximity.com/doc_news/v2/entries/10535857 For all that Americans spend on prescription drugs — $425 billion last year — you’d think we’d actually take our medicine. But one of the frustrating truths about American health care is that half or more of prescribed medication is never taken. It’s called medication […]
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http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/the-waiting-room/databank-necessary-for-patients-seeking-care/article/706610/ It recently occurred to me that we need a national databank available at all times to patients seeking care. This databank would include names of medical providers who have publicly expressed opinions indicating biases about certain populations. I recently came to this conclusion after seeing some posts on social media from physician assistants (PAs) […]
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Nearly two thirds of patients with opioid dependence had no opioid prescriptions logged over the prior 12 months. Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are available in every state. Designed to collect and display prescriptions for controlled substances, they are becoming an indispensable part of prescribing practice for providers. The data they contain can help inform […]
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State groups have been setup on Facebook in order to help organize letter writing campaigns, meetings, picketing and the like. If we don’t know where intractable pain patients (IPPs) reside, we can’t target members of the DEA Oversight Subcommittees, Health Care committees, etc. There is anti opioid legislation pending and/or passed in many states and […]
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four days ago… there was a legal defense fund created for Dr Tennant https://www.gofundme.com/dr-tennant-legal-defence-fund Since it was created … FORTY EIGHT people have donated from $5.00 to $2,000.00 for a grand total of $6,555.00 Supposedly 100 million chronic pain pts… and so far 48 people have stepped up.. and a few that have stepped up […]
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