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www.lifenews.com/2018/02/23/heres-the-opioid-crisis-the-news-isnt-talking-about/ We are members of Not Dead Yet, a national grassroots disability rights organization, and some of us are living with chronic pain ourselves. Based on our knowledge of the disability community through personal experience and through our work, we have not seen disabled people with chronic pain experiencing opioid use disorder. What we are […]
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Evidence supports the use of intravenous (IV) ketamine for acute pain in a variety of contexts, including as a stand-alone treatment, as an adjunct to opioids, and, to a lesser extent, as an intranasal formulation, according to the first guidelines on the use of ketamine for acute pain management. Ketamine has captured headlines recently for […]
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Doctor at opiate treatment center in Limestone loses license http://www.bradfordera.com/news/doctor-at-opiate-treatment-center-in-limestone-loses-license/article_031e44d6-7046-11e8-bcb0-af8b955a5884.html A doctor who had been operating an opiate treatment center for several months in the Town of Carrollton Municipal Complex in Limestone, N.Y., has voluntarily surrendered his license to prescribe narcotics to patients at the facility. Dr. Reed Haag confirmed that he had his license […]
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www.nationalpainreport.com/with-more-people-killing-themselves-what-to-do-8836496.html By Geralyn Datz, Ph.D. (Editor’s Note—The recent CDC report on suicide was alarming. Suicide rates have increased in nearly every state over the past two decades, and half of the states have seen suicide rates go up more than 30 percent. While the CDC didn’t release any data about what’s happening in the chronic […]
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When DEA Cracked Down on Opioids, Abusers Moved to Black Market https://consumer.healthday.com/bone-and-joint-information-4/opioids-990/when-dea-cracked-down-on-opioids-abusers-moved-to-black-market-study-734885.html FRIDAY, June 15, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Illegal opioid sales on the internet have surged in the wake of U.S. government crackdowns on prescriptions for the highly addictive painkillers, a new study shows. In 2014, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reclassified the opioid […]
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Hospital facing loss of federal money asked nurses to falsify records, inspectors say https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/health-care/article213180824.html Blue Valley Hospital offered employee discounts on weight-loss surgery and asked workers to falsify records to try to pump up its inpatient numbers enough to continue getting Medicare money, according to inspectors. So far, it hasn’t worked. U.S. District Judge Julie […]
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Kentucky sues Walgreens over opioid epidemic http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/392309-kentucky-sues-walgreens-over-opioid-epidemic Kentucky’s attorney general sued Walgreens Thursday, alleging that the company contributed to the state’s opioid epidemic. Attorney General Andy Beshear, a Democrat, sued Walgreens for its role as both a distributor and a pharmacy. The lawsuit alleges that the company failed to report suspicious shipments of opioids to […]
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https://opmed.doximity.com/what-pharmacists-want-physicians-to-know-b52de53c09dd Having worked as a retail pharmacist for 17 years, I have learned many tips that can help ease communication between doctor’s offices and pharmacies. Pharmacists are overworked and almost never have enough help, so when we call you, it’s not because we want to annoy you or waste your time. Here are some tips […]
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What Do These Political Ads Have in Common? The Opioid Crisis. www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/us/opioid-ads-democrats-republicans.html The scenes in the political ads play out in almost the same order: A heartbreaking story about someone who can’t seem to stop taking drugs. A grim statistic about opioids. And then a somber pitch from a candidate promising solutions. More and more, […]
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