Oregon Opioid Forced Taper Debate Continues

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Oregon Opioid Forced Taper Debate Continues http://nationalpainreport.com/oregon-opioid-forced-taper-debate-continues-8836964.html Oregon’s Health Evidence Review Commission’s (HERC) Value based benefits Subcommittee heard testimony from national pain leaders, Oregon physicians and nurses and pain patients during a day long meeting on Thursday. At issue is the controversial proposal that HERC is considering to force taper Oregon Medicaid patients off opioids […]

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#OurPain: The other side of opioids LasVegasNOW KLAS TV8

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Doug Hughes: As nation cracks down on pill abuse, chronic pain sufferers left to die

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Doug Hughes: As nation cracks down on pill abuse, chronic pain sufferers left to die https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/gazette_opinion/op_ed_commentaries/doug-hughes-as-nation-cracks-down-on-pill-abuse-chronic/article_3a6fcd7d-8776-59e9-b8da-d352caa3fba4.html I have had Chronic Intractable Pain Syndrome for 29 years. For 23 years, I was treated to a functional ability level. Twenty-nine years with no aberrant behavior. I have seen what has gone on, and I need some answers. […]

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Chronic Pain Survey Reopened

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Chronic Pain Survey Reopened www.nationalpainreport.com/chronic-pain-survey-reopened-8837011.html By Ed Coghlan. In a week when the DEA announced it is going further reduce the supply of opioids in 2019, a leading chronic pain activist has reopened her survey of chronic pain patients. Dr. Terri Lewis pointed that while the argument continues to rage between those who want to […]

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