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Response to Oregon’s Tapering Guidance and Tools www.paindr.com/%ef%bb%bfresponse-to-oregons-tapering-guidance-and-tools/ We welcome guest blogger Dr. Stephen E. Nadeau, Senior Research Advisor, Alliance for the Treatment of Intractable Pain. Dr. Nadeau agreed to share his response to The Oregon Pain Guidance Clinical Advisory Group, Tapering Workgroup*. For more context, the Advisory group recently posted a set of guidelines […]
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+ Local veteran struggles to get prescribed medication in light of drug epidemic https://weartv.com/news/local/local-veteran-struggles-to-get-prescribed-medication-in-light-of-drug-epidemic-01-15-2019 (WEAR) — The opioid epidemic is a major concern across the country and in Northwest Florida. The national crisis recently caused the VA to update guidelines for healthcare professionals prescribing pain medication. A local veteran, Donald Houghton, tells WEAR’s Chorus Nylander the […]
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Organization for the prevention of intense suffering www.preventsuffering.org/pain/
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Walmart Inc. pharmacies will no longer be part of the networks where most consumers with CVS Health Corp. drug plans can pick up their prescriptions, after a dispute between the two giant companies over pricing. http://www.ncpanet.org/home/find-your-local-pharmacy CVS is one of the largest administrators of prescription-drug plans in the U.S., covering more than 93 million people. […]
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Montana has become a wasteland for pain management https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/montana-has-become-a-wasteland-for-pain-management/article_e567f3fa-a8dc-5f69-aa83-16d37394d496.html Why would we be sycophants for the Attorney General, who misrepresents the facts for political gain, so he can claim a “victory” in a drug war (against people) that is 50 years old, costing $2 trillion? AG Fox is featured in the Montana Medical Association bulletin […]
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The lawsuits on cpp’s behalf are being filed! The cost to add your name to the suit is a postage stamp!! We need numbers! You are encouraged to cross-file with other states that have a file# even though you do not live in that state. Steve Ariens, if you could kindly share this information. Unity […]
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Why California pharmacies are rejecting some prescriptions for pain medications https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/article224524420.html Doctors around California are complaining that the state did not send them notice of a Jan. 1 change in prescription forms and that pharmacies are rejecting prescriptions for controlled substances on forms they used just last year. Dr. Richard Buss, a family practice physician […]
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Need for High Opioid Dose Linked to CYP450 https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/771480 September 25, 2012 (Phoenix, Arizona) — Patients with chronic pain who require high doses of opioids to achieve pain relief show exceptionally high rates of defects of the cytochrome P450 (CYP450) enzyme system compared with the general population. The CYP450 enzyme system is known to play […]
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Mount Carmel doctor, nurse and pharmacist accused of administering lethal doses of fentanyl https://www.10tv.com/article/mount-carmel-doctor-nurse-and-pharmacist-accused-administering-lethal-doses-fentanyl COLUMBUS – A Mount Carmel West doctor, nurse and pharmacist have been accused of ordering and providing lethal doses of fentanyl to an Ohio woman and as many as 26 other patients, according to a civil lawsuit filed Monday and statements […]
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