UPDATE: APDF pt ADVOCATE got opiate pain meds for pediatric burn pt

APDF’s  VP Bob Sherrin a pediatric pain advocate …met today with this pt’s prescriber and her parents and after over six weeks of suffering from 3rd degree burns and painful debridement WITHOUT ANY OPIATES FOR HER  PAIN …. she got her first opiate Rx and her first dose today. Up until today, Vanderbilt Hosp had […]

Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale

When personal phobias & biases are used to support a Pharmacist’s reason for denial of care: “I’m not comfortable”

When a Pharmacist tells a pt that “I’m not comfortable” and refuses to fill a prescriptions – particularly a controlled substance –  typically they have NO VALID CLINICAL REASON to refuse to fill and deny care.  In fact, I wish that pts would ask these pharmacists that use this “excuse” as a reason to deny […]