The “BAD AND THE UGLY – there is NO GOOD” of the PDMP’s and Narxcare and the INACCURATE CONCLUSIONS from those databases

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

This is a video about ONE HOUR LONG… normally, I don’t sit thru such a long video.  This is a VERY INTERESTING presentation put on by Dr. Jennifer Alva – an attorney with a very broad legal background. She talks about how the various state PDMP who has apparently turned their data collecting responsibility over […]

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CDC Just Changed Its Opioid Prescribing Guidelines. Here’s What to Know

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

CDC Just Changed Its Opioid Prescribing Guidelines. Here’s What to Know https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/opioids/101559 Guidance covers acute, subacute, and chronic pain and replaces 2016 guidelines Hard thresholds for pain medication doses and duration are no longer promoted through the CDC’s new Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Pain. The new guidance — which covers acute, subacute, […]

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