CDC Opioid Restrictions Reading List
(as of June 22, 2017)
In March 2016, the CDC published a guideline for opioid prescribing, which is being codified into laws, even though it was intended only as a guideline for PCP doctors.
Pain itself is hard to live with but the latest restrictions on opioid doses are imposing serious suffering on pain patients.
The posts below are all about the consequences of the guideline so far.
CDC Guideline for Opioid Prescribing
- CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
- Evidence Against validity of CDC Guidelines (multiple articles)
- Long List of Flaws with CDC Guidelines
- Opioids, Addiction, and Pain: Briefing for Policy Leaders
- Opioid Guidelines By Patients For Patients
The numbers/statistics
- There is No ‘Epidemic’ of Painkiller Overdoses
- Pain Prescriptions Are Not Cause of Addiction
- The myth that prescriptions caused the opioid crisis
- Curbing pain prescriptions won’t reduce overdoses
- Harms Associated With Conflation of Data
- Epidemic of Profiteering from “Opioid Crisis”
- 2.5 Times more Suicides than Opioid Overdoses
Response to CDC Guideline on Opioid Prescribing
- Will Pill Control “Fix” Our Problem?
- Even Guideline Writers Express Concern over its Use
- Warning to the FDA: Beware of “Simple” Solutions
- Misconceptions about Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain
- CDC Formalizes Biased Assumptions
- My Response to the CDC Opioid Guidelines
- Compelling Comments on Opioid Restrictions
- Making a case for the use of opioids
Impact of opioid restrictions on pain patients
- Opioid Prohibition Risks ‘Inhumane Treatment’ of Patients
- Parents Kill Child in Too Much Pain to Live
- Opioid crisis: Pain patients pushed to the brink
- Doctors are cutting opioids, even if it harms patients
- Pain patients deliberately forced into withdrawals
- CDC Opioid ‘Guideline’ -> Pain Patient Suicides
- The Other Victims of the Opioid Epidemic
- Vilified and Coerced, Pain Patients are Desperate
Media hype against opioids is not based on facts
- Open Letter to the Media
- The Media’s Biased Reporting on Opioids
- Media Reports About Opioids Have Wrong Focus
- Media Escalates Opioid Abuse and Death Narrative
- Anti-opioid Propaganda and Profit
- Opioid Fear-Mongering
For information about opioids used for pain management:
Chronic Pain and Opioids Reading list
Filed under: General Problems
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Excellent list. Tho I have to ration them out lest I get too traumatized to function…I’m still nauseous from reading about the woman strapped down for a C-section without any relief. What in the hell kind of society are we in? Wait…it’s nothing like a “kind” one; The Age of Sadism & Brutality is here.
Thanks for spreading the word! There is so much wrong with the CDC guideline, from its inception to its use as a weapon against pain patients. I’ve thought about updating that list, but it’s too depressing.
I’m not affected yet because my doctor is a saint, but I fear that eventually, she will be forced by “the powers that be” to cut back her prescribing.
I just hope I live long enough to see this craziness end.
Zyp –I just came back to add “PS: great job, Steve, for posting links to Zyp’s blog; it’s excellent!” when I saw your comment. LOL!
I also have a doc that’s willing to treat pain…for the moment, until he’s prevented from doing so. Grim living under the axe, waiting for it to fall, ain’t it? So much for the ubiquitous recommendation to “limit stress”!