with the anticipated death of 8-9 pts out of every 10 pt that is being put on a vent. Should the potential of addiction be a high priority ? Unless Rep Congressman David Trone <D> MD is more concerned about the thinning of the herd with COVID-19 and vents and wanting to avoid the POSSIBILITY of the cost of treating a addicts. After all he is a MBA, always interested in the bottom line ?
Also notice that BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS apparently got total access to NJ’s prescription monitoring program data – all of that supposedly protected by our HIPAA law ?
Brandeis University Study Shows Few Opioid Prescribers Warned Patients of Risk of Addiction Before State Requirement
A New Jersey law requiring conversations between prescribers and patients to discuss risks of addiction before an opioid-based pain reliever is prescribed, resulted in a more than fourfold increase in the percentage of doctors warning patients about the risks of addiction and a significant drop in patients started on opioids. The study was conducted by Dr. Andrew Kolodny, medical director of opioid policy research at Brandeis University’s Heller School for Social Policy and Management. Dr. Kolodny presented the findings today at the Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit, which was held virtually, rather than at its original Nashville location.
The Patient Opioid Notification Act requires that medical practitioners discuss the addictive potential of opioid-based painkillers with their patients – and parents of minor patients – as well as discuss, when appropriate, safer non-opioid pain relief alternatives. Versions of this legislation have been adopted in 17 states. New Jersey was selected for the study because it was the first state to implement the law.
Representative David Trone (D-MD) will soon introduce national legislation based on these state laws that will require all patients and parents in the nation to be armed with this lifesaving information.
“With the COVID-19 pandemic delaying many elective medical and dental surgeries and procedures, we know that there will be an uptick in opioid prescribing in the future,” explained Elaine Pozycki, founder of Prevent Opioid Abuse. “At this critical time, it is imperative that patients be provided this information at the time their opioid is prescribed.”
Major Findings
- The number of patients prescribed opioids for acute pain decreased significantly after the law went into effect. The aspect of the law likely to have been responsible for this change was the mandatory warning about the risk of addiction. In the month after the law was implemented nearly 5000 fewer patients were started on opioids.
- The number of clinicians who prescribed opioids for acute pain dropped by more than 1000 after the law went into effect.
- Nearly all prescribers (97.5%) were aware of the new opioid prescribing rules.
- Prior to enactment, only 18% of the participants warned patients about the risk of opioid addiction when prescribing opioids. After enactment, 95% routinely warned patients about the risk of addiction.
What people are saying about the Study
Dr. Andrew Kolodny said, “These findings show that very few opioid prescribers were warning patients about the risk of addiction before New Jersey required them to do so.”
“Requiring prescribers to talk to their patients about the risk of addiction right before an opioid is first prescribed makes sense now more than ever, especially with the anticipated surge of addiction anticipated because of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Congressman David Trone. “I will soon introduce national legislation that aligns with what we learned from this study and works to prevent the opioid crisis in this country from getting worse.”
Background:
Brandeis University researchers analyzed data from the New Jersey Prescription Drug Monitoring Program and conducted structured interviews with New Jersey clinicians.
The Patient Opioid Notification Act is now law in New Jersey, Rhode Island, Maryland, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Utah, Washington, Louisiana, Missouri, and Nebraska for all patients; in California, Connecticut, Michigan, Pennsylvania and South Carolina, it covers minors and their parents.
Prevent Opioid Abuse is a national organization working to educate patients and parents about the risks of opioid-based painkillers and the availability of non-opioid alternatives.
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Why on Earth would anyone in their right mind believe anything this quack has to say? This all started because he wanted his drug to go through the FDA so he got the CDC who’s family members had some addicted relatives to say opioids were killing people. He is the last person, besides Trump, that anyone should listen to,
How about getting the CDC & The FDA investigating his license to
Prescribe opioids, his license for complaints against him, and the drugs
That he is pushing and the people harmed by those drugs.
Abusers know they are abusing and pain patients know when they are treating their pain. Its a universal constant. All “opioid crisis” has done is harm legitimate pain sufferers and enrich a handful of disgusting people beyond their wildest dreams.
When the actual numbers for Corona see the light of day and reveal the shutdowns for what they are, insane, …in a couple of years, maybe they will relook the numbers for “opioid crisis”, …a couple of years after that.
Does that turd Kolodny warn the addicts he is pushing Saboxone on? Anything that parasite is involved in you can bet it is done to move his agenda. This is someone who claims he is an “expert” on pain and pain management.. Yet there is nothing to prove he has any schooling on pain,treated pain etc, He is nothing but a shrink How the hell this mutts word has more say than Doctors who practice treating pain patients and went to school for treating pain in mind boggling. He has somehow gotten on the useless CDC board so he can push his B.S. Kolodny like the virus needs a vaccine to cure whats wrong today!!
AHHHHH! will these morons never bother to learn any actual FACTS?!?!? Glance at that oh-so-revealing graph that shows opiate Rx’s plummeting even as ODs shoot up?? I hope this jerk ends up in dire pain.