Filling opioid prescriptions akin to a Sisyphean task
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Pain management is a huge part of how we in palliative care help patients – and most of the time, I think we do it well, but in…
Pain management is a huge part of how we in palliative care help patients – and most of the time, I think we do it well, but in…
Morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) are the foundation of the CDC's 2016 opioid guidelines, resulting in legislation that…
The U.S. government has proposed new opioid prescribing guidelines that abandon previously recommended dosage limits in favor…
The pump under her skin provides fentanyl directly into her spinal cord 24 hours a day.
The pump under her skin provides fentanyl directly into her spinal cord 24 hours a day.
On Feb. 10, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published its draft CDC Practice Guideline for Prescribing…
On Feb. 10, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published its draft CDC Practice Guideline for Prescribing…
Over the past several years, our government has taken control of doctors’ prescription pads.
Although the 2022 revision of the 2016 CDC Opioid Prescribing Advice is an improvement over the original document, it still…
The Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) is updating its pointers for prescribing opioids for persistent ache…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is updating its guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is updating its guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is updating its guidelines for prescribing opioids for chronic pain…
Federal health officials have proposed a new set of opioid prescribing guidelines for chronic pain.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has proposed new guidelines for prescribing opioid painkillers, a class of…
The Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention has released a draft update of its current Clinical Practice Guidelines for…
The CDC use a series of steps and checklists to develop its guidelines. The agency recently published a document detailing the…
Pain Management > Opioids Hard thresholds for pain medication doses, duration no longer promoted by Judy George, Senior Staff…
The revised and expanded pain treatment guidelines that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published today…
The CDC has proposed new guidelines for prescribing opioid painkillers that would remove its previous recommended ceilings for…
CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control is in the process of updating the 2016 CDC Guideline for Prescribing…
New guidance on prescribing opioids unveiled Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention avoids the strict…
New guidance on prescribing opioids unveiled today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention avoids the strict limits…
New guidance on prescribing opioids unveiled today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention avoids the strict limits…
New guidance on prescribing opioids unveiled today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention avoids the strict limits…
The Centers for Disease Controls and Prevention (CDC) has released a draft update of its current Clinical Practice Guidelines…
Feb. 10, 2022 -- The CDC has released a draft update of its guidelines for how doctors prescribe opioids for pain management -…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a report outlining how it develops its public health and clinical…
The opioid crisis, which began in the 1990s, is worse than ever. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC…
The opioid crisis, which began in the 1990s, is worse than ever. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC…
A federal jury in Cleveland yesterday concluded that three major pharmacy chains had contributed to a "public nuisance" in two…
The two-and-a-half minute trailer for the new Hulu miniseries Dopesick might be all it takes to resurrect the false narrative…
Federal policymakers are finally starting to rethink their failed opioid policies that are based on the mistaken narrative that…
A doctor who practiced in Philadelphia pleaded guilty to criminal charges of illegally distributing opioids and filing false…
A recent perspective piece in the Washington Post is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the so-called "opioid…
Here's a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic.
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Five years ago, with an epidemic of opioid-involved overdoses escalating, the Centers for…
Newswise — Five years ago, with an epidemic of opioid-involved overdoses escalating, the Centers for Disease Control and…
Post Views: 3 Five years ago, with an epidemic of opioid-involved overdoses escalating, the Centers for Disease Control and…
Substantially reducing the doses of pain medication prescribed for patients on long-term opioid therapy is associated with a…
The American Medical Association is calling for the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention to overhaul its 2016 opioid…
Although it took four years, the American Medical Association's 2020 letter to Dr.
It's too little and far too late, but the FDA appears to be acting to correct the ignorance and ineptitude that was shoved down…
NASHVILLE — She struggled through the night as she had so many times before, restless from sickle cell pain that felt like…
Cures for a disease that mostly afflicts Black people seem near, but may come too late for Lisa Craig, who lives with an agony…
Nearly three years ago I wrote how the science behind US opioid policies was deeply flawed, in particular, the use of Morphine…
Nearly three years ago I wrote how the science behind US opioid policies was deeply flawed, in particular, the use of Morphine…
The CDC's opioid prescribing guideline has failed to reduce addiction and overdoses, significantly worsened the quality of pain…
Survey finds 9 out of 10 patients believe their pain levels and quality of life have grown worse under 2016 CDC guideline The…
The CDC's opioid prescribing guideline has failed to reduce addiction and overdoses, significantly worsened the quality of pain…
Survey finds 9 out of 10 patients believe their pain levels and quality of life have grown worse under 2016 CDC guideline LOS…
Efforts to stop the opioid epidemic may have had an unintended consequence on pain management for near end-of-life terminally…
This March 2021 saw the introduction of a new organization, the National Pain Advocacy Center.
Here’s a look at the opioid crisis. Experts say the United States is in the throes of an opioid epidemic.
Good Morning PROP members (1). Did you sleep well? I sure hope so, but if not, it's understandable.
Neurology > Opioids Absolute risks of adverse events were low, however by Judy George, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today…
Since the publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC's) opioid guideline in March 2016, there has…
John R. Schneider, M.D., M.A. is medical director and president of Comprehensive Pain
Imagine living with pain as the result of a work injury. Soon after your injury, your doctor prescribed an opioid to relieve…
Factors worsening the opioid epidemic during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic provide valuable insight for…
It’s never easy to start on a new substance or medication, without knowing how it may affect your system.
WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Alan G. Rosenbloom, president and CEO of the Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition, has issued a public…
An outspoken doctor loses his ability to prescribe opioids after the state medical board launched an investigation into his…
The US opioid crisis The current US prescription-opioid crisis is one of the most remarkable examples of medicine going wrong.
Nearly six million fewer adults received an opioid prescription from 2014 to 2016, according to a new analysis that found…
Everyone experiences pain differently, and there are many challenges to assessing, diagnosing and managing it.
Hospitals and healthcare providers are reconstructing the approaches they have taken towards the treatment of addiction and…
Chronic opioid therapy can alter sleep architecture and increase the risk for sleep-disordered breathing, and this is a…
Sonya Huber, 48, suffers from rheumatoid arthritis. She says on some days she needs a cane to help her walk because of the pain…
Opinion|What Chronic-Pain Patients Are Deeply Afraid Of Getting off opioids can be a crisis itself — so patients and…
Almost 400,000 people died from an opioid overdose in the United States between 1999 and 2017.
EAGAN, Minn., Oct. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- New research from Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) and GuideWell Mutual Holding…
EAGAN, Minn., Oct. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- New research from Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) and GuideWell Mutual Holding…
"We have been working on addressing the opioid epidemic in Florida for a number of years," said Scott McClelland, PharmD, vice…
SOURCE Prime Therapeutics LLC Intervention supports CDC-recommended supply for short-term pain management EAGAN, Minn., Oct.
SOURCE Prime Therapeutics LLC Intervention supports CDC-recommended supply for short-term pain management EAGAN, Minn.
New research from Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) and GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation (GuideWell), the parent to Florida's…
EAGAN, Minn., Oct. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- New research from Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) and GuideWell Mutual Holding…
EAGAN, Minn. Prime and the health plan examined whether the pharmacy point-of-sale intervention would be successful at reducing…
Intervention supports CDC-recommended supply for short-term pain management EAGAN, Minn., Oct.
EAGAN, Minn., Oct. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- New research from Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) and GuideWell Mutual Holding…
EAGAN, Minn., Oct. 25, 2019 / / -- New research from Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime) and GuideWell Mutual Holding Corporation (Gui…
Intervention supports CDC-recommended supply for short-term pain management EAGAN, Minn., Oct.
5 minutes ago More than 70% of doctors said that although there will likely be a decrease in opioid-related deaths, more…
5 minutes ago More than 70% of doctors said that although there will likely be a decrease in opioid-related deaths, more…
5 minutes ago More than 70% of doctors said that although there will likely be a decrease in opioid-related deaths, more…
5 minutes ago More than 70% of doctors said that although there will likely be a decrease in opioid-related deaths, more…
5 minutes ago More than 70% of doctors said that although there will likely be a decrease in opioid-related deaths, more…
5 minutes ago More than 70% of doctors said that although there will likely be a decrease in opioid-related deaths, more…
Use of opioid-alternative pain medications is surging as the U.S. tries to wean off the addictive painkillers, giving…
Share on Pinterest Federal officials revisited opioid prescription guidelines earlier this month.
After years and decades in which healthcare providers were freely prescribing opioids for all sorts of painful conditions, the…
HHS is publishing information to educate clinicians on how to appropriately taper long-term opioid users off their medications…
Photo by arvin keynes on Unsplash In Part I of The Surveillance Model of Medicine, I provided an overview of the CDS Connect…
Three studies published this year have examined the risks when patients with chronic pain abruptly stop taking opioids.
LAS VEGAS -- In the late 1990s, U.S. providers were successfully sued for undertreating patients with pain, and the first…