Many urban myths have surfaced of late, perhaps as a result of the newfound interest among politicians professing to be experts on appropriate use, misuse, and abuse of opioids. Irrespective of the niggling rhetoric we’ve seen from various ill-informed politicians nationwide, hydrocodone is here to stay. Extended release formulations of single entity hydrocodone as Zogenix […]
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It’s no secret that “universally”, pain education is marginally covered within healthcare universities including schools of pharmacy, medicine, and nursing.[1] Three pharmacy students felt so compelled to tell the world how pain education impacted their didactic learning, that they approached me to write a blog. At first I was hesitant because the content seemed presumptuous […]
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Dr. James Patrick Murphy is board-certified in Pain, Addiction, and Anesthesiology. He is President of The Greater Louisville Medical Society and the Course Director for OPIOID. Dr. Murphy writes… “What am I supposed to do? I’m over the limit.” Recently I was visited by a patient “warrior”. I hadn’t known her before, but she had […]
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