Can the new Farm Bill regarding hemp-based products affect Urine Drug Screen Results? Cannabidiol (CBD) is a product that can…
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The REAL story of buprenorphine access for pain and addiction to mitigate death risk
In their 3/26/2019 commentary “Want to Reduce Opioid Deaths? Get People the Medications They Need”, a New York Times Editorial…
Opioid Absorption and Options Following Gastric Bypass Surgery
Please welcome this important guest post by Student Pharmacist Megan A. Gerken, under the direction and mentorship of Dr. Jacqueline Cleary……
Simon, Howie and Mitch (and Dan and Art and Margo and Ken)
Over recent years, the pain community has lost several incredibly stellar clinicians all of whom dedicated their lives to caring…
So, You Just Had a C-Section–Do You Need Opioids?
Guest Post by Dr. Bob Twillman Earlier this week, I got myself into some very hot water by tweeting a…
Medical Marijuana May Be On the Rise—But I See a Downfall
Why state actions to increase access to THC are simply widening Pandora’s box. #FUDINGUDIN found another opportunity to team up,…
Response to Oregon’s Tapering Guidance and Tools
We welcome guest blogger Dr. Stephen E. Nadeau, Senior Research Advisor, Alliance for the Treatment of Intractable Pain. Dr. Nadeau…
Happy Holidays or Horrific Hoax?
Happy New Year CMS, Buprenorphine and Tapentadol As many of you already know, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
I decline counseling
As I write this post, I am sitting on a plane, row 26 in Atlanta, Georgia waiting for the aircraft…
Fentanyl; A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, a phrase popularized by Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, where…