Happy New Year CMS, Buprenorphine and Tapentadol As many of you already know, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services…
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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…
Stoned (and not in a good way)
Apparently these days, treating pain requires stones, or does it? See what guest blogger Dr. Morty Fein has top say……
If you are forced to stop opioids…
…without a proper assessment and comprehensive civil discussion with your prescriber, it could be very uncomfortable. I recognize that when…
Have we spilled the beans on opioids?
Guest Blogger Dr. Jessica E Geiger-Hayes, together with several of her palliative care colleagues offered to share some insight on…
Speaking Truth to Power: CDC Must Recall and Rewrite Their 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids
After an eventful summer, and my short hiatus from blog writing, Dr. Lawhern agreed to kick off the academic year…
Insurance Companies, Learned Helplessness, and Opioid Deaths
Politicians, media muckrakers, and blood thirsty legal corporations have launched an all-out attack on prescribing clinicians for causing and/or contributing…
Opioid Porn – I know it When I see It
Wow, look at the size of that pork butt. Take a gander at the freshly whipped cream, that gooey cheese.…
Numbskulls, Naloxone, and Nursing Homes
Intro to Apathy As of July 1, 2018, all fire extinguishers will be removed from adult living facilities, assisted living…