PROMPT Challenges PROP’s Petition in Practical Pain Management, October 2012. See HTML HERE on PPM’s website and see related articles. PRACTICAL…
Preventing GI Ulcers during NSAID Use
Guest Blogger: Natsuki Kubotera, Pharm.D., Candidate 2013. Guest posts by Resident and Intern Pharmacists are reviewed, edited, and approved for…
Dancing to the Pharmacy Crawl for Opioids
This week’s blog is dedicated to pain sufferers in all states, but particularly Florida that are expert at a new…
Selecting the Right Pain Medication
Often times when seeing patients I hear similar concerns regarding initiation of “pain medication”. Some of these concerns are appropriate,…
Is there a [REAL] doctor in the house?
“Why do you call yourself a doctor on your website?” “You won’t give me my oxycodone…you’re not even a real…
Antidepressants are not “Happy Pills”
Certain antidepressants can be extremely efficacious for certain pain disorders, most are good for depression, but none of them are…
Methadone Dose Conversion Unscrambled
WARNING: Methadone should only be prescribed for pain by experienced clinicians! Indubitably, the most difficult opioid conversion challenge to prescribers…
Long Weekend, Just Two “Tablets” Left, and No Refills
11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Prescribe Short-Acting Opioids for Chronic Pain! Pain clinicians and scientists worldwide have come to recognize that…
Tapentadol; A Unique & Rational Opioid Option for Neuropathic Pain
Tapentadol (in the form of Nucynta ER®) was FDA approved for diabetic neuropathy pain on August 29, 2012. This is especially…
PROMPT to PROP; The Ball’s in Your Court
PROMPT initially became a concept on August 3, 2012 after I read the July 25, 2012 PROP Petition to the FDA. …