Bulletin: Heroin and Fentanyl Dealers are Ignoring Morphine Sulfate Equivalent (MSE) Limits and Offering Ultra High Dose Unit Opioids in…
One, Two, Three Strikes You’re Dead, in the Old Ball Game
After viewing WKYC’s news report, Middletown official pitches ‘three strikes, you’re out’ Narcan plan, I was mortified to say the…
NOverdose Sparkles on Independence Day
It’s no secret that the media, politicians and several support groups are hopping on the bandwagon to vocalize concerns about…
What is worse, the Opioid Epidemic or the Stupidity Epidemic?
Pain colleague Dr. Jay Joshi recently wrote a blog for National Pain Report entitled What is worse, the Opioid Epidemic…
In Golf, the Wood is the Driver
Tiger Woods’ Arrest Brings Attention to the Growing National Problem of Drugged Driving (Posted on PPM June 5, 2017). Some…
Fight-or-Flight Pharma Lawsuits
As originally described by Walter Bradford Cannon, “the fight-or-flight response (also called hyperarousal, or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction…
Beware of the “Holy Trinity”
With the Memorial Day Weekend upon us, I thought it would be a great opportunity to remind patients requiring regular use…
Stuck on You
Dr. Mortimer Fein joins me today in a treacly duet about opioids while we’re still both mobile enough to dance…
Alternative Facts on Opioid Risk
Morphine Equivalent Daily Dose Scores THIRD on Risk Scale! While media muckrakers and anti-opioid zealots continue to fuel a fire…
No Brainer – No Brains
Once again, Ms. Persico and Dr. Wegrzyn hit a home run on their guest blog No Brainer – No Brains,…