What do OxyContin, Evzio, and a chainsaw have in common? Continue reading about an honest mistake, and you will see.…
CLAAD & USPF show unwavering support for PAIN Patients
CLAAD & USPF show unwavering support for PAIN Patients & FDA Commissioner, Dr. Margaret Hamburg! Dear Blog Followers, Hundreds of you…
Pain, Sins, and Reflection
Almost 13 months to the day, I joined several of my colleagues at PainWeek 2013 in Las Vegas, where PROMPT…
Protect Pain Care
By nature, I am prone to the use of hyperbole. When I am asked to discuss something that matters to…
Painfully Legal – FUDIN and GUDIN
FUDIN and GUDIN Serve Up Medical-Legal Pain Cases! Who would’ve predicted that an MD from Northern Jersey and a PharmD…
Mythbusters: Hydrocodone is NOT a ProDrug!
Many urban myths have surfaced of late, perhaps as a result of the newfound interest among politicians professing to be…
DEA: Hydrocodone Combinations Will Be a Schedule II
Just over one year ago, Dr. Kyle Donovan and I published How Changing Hydrocodone Scheduling Will Affect Pain Management in Practical…
CLAAD and Phoenix House Square Off
Guest Blogger Kyle Simon is the Director of Policy and Advocacy for the Center for Lawful Access and Abuse Deterrence.…
Testing Patients for Synthetic & “Under-the-Radar” Street Drugs
Interactions Between Pain Medications and Illicit Street Drugs As published on Practical Pain Management’s website… To prevent fatal drug-drug interactions,…
Take aim at the battleship, not the dinghy
Last week’s Consumer Reports cover story, “Special report: The dangers of painkillers” highlights the important issue of prescription pain drug abuse…