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Guest Article Post, Opioids, Opioids & Politics

The Real Reasons Prescribing Practitioners Taper Opioids

January 26, 2022 / Guest / 16 Comments on The Real Reasons Prescribing Practitioners Taper Opioids

A few months ago, Dr. Amelia Persico and colleagues authored a small but import study that highlights the flawed premise…

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HHS Waves Goodbye to Physician X-Waiver for Buprenorphine

January 26, 2021May 5, 2023 / Guest / 9 Comments on HHS Waves Goodbye to Physician X-Waiver for Buprenorphine

Dr. Emily Uebbing and I teamed up to cover the new HHS guidelines for the X-Waiver requirement when prescribing buprenorphine…

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Opioids, Opioids & Politics

Sufentanil and Alternative Facts

September 12, 2019September 13, 2019 / PainDr / 10 Comments on Sufentanil and Alternative Facts

It’s bad enough that mainstream media and politicians continue to spread false information regarding the opioid epidemic, with key blame…

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Blog, Opioids & Politics

The REAL story of buprenorphine access for pain and addiction to mitigate death risk

April 7, 2019May 5, 2023 / PainDr / 68 Comments on 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…

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Guest Article Post, Opioids & Politics

Response to Oregon’s Tapering Guidance and Tools

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 / PainDr / 103 Comments on 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…

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Guest Article Post, Opioids & Politics, Resident & Student Posts, Substance Abuse & Diversion

Fentanyl; A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet

November 7, 2018May 9, 2023 / PainDr / 10 Comments on 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…

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Guest Article Post, Opioids & Politics

Have we spilled the beans on opioids?

October 25, 2018October 26, 2018 / Guest / 18 Comments on 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…

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Guest Article Post, Opioids & Politics

Speaking Truth to Power: CDC Must Recall and Rewrite Their 2016 Guideline for Prescribing Opioids

September 24, 2018September 24, 2018 / Admin / 75 Comments 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…

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Opioids & Politics

Insurance Companies, Learned Helplessness, and Opioid Deaths

June 20, 2018June 20, 2018 / PainDr / 10 Comments on 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…

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Opioid Porn – I know it When I see It

May 23, 2018May 23, 2018 / Guest / 18 Comments on 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.…

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