As originally described by Walter Bradford Cannon, “the fight-or-flight response (also called hyperarousal, or the acute stress response) is a physiological reaction…
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And here it is folks, the moment you’ve all been waiting for – the softer version of our 2017 Super…
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When was the last time you heard a colleague express genuine excitement about learning anything new regarding pain therapeutics? If…
If Opioids Were Antibiotics and Pain Had an MIC
Dr. Raouf just can’t get enough pain! Thank you for sharing your insight as a full fledged PharmD. Here’s what…
Morphine Equivalence: Med + MEDD ≠ Cred
My shortest blogs ever. The reason? I want you to read The MEDD myth: the impact of pseudoscience on pain…
Should alcohol monitoring be a standard of care when prescribing opioids?
Several opioid prescribing guidelines suggest or require that urine drug testing be the standard of care when prescribing chronic opioid…
Seedy Sea or CDC?
Perhaps the Seedy Sea storm is past, the weather is clearing, and the CDC will arise once again as a…
CDC: All we want for Christmas is our two front Tweets
Following months of controversy and complaints about lack of transparency, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published an…
Pharmacists, Physicians, and Industry Capriciously Targeted for Lawsuits
Be certain your liability insurance is paid in full and your assets are well-protected because as one perspicacious attorney put…
Hysingla & Zohydro: Same church different pew?
Same church different pew you ponder? It’s not that simple. Almost a year to the day since the availability of…