Pain colleague Dr. Jay Joshi recently wrote a blog for National Pain Report entitled What is worse, the Opioid Epidemic…
35 REASONS TO SELECT THE STRATTON VA RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Updated 8/10/2016 Publications and Presentations by Stratton VA Medical Center PGY2 Pharmacy Pain and Palliative Care Residents. We also have several…
Opioids, Anarchy, Communism, and Pain
What kind of a government, economic and healthcare system do we really have and what kind do we want when…
A Painless Twelve Days of Christmas, Looking Back
This season, we are fortunate to have guest blogger Jillian Leigh Faxon of Western New England University College of Pharmacy.…
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…
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…
Stupid Is As Stupid Does
Forrest Gump 1994: “My mama always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get”.…
Patients Share Humanistic Side of Living in Pain amid Lawmaker Opioid Hysteria
Promoting simplistic policy responses to complex social issues rarely produces meaningful solutions. Such has been the case during the past…
Politicians Bamboozle Constituents & Neglect Real Issue of Opioid Risk Mitigation
…and all this simply to win favor by using the “opioid epidemic” and innocent bystanders. As the media blitz continues…
Make Morphine Abuse Deterrent
…and why you’re at it, do the same for generic Opana® ER (oxymorphone) 40mg, and oxycodone 30mg immediate release(IR) tablets.…