By Judy Foreman on WBUR Common Health The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently came out with controversial proposed guidelines for opioid prescribing through a process that critics say may harm pain patients, has been shrouded in secrecy, and has been controlled by a group of physician-activists called PROP, Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing. PROP’s stated […]
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Pain Advocates Urge Patients to Comment on CDC Opioid Regulations
Published by National Pain Report Now that the Centers for Disease Control has decided to open up the public comment period on its controversial guidelines on opioid prescribing, pain advocates are urging that people participate. One group that greatly influenced the CDC was the PAINS Steering Committee and Myra Christopher of the Center for Practical […]
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Proposed CDC Guidelines for Opoid Prescribing Could Unintendedly Make the Burden of Chronic Pain Greater for Millions of Americans
by Myra Christopher, PAINS Director Several months ago the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that it was their plan to develop guidelines for opioid prescribing. Since then there has been much speculation and concern about this initiative among those advocating for a comprehensive chronic pain management approach. In mid-September a draft of the guidelines […]
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CDC Re-Opens Door for Public Comment on Opioid Prescribing Guideline Amid Scrutiny and Criticism
Published by National Pain Report Under mounting criticism from patients, physicians and industry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced it has opened a second period for public comment on its Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain, the agency made public in a notice in the Federal Register. CDC’s draft guidelines will be available […]
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Kansas Citians with chronic pain take their plight public
Published by Kansas City Star Rhonda Enzinna has discovered it’s nice to be in a room where people accept that her hurting is real. She knows that tepid “hmm” that clinicians and others express when Enzinna, 61, of Kansas City, tells them she has lived with pain since she was a girl. In chilly or […]
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Pain is a Vital Sign
by Dr. Lynn Webster Near the end of May, the New York Medical Society brought forward a resolution for the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates to consider. The focus of Resolution 707 is the 2001 Joint Commission standard to assess pain as the fifth vital sign. The drafters of the resolution claim that […]
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HHS takes strong steps to address opioid-drug related overdose, death and dependence
Evidence-based, bipartisan efforts focus on prescribing practices and treatment to reduce prescription opioid and heroin use disorders U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell today announced a targeted initiative aimed at reducing prescription opioid and heroin related overdose, death and dependence. Deaths from drug overdose have risen steadily over the past two decades […]
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Drug measure is bitter pill for Schaaf
by Ray Scherer, St. Joseph News-Press A St. Joseph lawmaker is supporting a compromise proposal to monitor prescription drugs in order to preserve a provision for patient privacy. Sen. Dr. Rob Schaaf, R-St. Joseph, said his bill to establish a prescription drug monitoring program was merged into another senator’s proposal, which has made it to […]
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Chronic Pain — The Invisible Public Health Crises
by Richard Payne, MD – Published on The Center for Practical Bioethics Blog A Call for Moral Leadership “I am an invisible man. No I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allen Poe: Nor am I one of your Hollywood movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, […]
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The Power of Advocacy
Get Involved with Pain Management Legislation by Carol Harper – Published by PainPathways Magazine In the first part of this series, we talked about the importance of advocacy. Last quarter we focused on how to create a pain awareness event. Now, let’s look at how to make a difference on a broad scale: getting involved […]
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