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Excellent News! This is a very good thing.
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A citizen's petition to #FDA asks that #NarxCare be taken off the market. #NarxCare software analyzes drug data to give patients “risk scores,” but critics say its a misbranded medical device that harms patients. @BambooHLTH #cpp #opioids #chronicpain bit.ly/41IQvZI
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When patients have inadequate access to medically necessary controlled medications, the harms can include relegation to the illicit drug market, exposure to substances adulterated with illegal fentanyl, prosecution and incarceration, drug poisoning, suicide, and death.
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JMR is extending an open call for submissions in 2023! We welcome manuscripts spanning original research, best practices, commentaries about patient safety & related matters relevant to medical regulators in the U.S. & around the world. bit.ly/3Qrycmt #callforpapers
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ICYMI: “Demanding Better: A Case for Increased Funding & Involvement of State Medical Boards in Response to America’s Drug Abuse Crisis,” by authors from @dcbalaw & @USPolicyCenter: bit.ly/3oEAqjX
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Since launching, the #HealthCare Litigation Tracker—a free digital resource that tracks and analyzes health care litigation in the US—has added new cases and issues to the website.
Learn about the 81 cases, including #Braidwood v Becerra, and 11 issues: litigationtracker.law.george…
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Check out our newest report on the state of access to evidence-based treatment for opioid use disorder in US jails and prisons. With @joeyoflongley @ReginaLabelle
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As @POTUS prepares to deliver his #SOTU address, which includes actions towards reducing overdose deaths, the Addiction and Public Policy Initiative releases an update to its 2021 snapshot on access to #MOUD in US corrections.
Read the new snapshot here: oneill.law.georgetown.edu/pu…
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If you were on daily opioids for pain and your dr cut you off, is force tapering you, dismissed you, or you lost your Dr for any reason, please fill out this form. Nobody is measuring patient abandonment so we are attempting to start. #spoonie #patientabandonment #opioid #pain
Patient Abandonment and Forced Opioid Taper Questionnaire Please fill this out even if you sent me your patient story. #opioid #patientabandonment #forcedtaper #CPP #spoonie #chronicpain #dontpunishpain docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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Congratulations to @DrHankChaudhry, FSMB President & CEO for being recognized by @modrnhealthcr as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare for 2022. #MH100Most News release --> bit.ly/3Fsa93p
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A #ChronicPain patient and his wife died by suicide this week after their doctor's license to prescribe #opioids was suspended by the #DEA. #cpp @DEAHQ @DOJPH @CDCDirector @CDCInjury #opioidhysteria bit.ly/3UroLp0
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The Knox County (TN) Health Department is reporting an unusually high number of overdoses for Nov. 1-3. In that 48-hour period, KCHD officials said the county saw 32 overdoses. Thankfully, none of the overdoses were fatal.
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Prescribing buprenorphine for patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) has been one of the most gratifying things I’ve done in medicine. I’m writing this with the hope that it will inspire more #MedTwitter people who aren’t yet doing so to start prescribing bupe. Please retweet.🧵
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Honored to have been part of the @theNASEM Workshop on Methadone Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder: Improving Access Through Regulatory and Legal Change,” The workshop’s report is out today with a masterful recitation of participants’ recommendations.
nap.nationalacademies.org/ca…
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This is a huge development and an important step towards coordinated systems providing therapeutic interventions nationwide. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/988…
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Join me Tue, July 19, at 1 pm ET for a #webinar on the significance of the #SCOTUS decision in Ruan v US for ppl w/ #pain or #opioidusedisorder.
Spkrs: @LynnRWebsterMD @PainPolitics @ronchapman
#opioids #drugpolicy
Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Thank you @ReginaLabelle as always for your support and mentorship! Honored to receive this award along with so many incredible leaders and innovators!
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We did it! Here’s the breakdown of the Ruan decision. So grateful for the talented advocacy of all involved @PainPolitics @LynnRWebsterMD @CMerandi @DoctorsofC federaldefenseblog.com/blog/…
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Nice piece in @nytimes on the #SCOTUS Ruan decision quoting @national_pain's ED.
nytimes.com/2022/06/27/us/po…
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Doctors Appealing Opioid Convictions bit.ly/3xVQwMh via @PainNewsNetwork