#Opioids

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Many PM MDs are NOT requiring weekly/monthly urine tests. MDs are using telemedicine.We’re gonna see a HUGE increase in ODs/deaths from LEGAL #opioids.Why?As adults & #chronicpain pts, we’re apparently unable

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Alot of these opioid initiatives/metrics such as:Opioid free EDsReducing opioid MMEsOpioid sparingEtc..They work off the notion that opioids are "highly addictive" and patients can readily become addicted to these medications..

“...opioid-based painkiller packs, including codeine and hydromorphone, will be cut in half, from 20 tablets to 10, and no repeats will be allowed unless a special exemption is sought and

one of the more ghoulish documents from the @practicefusion anti-kickback documents: a spreadsheet of per-patient profit for @purduepharma (oops, i mean "pharma co. x") opioids as part of ROI calculation

Stop Bad Doctors

1) I'm ANGRY. #PainBigotry has got to stop!! When my boyfriend fell in Detroit the ER dr dismissed his complaints of wrist pain & said "it's probably just sprained" No

The Ford government's pandemic response structure was developed by US-based management consulting firm McKinsey & Company.McKinsey & Company were behind the promotion of opioids across America. They have been involved

Well, its finally here -- the @ArthritisFdn /@ACRheum guidelines for hand hip and knee OA, now with patient perspectives, courtesy of the Arthritis Foundation Live Yes! Arthritis Network! Patient engagement

Penington Institute

We're at the Library at the Dock in Docklands for our #Overdose and Response in Victoria Seminar! We'll have 4 fantastic speakers this morning and will be bringing you the

Thread:How can we address the severe harms caused by an increasingly toxic drug supply?Our new article examines what happens when you distribute safer, pharmaceutical opioids (#safesupply) to people at-risk of

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*Thread*Great article Dr. Fudin vs Kolodny round 3 lol “What he said about kidney stones is not correct. In fact, it’s cruel. What he said about tooth extractions is correct,”

Son of Baldwin (Robert Jones, Jr.)

Can it be justice if it's also racist?This company is pleading guilty to hooking primarily white people on a drug that has caused a drug crisis that dwarfed the crack

Rachel Walker PhD RN

1/ I’ll never forget the time a #drone team asked for my help testing their hypothesis that dropping opioids on people’s lawns in rural Mass. would be an effective way

Lorraine Renee Skuta Art & Biology

For those out there saying that COVID-19 "isn't that bad," or that "it's not has bad as [blank]," I'd like to offer up a chilling statistic.1/9 Right now, about 1,900

I have no specific affinity for the white working class and have very little exposure to them.But my brown family doesn't want their community to change.They own guns and drive

Suzanne Nielsen PhD MPS

1/ Thanks so much for the invitation to speak at #2020SHPAVCON on take-home #naloxone in hospital settings. It has been recorded by @the_shpa .. but here are a few take-away

Brad Beauregard Jr 🇺🇸

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Doctors need to stop prohibiting medications that help patients in pain. They’re not terrible drugs. They’re terrible drugs in the wrong hands.Most doctors do what they think is the right