No one can be a better representative of cpp than Arianne . I am so glad she has the chance to have her voice heard.

Thank you Governor Jared Polis for protecting #ChronicPain patients.

'‌Most people who try drugs don’t get addicted, even to opioids or methamphetamine, which suggests that ‌factors other than simply being exposed to a drug can contribute to addiction.'

From the always thoughtful and worth reading Maia Szalavitz

nytimes.com/2023/04/24/opi…

As a woman of color doing well on long term opioid therapy, I strongly disagree with Andrew Kolodny and Prevent Opioid Abuse.
I don't need systemic #racism 'helping' me. Or some addiction doc making decisions about my care.

In what dystopian world is it better for Jessica to be forced to choose death?
Why not manage her pain and allow her a meaningful life?
Condolences to Jessica's family.
#WeR1
#SavingUsToDeath
#chronicpain

Attention #ChronicPain folks please submit a comment!
It can be as short an as email, and uploaded electronically
#CPP #FDA #opioids #Opioidhysteria #savingustodeath

How about just not conflating #symptom and #disease ? Pain=/=disease There were millions of us flourishing with #LTOT , and function and QOL tanked with loss of meds. How long is 'COPD' supposed to last? How come function and QOL improved with restoration of LTOT?

discoursemagazine.com/culture-and-so…
#ChronicPain
#OpioidCrisis
#SavingUsToDeath

Last Discourse Magazine piece on opioid policy - the harms of erosion of physician autonomy for patient outcomes and autonomy - is up.
Thanks to Lelena Arianne D.S. Illicit fentanyl is killing people Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc Allyson Varley, PhD Jeffrey A. Singer Maia Szalavitz Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta
discoursemagazine.com/culture-and-so…

New review of lit on effectiveness of #cannabis as a treatment for #ChronicPain .
'generally there was insufficient evidence for cannabinoids to be used as a pain treatment.'
FWIW, the authors seem heavily biased in favor of #cannabis .
liebertpub.com/doi/pdf/10.108…

How this #WarOnDrugs devastated a family. Thank you for sharing your story Arianne. My heart breaks for you.

Dr. Jeff Singer and I in USA Today
'Tylenol After Surgery? Why The Feds Make Patients Suffer Needless Pain'
acsh.org/news/2023/02/1…

How did the world come to this? How is this good? It's not. It's a tragedy. A senseless loss in this Kafkaesque senseless #WaronDrugs .

This remains one of the hardest losses to date...

I am so sorry for it. I wish we could have stopped it somehow.

#DesireeForever35

New NBER paper looks at #suicide in #veterans . Collab b/w #econ and #med scholars would be useful here, IMO. Allyson Varley, PhD Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc.
This rules out a lot of other causes, leaving what - exactly?
nber.org/papers/w30622

What she said.
Enduring pain is not a contest.

Increased off label use; unknown effectiveness; potentially serious side effects, especially in patients with respiratory co-morbidities.
#opioid #CPP
Life Is Art Carrie Lelena
Gabapentin, Opioid Prescriptions More Likely to Overlap in Recent Years medpagetoday.com/neurology/pain…

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The CDC’s Revised Guidelines suffer from the same fatal flaws as the 2016 Guidelines- relying on what is essentially #junkscisence on arriving at recommendations.

The consequences for #ChronicPain patients and patients with #SUD will remain adverse.

'Meet the new boss...same as the old boss.' CatoHealth #CatoDrugWar Kate Nicholson Laird Law PLLC Zachary Siegel Zach Rhoads @JoshBloomACSH Association of American Physicians & Surgeons cato.org/blog/cdc-repla… via Cato Institute