I came across this public-accesss story, and wanted to share the perspective: Pauline Bartolone, Kaiser Health NewsEven as opioids flood American communities and fuel widespread addiction, hospitals are facing a dangerous shortage of the powerful painkillers needed by patients in acute pain, according to doctors, pharmacists and a coalition of Read more…
I don’t have pull with the addiction-related organizations out there. I’m never been a joiner, and I tend to notice the problems caused by medical societies over the good things that they supposedly accomplish. For example PROP, or ‘Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing’, have a specific mission. Once a Read more…
I answered a post today that is similar to many prior posts– a patient with significant pain is no longer getting good pain relief from the pain pills he has taken for the past three years, and he asked whether it was a good idea to change from one narcotic– Read more…
From a patient looking at having surgery: I’ve been on Suboxone sucessfully for three full years, after ten years on everything up to 100mg fentanyl patches every 48 hours for chronic pain. However, it doesn’t work for acute pain, like having teeth pulled. I’ve been on Lortab 10/650 tabs briefly Read more…