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Why doesn’t the FDA use MME in professional literature on dosing an opioid The FDA does not routinely use Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME) in its professional literature for opioid dosing for several key reasons: – **Variability in Conversion Factors:** MME conversion tables are based on data from small clinical studies in limited populations, and different […]

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The hyperlink below is just a link to a 557-page report from the WHITE HOUSE on the COVID-19 Crisis. Of course, the highlight of the entire 4 yrs crisis and a copy of the pardon that President Biden gave Anthony Fauci for his contributions to the COVID-19 crisis.   https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/?utm_source=wh_social_share_button           […]

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Morphine Milligram Equivalents: The Metric Obscures the Mission https://www.acsh.org/news/2025/04/14/morphine-milligram-equivalents-metric-obscures-mission-49415 Welcome to the world of opioid prescribing, where government mandates based upon Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MMEs) are the rule rather than clinical judgment. In the zeal to fight the risk of opioid addiction, policymakers chose a metric — then forgot what it was meant to measure. […]

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I asked www.perplexity.ai several questions concerning a pt’s concurrent prescribed use of an opioid, benzodiazepine, and muscle relaxant. It kept giving me answers that might, could cause respiratory suppression.  It was obvious all the answers were based on – IMO – sloppy documentation of a death from a person taking the three meds together, and […]

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Kristi Leigh Imagine suffering form a dehibilitating disease and not getting the medication you need to function because of the government’s failure to control ILLICET substances. Govt is now using AI to target doctors who “the machine” deems aren’t prescribing appropriately. Doctors who treat chronic pain patients have become an easy target. One motivation is […]

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My lead flight attendant came to me and said, “We have an H.R. on this flight.” (H.R. stands for human remains.) “Are they military?” I asked. ‘Yes’, she said. ‘Is there an escort?’ I asked. ‘Yes, I’ve already assigned him a seat’. ‘Would you please tell him to come to the Flight Deck. You can […]

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Some people (DOJ, DEA, Fed prosecutors, politicians, media, and others)  believe and state that opioids are VERY ADDICTING. Many things in our day-to-day life can be dangerous or even kill us. Vehicles are/can be very safe – yet some 42K people die in vehicle accidents every year. Some 100K people die from using many alcohol […]

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“Our healthcare system should reimburse doctors and hospitals for patient’s health outcomes” Does this suggest that Kennedy is in favor of treating chronic pain patients to optimize a patient’s QOL?  Could we bring back “pain is the 5th vital sign”? Could a lot of practitioners who are now “uncomfortable” in writing for opioids for pain […]

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Short-sighted: Why the administration’s opioid plan won’t work https://thehill.com/opinion/5247116-opioid-crisis-prevention/ by Chris Fox, opinion contributor  chris@nonopioidchoices.org  https://nonopioidchoices.org/ Last week, the Trump administration released a five-step plan to address the country’s opioid addiction crisis. The administration’s new drug czar’s plan focuses largely on attempts to prevent opioid-related overdose deaths. It won’t work. Here’s why: The plan continues a years-old […]

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