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Read this and weep – AGs and National Opioid Agreement – nicely put CPs OUT IN THE COLD It would appear that many different parts of our federal and state bureaucracy are focusing on cutting the availability of FDA-approved controlled opioids. I guess that the DOJ/DEA was not shutting down practitioners’ offices fast enough. More […]
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Apparently, the author of this article did not wish to call out what is still a hypertensive crisis level. Which it is a BP of > 180/120. I can’t count the number of times that a pt has told me that after their pain meds have been reduced and their blood pressure would go up […]
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The Coming Pharma Tariffs: Decoding Trump’s High-Stakes Bet on Drug Supply Chains https://www.daily-remedy.com/the-coming-pharma-tariffs-decoding-trumps-high-stakes-bet-on-drug-supply-chains/ As former President Trump signals sweeping tariffs on foreign pharmaceuticals, policymakers, investors, and patients must brace for consequences that go far beyond price tags Introduction: The Tariff Test Case No One Is Talking About For all the attention given to tariffs on […]
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Kids with chronic pain can become extremely isolated as peers often do not understand and friendships suffer. Please share this incredible online camp with anyone who might benefit! Courageous Parents Network Effie Parks Elan Schneider Creative Healing for Youth in PainCreative Healing for Youth in Pain 330 followers330 followers 3d • Edited • 3 days […]
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I had an interesting conversation today. Our PCP called in Barb’s opioid Rx in Monday or Tuesday. The independent pharmacy that we patronize called us and said that their drug wholesaler – one of the BIG THREE MAJORS – did not have her particular med in stock & it was in back order. I […]
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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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