The misapplication of the CDC guideline on opioid prescribing for chronic pain has caused confusion, suffering, and harm to patients. Fundamentally, policies and practices that support tapering to...
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) of 2016 led to the creation of the Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force), whose mission is to determine whether gaps...
Today is a day to honor our doctors for their dedication and hard work in helping to cure disease and improve the health and well-being of our citizens. National Doctors’ Day marks the date that...
With the incredible dedication and efforts of multiple clinicians and patients advocated for those in pain, we a submitted a letter to Oregon HERC expressing deep concerns about Oregon’s proposal to...
Yesterday we submitted a letter to Oregon Governor Kate Brown opposing a proposed community-based forced prescription opioid tapering in patients taking long-term prescription opioids. Our letter...
Our country has both challenges with chronic pain as well as opioid misuse, abuse, diversion and overdose deaths. Recognize we use opioids to treat pain, how do we address this conundrum? This was the...