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Stefan Kertesz, MD
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1/I'm excited that Dr. @AjayManhapra is presenting on concerns about mandatory opioid taper for VA's MAT-VA journal club, based on our shared paper... he notes Human costs of mandatory and
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1/FYI:Opioid Rx’s 60% vs 9 years ago. Outcomes have not been good. OD deaths are way , & patients traumatizedThis thread covers 4 years of my peer-reviewed articles.Let’s recalibrate
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“Why did so many physicians become Nazis?” – this new essay bears on us, the non-Nazi doctors. In short, “science” can be invoked by immoral agents, & science language can
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1/This week in @journaljgim: “Promoting Patient-Centeredness in #opioid Deprescribing: a Blueprint for De-implementation Science” Tools of “deimplementation science” should guide evaluation of health care changes - w/@BethDarnall @A
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1/Last week we launched CSI:OPIOIDs, our research survey for bereaved families+friends who have lost a person with pain to suicide during a change in opioid prescribing. I want to say
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1/this study shows a massive shift to video and especially telephone care among Veterans after March of 2020. And it leaves me with key questions for vulnerable populationshttps://twitter.com/herc_va/status/1326209353431572480 2/The strikin
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1/This student of @SMeghani_PhD reports: medical practices want to stop opioids on all patients, or transfer the patients out, but cannot find any other practice to take them. The travesty
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1/Listening today to @CDCgov Board of Scientific Counselors meeting that includes discussion of pain issues and a future opioid guideline...800-369-3110; participant 7563795 https://www.cdc.gov/injury/bsc/meetings.html 2/The 1st part focuse
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1/The NPR #opioid “flood of prescriptions“ piece distressed many. I can’t speak to that, without first saying where it’s right. We have no reason to doubt that docs and dentists
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1/My latest:"What Makes a Prescriber Stop Opioid Prescriptions if they Believe it Could Harm the Patient? Let’s Talk About Metrics and Systems" -tries to reduce confusion about how US health
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