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The Alice
WyredAlice
Today, I'm seeing a lot of #chronicpain/#intractablepain community members going in on politics, thinking that politicians care one way or the other. Here's the truth about that. Warning: don't read
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Dan Arendt Pharm.D., BCPS (he/him)
ArendtDr
The Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act 2.0 is set to be proposed to the US Senate this monthIt expands harm reduction efforts and SUD treatment! Unfortunately, one section of the
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Sanctuary Toronto
SanctuaryTO
If current trends continue, more than 2,200 people will die of opioid overdoses in Ontario by the end of 2020 (thread). 2,200 people. 2,200 people. 2,2000 people. These are our
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Stefan Kertesz, MD
StefanKertesz
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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Elaine Hyshka
ehyshka
Yesterday, Alberta's premier announced 904 opioid overdose deaths from Jan. to Oct. 2020 (66% increase in the death rate y/y). He attributed this increase to CERB and reduced treatment access.
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Dr Jonathon Tomlinson #BlackLivesMatter
mellojonny
What's missing from the NICE Chronic Pain Consultation? https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/indevelopment/gid-ng10069/consultation/html-content-21. Gender - chronic pain affects women disproportionately2. Inequalities -chronic pain affects
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Tony Duffy 💙
Existential_Doc
Opioid toxicty: A thread (with a palliative theme)Let’s start by thinking about tue difference between side-effects of opioids from toxicity. Side-effects: the secondary, usually undesirable effects other than pain reliefConstipationDry
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Omar Mosleh
OmarMosleh
THREAD - I wanted to see if the opioid epidemic has escalated during the COVID-19 pandemic. The short answer is yes. Some of my findings were alarming - Ontario's chief
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Kate Nicholson
speakingabtpain
What an inflammatory headline when you dig into the numbers. Resistance to change in an opioid prescription or request for a specific opioid are not misuse. #Opioids #ChronicPain #CancerPain #HPMhttps://medpagetoday.com/painmanagement/opioi
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James Lingford
JamesLingford
So this economist who views paying undergrad RAs enough to eat as a burden also wrote a paper on how drug addicts should have fewer safety nets so that when
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Zoe McElligott
nanopharmNC
Still thinking about that horrible PI and her horrible naloxone paper...just in case people were unaware, no one wants to take naloxone. It is going to feel extremely horrible, shitty
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Erica Hsiung Wojcik
ewojcik
If you're teaching developmental psychology, neuroscience, research methods, clinical, or intro to psych (well, really ANY psych class) in the fall, consider teaching about the racism and bad science behind
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David Moscrop
David_Moscrop
Thinking about the opioid crisis and the government's plan for addressing it, and drugs more generally: the government has been in power since 2015. We are repeatedly told that decriminalization,
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M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS
kit_delgadoMD
1/ Had a patient present to the ER with severe nausea and vomiting. As has become my practice, I asked "Have you struggled with pain killers, heroin, or fentanyl?" and
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Anne Fuqua
PainPtFightBack
@lisaling For the most part, I love your show, but there are some issues with the way that you cover the opioid crisis that I would like to bring to
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Sheila Vakharia PhD MSW
MyHarmReduction
Exciting news for advocates to #XtheX Waiver today to loosen restrictions for buprenorphine access. However, still a lot of unanswered questions and still doesn't go far enough. A thread ()
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