#Opioids

Sarah Cone

sarah_cone

1) This is an all-important question.https://twitter.com/datarade/status/1332675459897843714 2) Recently, they exposed McKinsey’s role in the OxyContin crisis we have.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/business/mckinsey-purdue-oxycontin-o

Robby Starbuck

robbystarbuck

If alcohol is legal then Marijuana should be legal. I don’t want the stuff but that doesn’t stop me from seeing that it’s a freedom issue (+God made it). Alcohol

Samantha

hope411adcock

1) The results of poor policy making & approach to addressing the #OverdoseCrisis "Although fewer opioids are being prescribed, U.S. drug overdose deaths have reached record levels, driven largely by

Jill Piggott

JillPiggott

The medical use of #opioids did NOT cause the OD epidemic. But so many people believe it did, that in 2019 even @nytimes agreed with #Kolodny that #racism "protected" black

Wladyslaw Jagiellow II

IiJagiellow

They didn't just steal this election, they also stole the past four years from you. They stole trillions of dollars. They sold out your communities and your families to foreign

Gabrielle Mayer, MD

gabmayer

Just finishing my first string of night float shifts as a PGY-1. Being the “on call” intern overnight is a moment of real stretch and growth. I feel I’ve learned

World Health Organization (WHO)

WHO

It’s International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking! , about . million deaths are attributable to drug use. WHO is working closely with countries to reduce drug use and

Stefan Kertesz, MD

StefanKertesz

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

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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_M0TH3R_

#TH3D3NThis is gunna take me about three tweets but, you all need to WATCH THIS!Did you know there is a patent for the #Covid_19 virus?In 03' the CDC sought a

Joseph Friedman

JosephRFriedman

New Research shows 10-fold disparities in opioid prescribing rates between Mexican states based on SES.Patients in Mexico receive a tiny fraction of the opioids needed for palliative care. Led by

Jill Piggott

JillPiggott

Late in CDC's 2016 Guideline, a table reveals the Agency had no solid evidence for its claim that reducing rx #opioids would reduce ODs without harming people in #pain. In

Donovan Maust

dtmaust

We wrote a new thing out in @JAMA_current examining the mind-bogglingly high rate of psychotropic and opioid use among older adults with #dementia in the community:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2769458 Prescribing i

Deng Xiao Pingers

SirLolsworthy

Doing some reading of scientific papers on the buprenorphine patch for pain and found out it's recommended as a third or fourth line treatment if other, better opioids aren't suitable

Arjun Gupta

guptaarjun90

1/ What are the benefit and harms of interventions to treat breathlessness (dyspnea) in people with advanced cancer?We explore non-pharmacologic interventions in @JAMAOnc #supponc #palloncA tweetorial...https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama

Beth Schwartzapfel

schwartzapfel

Recently I got an email that broke my heart. "My name is Chris. I'm 53 and have been an addict my whole life..always opiates." 3 of her 4 brothers died

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