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Chronic Pain in Veterans

docalex — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 02:26:45 GMT

Table of Contents: Introduction // Opiophobia and Opioignorance // Modern Understanding of Chronic Pain // Risk of Addiction in Opioid Therapy // Treatment and Outcomes // Undertreatment of Pain is a National Scourge // Footnotes

Dear VA - This is Pain 'Care'?

docalex — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 19:16:48 GMT

... A few months ago, a new group of what I call “Narco-Nazis” arrived at the VA, and forced all pain patients to sign a draconian pain contract on threat of losing all care. ...

Drug Law Blog

docalex — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:27:26 GMT

DeLuca on the Pain Doctor Crackdown; Alex Coolman; Drug War Blog; 2007-06-02.

Excerpt:

"This week Alex DeLuca had an interesting post on the nationwide criminal crackdown on pain doctors and in particular on the effects that this crackdown is having on patients who were previously under the care of these doctors. The bizarre thing, DeLuca notes, is that people who were once steady on pain management medication are instantly being reclassified as "addicts," with no distinction being made between dependence and addiction."

The post by me referred to is:

Utah and Federal Law Enforcement Collaborate Towards a Final Solution to the Prescription Drug Abuse Plague; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors / Pain Crisis; 2007-05-3

Fed Seeks to Gag Schneiders/PRN

docalex — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 12:36:29 GMT

Last paragraph of AP news article: "[Reynolds] said prosecutors should not be attacking constitutional rights: 'I’m shocked that the government would try to get a gag order against a political activist. I find that stunning.'"

War on Doctors / Pain Crisis

docalex — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:44:18 GMT

War on Doctors / Pain Crisis - the Blog of the Pain Relief Network (PRN), an organization of pain patients, pain docs, and pain relief advocates dedicated to the abolition of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) which imposes a defacto federal regulation of Medicine, a right constitutionally reserved to the states.

End-of-Life Pain Management: - a Criminal Offense?; Robert Weitzel, M.D.; 2003

docalex — Sat, 06 May 2006 17:10:48 GMT

End-of-Life Pain Management: - a Criminal Offense?; Robert Weitzel, M.D.; Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons Volume; 8(4); 2003.

Red Flags and the Standard of Care

docalex — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 01:59:37 GMT

In summary, in opioid-treated chronic pain populations, ADRBs are very common, addiction as a consequence of treatment is very uncommon, undertreatment of chronic pain is very common, and pain experts lack uniformity in interpreting the relative importance and significance of various ADRBs. Given this context, leaping to a conclusion that any particular behavior is caused by substance abuse or diversion of prescribed medication is unwarranted and represents a failure to employ a proper medical evaluation process.

TheAgitator.com: "Not a War on Doctors"...

docalex — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 06:33:19 GMT

Radley Balko - The Agitator blog. Libertarian, Cato Institute. Militarization of police - SWAT abuses. War on Doctors / Pain Crisis. A blog I read regularly

Drug Law Blog

docalex — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:52:21 GMT

An Abigail Alliance Interview -- Agibail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs: http://abigail-alliance.org/ Very interesting constitutional liberties arguments

O'Shaughnessy's - J. of the Calif. Cannabis Research Med. Group

docalex — Thu, 16 Feb 2006 14:45:22 GMT

O'Shaughnessy's - J. of the Calif. Cannabis Research Med. Group (CCRMG)