“Opioid manufacturers stand to lose substantial profits with the widespread adoption of the CDC guideline. Public health, however, benefits from the guideline, and attacks on it bear industry’s fingerprints.”
Tag: opioid prescribing
Medical Schools Rethink Training Amid Opioid Epidemic
Some medical schools around the country have begun to change the conversation around pain management.
Doctor Receives 20-Year Sentence For Reckless Opioid Prescribing
The Manhattan doctor was convicted on 10 counts of unlawful distribution of oxycodone without legitimate medical purpose.
Oklahoma Lawsuit Against Purdue Pharma Settles For $270 Million
The bulk of the settlement will go to Oklahoma State University to fund an addiction treatment center and addiction treatment medicine.
Dentists Need To Make Sweeping Changes To Opioid Prescribing
Dentists have decreased the amount of opioid prescriptions they write by nearly 500,000—but some believe it’s not enough.
Doctor Accused Of Prescribing Pills Linked To Overdose Deaths
The doctor’s prescription writing was allegedly so extreme that a local CVS stopped accepting prescriptions he wrote. There’s a lot of attention on the so-called “third wave” of the opioid epidemic, synthetic opioids, but the arrest of a California doctor this week for allegedly illegally distributing prescription pills shows that medications are still a dangerous… Continue reading Doctor Accused Of Prescribing Pills Linked To Overdose Deaths
New Opioid Laws Seek To Curb Overprescribing
Though there is no hard evidence of the effectiveness of the laws yet, some professionals see the numbers as heading in the right direction. As the opioid epidemic has continued to claim lives, more than two dozen states have put laws in place in the hope of limiting the damage. Of those two dozen, the… Continue reading New Opioid Laws Seek To Curb Overprescribing
Doctors Will Be Required To Check Prescription Database In California
The state’s monitoring system has been historically underused by healthcare providers. Beginning on October 2, doctors in California will be required to check the state’s prescription monitoring database before writing a new prescription, in an attempt to provide better care and correct years of underutilization of the system. “California created the first system to track… Continue reading Doctors Will Be Required To Check Prescription Database In California
"Death Certificate Project" Helps Identify Doctors Who Overprescribe
The crackdown has spooked physicians, including some who say they’re now less inclined to treat complex patients. Hundreds of California physicians are under investigation for their prescribing habits, as the state medical board cracks down on overprescribing. Under the “Death Certificate Project,” the Medical Board of California is trying to take a proactive approach to… Continue reading "Death Certificate Project" Helps Identify Doctors Who Overprescribe
Could Informing Doctors Of Patients' Opioid Deaths Curb Prescribing?
How are doctors’ prescribing behavior affected when they’re notified of their own patients’ opioid-related deaths? Some California doctors have recently received letters that changed how they prescribed opioids, according to new research. The letters informed doctors of the deaths of patients to whom they had prescribed opioids, according to the Washington Post. Such letters were… Continue reading Could Informing Doctors Of Patients' Opioid Deaths Curb Prescribing?