carol632
08-13-2004, 05:24 PM
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Topic: Back Pain: Support Group >> Discussion: And In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch by carol632
And In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
by carol632, on 8/12/2004 2:57:17 PM
I quote:
Drug enforcement agency teams up with doctors on painkiller guidelines.
Washington--New guidelines seek to improve treatment for millions of Americans with unrelieved pain by spelling out exactly who to prescribe powerful painkillers such as Oxycontin and morphine without attracting the wrate of the DEA.
Many doctors hesitate to prescribe narcotics, which are heavily regulated because they can be abused by addicts.
The guidelines issued Wednesday, written by leading pain specialists together with the DEA, stress that the drugs are safe for the proper patient--and pledge that doctors wont be arrested for providiing legitimate therapy.
There is "unwarrented fear that doctors who treat pain aggressively are singled out" said Patricia Good, the DEA's drug-diversion chief. The guidelines should help eliminate this aura of fear, she said.
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Topic: Back Pain: Support Group >> Discussion: And In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch by carol632
And In the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
by carol632, on 8/12/2004 2:57:17 PM
I quote:
Drug enforcement agency teams up with doctors on painkiller guidelines.
Washington--New guidelines seek to improve treatment for millions of Americans with unrelieved pain by spelling out exactly who to prescribe powerful painkillers such as Oxycontin and morphine without attracting the wrate of the DEA.
Many doctors hesitate to prescribe narcotics, which are heavily regulated because they can be abused by addicts.
The guidelines issued Wednesday, written by leading pain specialists together with the DEA, stress that the drugs are safe for the proper patient--and pledge that doctors wont be arrested for providiing legitimate therapy.
There is "unwarrented fear that doctors who treat pain aggressively are singled out" said Patricia Good, the DEA's drug-diversion chief. The guidelines should help eliminate this aura of fear, she said.
TO BE CONTINUED
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Kayley
08-13-2004, 08:18 PM
Thank you Carol! Finally, some good news! My doctor has never acted scared to prescribe my medicine, but maybe since we're in the Midwest, the big hoopla hadn't hit us quite yet. I think we've still got a long ways to go in pain management until people get decent care, but this is a good start!
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