Attorney generals are not qualified to set medical practice guidance

Physician
May 22, 2022

Eleven attorneys general (AGs) have responded to a long-awaited draft update on a nationwide opioid-prescribing guideline by asking that drafters do more to prevent prescription opioid diversion. Logically focused on law enforcement, the AGs, unfortunately, suggest reviving policies the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has already cited as potentially harmful to patients. In doing so, the AGs step into the practice of medicine which they are not qualified …

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Attorney generals are not qualified to set medical practice guidance

Intimidating doctors won’t solve the chronic pain epidemic

Physician
August 11, 2014

Nearly every day we read headlines about the serious prescription drug problem in America.  Increasing heroin addictions and deaths from illicit drug use are taking a severe toll on far too many families and communities. While we must feel enormous sadness for the families experiencing these tragedies, we must not overlook the other major health crisis that is often associated with the opioid abuse problem: chronic pain.

The chronic pain crisis …

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Intimidating doctors won’t solve the chronic pain epidemic