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Principles of Opioid Management of Pain (full text) Joel Hochman, M.D. and the membership of the NFTP and the Pain Relief Network; TPPCD listServ; Summer …

*__The Politics of Pain - Campaign to Defend Patients’ Rights - CEI Calls for End of DEA Harrassment of Pain Doctors__*; [Competitive Enterprise Institute][cei]; 2008-05-15. [Source][source] **See also:** [**War on Doctors, and …

Dr. Schneider’s License Suspended in Attempt to Close Pain Clinic; Roxana Hegeman; Associated Press; 2008-01-30. Source See also:
PRN - Hot off the Presses forum WICHITA, Kan. (AP) …

**_Sativex for Neuropathic Pain - Literature Review_**; Alexander DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-11-15….

_**Dr. Frank Fisher Announces Opening of Eel Valley Rural Health Clinic**_; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-07-22. — [Invitation to Grand Opening (PDF)] I admit …

Future Docs Give USA Fair Warning - We Get the Doctoring We Deserve; Alexander DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis; 2007-06-19.

God Bless John Tierney.

Tina Rosenberg wrote an article in the June 17, 2007 NYTimes Sunday Magazine entitled “When is a …

‘A Boundless Field of Power’ - PRN Amicus Brief for Dr. McIver (full text PDF); Reynolds,S.; Fisher,F.; and, DeLuca,A.; Pain Relief Network; May 2007.

Excerpt:

“To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specifically drawn around the …

Doctors Urge Better Pain Care for Troops (excerpted); Lauran Neergaard; AP Medical Writer; 2007-05-07. [Source no longer available; was: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/healthbeat_veterans_pain].

WASHINGTON (AP) — They call it the coming tsunami, veterans returning from Iraq who will suffer chronic pain years from …

OxyCon’ed One More Time; and, ‘The Truth…’; Alex DeLuca, M.D., MPH; War on Doctors / Pain Crisis; 2007-05-11.

Here we go again. [very deep sigh]

”With its OxyContin, Purdue unleashed a highly abusable, addictive, and potentially dangerous drug on an unsuspecting and …

Do We Really Want e-Prescription Monitoring?; Alex DeLuca, M.D., MPH; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis; 2007-05-08. From Tallahassee, Florida, comes this article: E-Prescribing Could Cut Down on Drug Abuse” by Geoff Oldfather;TCPalm News; 2007-04-08. Mr. Oldfather reports on a bill passed …

Billy Is Guilty Of One Thing: Believing Authorities; email from family of a Hurwitz patient; late December, 2004. Originally posted to listServ of the NFTP or PRN and …

At Trial, Pain Has a Witness (full text) - John Tierney; Findings Column, New York Times, Science section; 2007-04-22. Posted: 2007-04-23. Source Excerpt: [Hurwitz] did get rid of the worst patients, he said, but he believed others were reforming, and …

Why We Continue to Fight for Dr. McIver (full text); John P. Flannery II; Pain and Social Policy listServ, Pain Relief Network; 2006-12-20.

Excerpt: The reason that we write and argue is because manifestly - silence changes nothing. It …

Judge Dismisses the Most Serious Charges Against Dr. Hurwitz (full text and related resources) - John Tierney; TierneyLab weblog; NY Times - Science online; 2007-04-19. Source. His retrial in federal court here isn’t over yet, but Dr. …

I witnessed part of the Hurwitz proceedings yesterday, 2007-04-17. The trial is wrapping up - I was present for the end of Billy’s direct examination and the bulk of the cross examination. I had to leave before re-direct. The veteran …

Vindicated Doctor Returns to Medicine (full text); David Bruce; Erie Times-News; 2007-04-05. Source. Excerpt: “The community spoke when the jury acquitted Dr. Heberle and he deserves a chance like any member of the …

Belated updates to the Hurwitz Collection. I’m slowly starting to get back into the swing of things. There is very little chatter on the closed listServ’s about how the trial is going, no daily updates we became used to during the …

Good morning, all - Happy Easter to those who celebrate it, and Happy Spring to everyone; The development of this blog site continues apace. There are many developments in the war on docs I am anxious to bring you …

Good morning. Well, I think I’ve just about gotten the basic elements of this WordPress blog software in place. Still plenty of stuff I’d like to change, and some nagging, niggling annonyances regarding little things that should work, but don’t… all …

Welcome to the War on Doctors / Pain Crisis blog. I intend this to become a new ‘front-end’ for my Addiction, Pain, and Public Health website aka doctordeluca.com, and for that site to serve a more narrow reference library …