http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress The blog of the PAIN RELIEF NETWORK Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:08:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dr. Rosa Martinez: New Charges?; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the Pain Relief Network; 2008-10-05. Revised: 2008-10-09. Forum discussion here. Permalink: http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/dr-martinez-new-charges/ See also: USA v Dr. Martinez Goes to Jury - Martinez Wins A. DeLuca, War on Docs/Pain Crisis, 2007-12-09 and, Yakima Doctor Faces New Charges L.B. Ward, Yakima Herald-Republic, 2008-08-20 and, PRN Files ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/dr-martinez-new-charges/ High Dose Transdermal Buprenorphine for Moderate to Severe Pain in Spanish Pain Centres—A Retrospective Multicenter Safety and Efficacy Study; Barutell, Gonzalez-Escalada, and Rodriguez; Pain Practice; 8(5): 355-361; 2008. See also: TD Buprenorphine for Everything and Everyone D. Rosielle, Pallimed; 2008-07-17 (Note also the Comments) Clinical Update on... Transdermal Buprenorphine H. Kress; European Journal of Pain, ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/transderm-bup-4-pain/ Experts: Untreated Pain as Serious a Problem as Drug Abuse; Tristan Scoot; The Missoulian newspaper - Missoulian.com; 2008-09-07. Source (as of 2008-09-07) See also: No Relief in Sight - Jacob Sullum, Reason, 1997 Opiophobia and the Chilling Effect Discuss this article on Chronic Pain Forums of PRN With the specter of prescription drug abuse looming ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/untreated-pain-serious/ Pain Crisis: Chickens Come Home to Roost; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the Pain Relief Network; 2008-08-07. Modified: 2008-08-08. In Reference To: Source of Pain Pills Dries Up - Blackford, 2008-08-06 Kentucky Herald Leader (link to source broken, full text below) All I can say about this article is to echo ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/chickenroost/ Should Alcohol Abusers Not be Treated for Pain?; Alexander DeLuca, M.D., MPH; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the Pain Relief Network; 2008-07-14. (Discuss on PRN's Pain Forums) It seems to me an uncivilized and insane notion that just because someone in current moderate to severe pain had a history of ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/alcl-abuse-mean-pain/ APS Symposium: Opiate Dosing Guidelines - Outrage or Imperative?; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the Pain Relief Network; 2008-07-10. Broken link to Opioid Therapy for Chronic Pain fixed: 2008-08-08. (Comments/Discussion on PRN's Chronic Pain Forums) See also: Opiate Dosing Guidelines: Outrage or Imperative1 PRN State Tort Claim vs WA State PRN ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/aps-guideline-conf/ Judge Refuses to Gag Kansas Doctor's Defense; Roxana Hegeman; Kansas City Star; 2008-07-10. Source. (Comments/Discussion on PRN's Chronic Pain Forums) See also: Schneider Pretrial Motions in Judge’s Hands - DeLuca, 2008-06-25 Fed Seeks to Gag Schneiders/PRN - AP, 2008-04-05 WICHITA | A federal judge on Thursday denied the government's efforts to gag defense attorneys, ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/no-gag-on-prn/ Pain Relief Network files State Tort Claim vs. WA State; Laura Cooper, Esq.; Pain Relief Network; 2008/07/08. [Full text PDF] See also: PRN Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, and Damages - 2008 and, WA's Interagency Guideline on Opioid Dosing for Non-Cancer Pain - 2007 SUMMARY: Nature of Relief Sought: This lawsuit is the result of ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/prn-tort-claim-vs-wa/ Why Untreated Chronic Pain is a Medical Emergency; Alexander DeLuca, M.D., MPH; Senior Consultant, Pain Relief Network; 2008-02-28; Revised: 2008-07-08. Submitted testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, "Gen Rx: Abuse of Prescription and OTC Drugs"; 2008-03-08. (PDF version) See also: Pain Patients Excluded from Prescription Drug Abuse Hearings Testimony of ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/pain-med-emer/ 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 2006. Excerpt: 2. Standard pharmacological resources (such as the Physicians Desk Reference) should be utilized in the choice of initial doses... These standard resources do not reflect ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/principles-opioid-pain-rx/ Pain Treatment Advocacy Group Sues State of WA; Donna Gordon Blankinship; Associated Press, seattlepi.com; 2008-06-25. Source. This URL: http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/index.php/archive/prnsueswa/386/ See also: PRN Files State Tort Claim vs. WA State; L. Cooper Summary of the Complaint, submitted to the Defendents: 2008/07/08. Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, Damages a class action lawsuit by Laura Cooper (lead ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/prnsueswa/ Dr. Schneider's Pretrial Constitutional Motions, Including Schneider's Response to Govt's Opposition, in Judge's Hands; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the Pain Relief Network; 2008-06-25. Dr. Schneider's pretrial motions to dismiss on constitutional grounds, and his motions for abstention have been filed, as has the Government's opposition to those ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/schneidermotionsinjudgeshands/ The Politics of Pain - Campaign to Defend Patients' Rights - CEI Calls for End of DEA Harrassment of Pain Doctors; Competitive Enterprise Institute; 2008-05-15. Source See also: War on Doctors, and the Pain Crisis in America - DeLuca, PRN; 2004 Crackdown on Drugs Hits Chronic Pain Patients - Spencer, WSJ; 2004 Painful Drug ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/politics-of-pain/ Pain Killer (full text) Frank Fisher, M.D., Harvard Medical Alumni Bulletin, 2006 NOTE! The following was originally posted back in 2006. It is important to know that since then Dr. Fisher is back in practice, doing what he loves, providing very needed medical services to an under-served and mostly impoverished population. So read the ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/pain-killer/ Affirmation of States' Authority to Define "Legitimate Medical Purpose" (full text) David B. Brushwood, J.D.; American Journal of Health-Systems Pharmacy; 63(5); 2006 Excerpts: "If the U.S. Attorney General had won this case, DOJ, through the DEA, would have been given the authority to make decisions about the legality of prescriptions in all situations, ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/states-define-legit-med-prac/ Collapse of Medical Ethics and Standards for Pain Management; Frank Fisher, M.D.; Drug Cops and Doc - Is DEA Hampering the Treatment of Chronic Pain?; Cato Institute; 2005-09-09. Introduction The undertreatment of chronic pain is an ongoing public health disaster. The means to reverse this disaster is a class of medications ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/collapse-med-ethics/ Other People Get It; Various artists; Playlist, War on Doctors/Pain Crisis YouTube Channel of the Pain Relief Network; 2008-05-17. Source. See also: War on Docs/Pain Crisis youTube Channel PRN in "World of Pain" videos Other People Get It - a War on Doctors/Pain Crisis YouTube Playlist Drug war / pain crisis related videos, not directly ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/others-get-it/ Overcoming Opiophobia and Doing Opioids Right; Forest Tennant; PainTopics.org; May, 2007. (Full text PDF) See also: Chronic Pain in Veterans - DeLuca; 2007 and, Bounds of Medical Practice, and the Standard of Care - DeLuca; 2007 and, Untreated Chronic Pain is a Medical Emergency - DeLuca; 2008 A More Practical Perspective on Opioids Most arguments against the use ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/overcoming-opiophobia/ Big Prescription Drug Lies; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the Pain Relief Network; 2008-04-27.  See also: Self-Refuting Drug Warriors - Sullum; Reason; 2008-04-18 The Challenge of Prescription Drug Misuse - Hurwitz; Pain Medicine; 2005 Jacob Sullum makes an important point in a recent item on the Reason Hit and Run blog ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/prescription-lies/ Schneider Says Case Got Out of Hand; Ron Sylvester; The Wichita Eagle; 2008-04-26. Source. See also: Prosecutors Seek to Shut Up Doctor, Critics - Drug War Chronicle; 2008-04-11 Doctor, Wife Held Incommunicado from Family - Hegeman, AP; 2008-01-10 Stephen Schneider said if the Kansas Board of Healing Arts had conducted its investigation into his ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/schneider-says/ Jailed Kansas Doctor Awaiting Release On Bond On Friday; Roxana Hegeman; Associated Press; 2008-04-24. Source. Brief Comment from me: Note the Judge did not grant Prosecutor Tanya Treadway's disturbing request that a "no-contact" condition (gag order) extend to "members of the Pain Relief Network advocacy group, including its leader, Siobhan Reynolds." So ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/jailed-doc-awaits-bond/ More Limits Sought for Schneider Bond; Ron Sylvester; The Wichita Eagle; 2008-04-24. Source. Comment on/Discuss this post on PRN's Pain Forums See also: Judge Orders Schneider Released - DeLuca on Release Order, 04/23/08 Prosecutors Try to Silence Pain Activist - Szalavitz; 04/08/08 Just a brief comment from me: This is starting to get ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/more-limits-sought-for-schneider-bond/ Judge Orders Dr. Schneider Released; Alexander DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the Pain Relief Network; 2008-04-23. Comment on/Discuss this post on PRN's Pain Forums My comments Regarding: U.S. District Court - District of Kansas U.S.A. v. Stephen and Linda Schneider Memorandum and Order (PDF) - Judge D.W. Bostwick, 2008-04-21 (releasing Stephen Schneider, on Wednesday ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/schneider-released/ To Those Who Deny the Pain Crisis; Siobhan Reynolds; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the Pain Relief Network; 2008-04-21. Comment on or Discuss this post on PRN's Pain Forums See also: Chronic Pain in America - Roadblocks to Relief American Pain Society, 1999 and, War on Drugs, War on Doctors, and the Pain Crisis in ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/deny-pain-crisis/ Doctor Seeks to Quash Subpoenas on Malpractice Settlements; Roxana Hegeman; Associated Press, Fort Mill Times; 2008-04-18. Source. Comment on/Discuss this post on PRN's Pain Forums See also: It's the Pain Crisis... - Siobhan Reynolds, LTE: Topeka Capital-Journal; 2008-04-04 Feds Seek Gag Orders in "Pill Mill" Case - Associated Press; 2008-04-05 Every time I think this ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/schneider-quash-subpoenas/ An Ethical Analysis of the Barriers to Effective Pain Management (Introduction and link to full text pdf) - Ben A. Rich; Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, 9: 54-70, 2000. See also: The Collapse of Medical Ethics and Standards for Pain Management Frank Fisher, M.D., Drug Cops / Docs conf., Cato, 2005 and, AMA’s Code of ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/an-ethical-analysis-of-the-barriers-to-effective-pain-management/ Prosecutors Try to Silence Pain Activist, Don't Like Fair Play; Maia Szalavitz; The Huffington Post; 2008-04-08. Source. See also: It's About the Pain Crisis - Siobhan Reynolds; 2008-04-04 Erie, PA: Dr. Klees Incarcerated, Dr. Heberle Exonerated, Pain Patients Abandoned When prosecutors want to convict a doctor of "drug dealing," they often sow suspicions by ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/prosecutors-try-gag-prn/ Letters: It's About the Pain Crisis; Siobhan Reynolds, Pain Relief Network; Topeka Capital Journal; 2008-04-04. Source. [Comment on / Discuss this LTE on PRN's Pain Forums] This LTE specifically in reference to: Physician Prolific at Writing Prescriptions - Topeka-Capitol; 2003 See also: Siobhan Reynolds - Still Fighting Pain - Albuquerque Journal; 2007. On March 28th, this ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/its-the-pain-crisis/ Feds Request Gag Order in 'Pill Mill' Prosecution; Associated Press; Topeka Capitol-Journal Online; 2008-04-05. Source. [Comments / Discussion on PRN's Pain Forums] See also: PRN vs Kansas & DOJ - the Complete Lawsuit (ZIP) PRN in Kansas News Archive WICHITA — Federal prosecutors asked a federal judge Friday to issue a gag order to ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/fed-seeks-gag/ Prescription Drug Propaganda - Conflating Opioid Therapy with Addiction; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the Pain Relief Network; 2007-08-15. Revised: 2008-04--05. Comment on /Discuss this on PRN's Pain Forums Every once in a while it is important to fully immerse oneself in the madness, to read every sentence of ... http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/prescription-drug-propaganda/