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2008-07-14

Should “Alcohol Abuse” Mean Untreated Pain?

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research *__Should Alcohol Abusers Not be Treated for Pain?__*; Alexander DeLuca, M.D., MPH; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; …

2008-04-29

Overcoming Opiophobia

*__Overcoming Opiophobia and Doing Opioids Right__*; Forest Tennant; PainTopics.org; May, 2007. (Full text PDF) **See also:** [**Chronic Pain in Veterans**][d1] - DeLuca; 2007 and, [**Bounds of Medical Practice, …

2008-04-04

Prescription Drug Propaganda

**_Prescription Drug Propaganda - Conflating Opioid Therapy with Addiction_**; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-08-15. Revised: 2008-04–05. **[Comment on /Discuss this on PRN's Pain Forums][forum]** —-…

2007-10-20

DEA: a Psychological Terror Group

Filed under: Drug War Policy, Law Enforcement/Prosecution - 20 Oct 2007

*__DEA: a Psychological Terror Group__*; Siobhan Reynolds; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-10-20. *Regarding this Blog Entry:*
[**No Pattern or Rules to DEA Attacks**][d1]
by [James Anthony][ja]; [LEAP][leap]; …

2007-08-20

AP: Pain Med Use Doubles…

Filed under: Pain Crisis - 20 Aug 2007

**_Pain Medicine Use Doubles - Pain Patients Suffer_**; Frank Bass; Assciated Press; 2007-08-20. [*Source*][pud] **See also:** [The Myrtle Beach Massacre archives][mbm] [The Chilling Effect - PRN documentary video][tce] —-…

2007-05-30

Utah / Feds Boldly Move Toward Solution to Addiction

Utah and Federal Law Enforcement Collaborate Towards a Final Solution to the Prescription Drug Abuse Plague; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors / Pain Crisis; 2007-05-30. Revised: 2007-05-31.

From Salt Lake City comes this article: Does Doc Bust Mean Crime …

2007-05-26

Dr. Volkman: Why DEA Goes After Pain Docs

Filed under: Uncategorized - 26 May 2007

Why DEA Goes After Pain Doctors (Source); Paul H. Volkman, M.D., Ph.D.; Comment in Response to: Opening Salvos in the Hurwitz Trial; John Tierney; TiernayLab; NYTimes; 2007-04-01.

I am a pain doctor who, like Hurwitz, has had his license …

2007-05-08

Do We Really Want e-Script Monitoring?

Filed under: Uncategorized - 08 May 2007

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 …

2007-04-06

War on Doctors and the Pain Crisis

Filed under: Uncategorized - 06 Apr 2007

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research by Alexander DeLuca, M.D., June 4, 2004. - Submitted to Professor Michael Sparer, Ph.D., Health Care Policy, Mailman School of Public …

2006-02-23

Anesthesia-Assisted vs Buprenorphine- or Clonidine-Assisted Heroin Detoxification and Naltrexone Induction

Filed under: Uncategorized - 23 Feb 2006

Research on Ultra-rapid (anesthesia-assisted) vs. Rapid (buprenorphine or clonidine assisted) Detox for Heroin (full text) Eric D. Collins, Herbert D. Kleber, Robert A. Whittington, Nicole E. Heitler, JAMA, 294:903-913, 2005. “[Withdrawal] severities were comparable… [no differences] in rates of completion [or] …

2006-02-17

Evidence for Controlled Heroin Use?

Filed under: Controlled-use, Heroin/Opioids - 17 Feb 2006

Evidence for Controlled Heroin Use? (full text) Shewan and Dalgarno, British J. Health Psychology, 2005. Posted: 2006-02-17. Comment (DeLuca): In this study, subjects had occupational and educational status comparable to that of general UK pop. Ongoing problems were rare; heroin was not …