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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]** —-…

2008-02-28

“Cops and Doctors” gets it Wrong

Filed under: Drug War Journalism, Drug War Policy - 28 Feb 2008

*__”Cops and Doctors” in the WSJ gets it Wrong__* - Alex DeLuca; [Pain Relief Network][prnh]; 2008-02-28. Refers to: *__Cops and Doctors__*; Scott Gottlieb; Wall Street Journal, pg A17; 2008-02-27. [Source][source]. [Comments/Discussion …

2007-11-16

Treatment of Pain and Substance Abuse

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research **_Review of Critical Issues Related to the Treatment of Substance Abuse and of Chronic Pain_**; Alexander DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of …

2007-08-25

Strange Math: methadone? = God

Filed under: Substance Use Disorders - 25 Aug 2007

*__Strange math: methadone? = God__*; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-08-24. *[Source][ca]* **See also:** [Jesus Implicated in ‘Prescription Drug Addiction’][jesus] [Red Flags! - the …

2007-08-13

Red Flags - the CME Course!

Filed under: Opioid Therapy - 13 Aug 2007

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research **_Red Flags - the Continuing Medical Education Course_**; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-08-13….

2007-05-18

Flash Trash: The Arrest of Dr. Warren Stack

Flash Trash: The Arrest of Dr. William Stack; Alexander DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis; 2007-05-18. Revised: 2007-05-19.

From Salt Lake City: Police Arrest Murray Doctor over Painkillers - He Allegedly Ok’d Millions of Doses, Including Oxycontin by Jason Bergreen, Salt …

2007-05-11

OxyCon’ed Again; and, ‘The Truth About OxyContin…’

Filed under: Uncategorized - 11 May 2007

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 …

2007-04-15

Challenge of Prescription Drug Misuse…

Filed under: Uncategorized - 15 Apr 2007

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research

The Challenge of Prescription Drug Misuse: A Review and Commentary (full text + link to PDF) William Hurwitz, M.D.; Pain Medicine; 6(2); 152-161; March 2005.


2007-04-07

The truth about OxyContin (poem)

Filed under: Uncategorized - 07 Apr 2007

by Alexander DeLuca, M.D., FASAM - 2001-08-08; latest minor revisions: 2006-06-02. Source.

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1) it is just another long acting opioid. 2) long acting …

2007-04-06

Abstinence vs. Harm Reduction - a False Dichotomy

Filed under: Uncategorized - 06 Apr 2007

*__Abstinence vs. Harm Reduction - a False Dichotomy__*; by Alexander DeLuca, M.D., FASAM, August 2000. **See also:**
[12 Steps Back][bc] - Szalavitz; Brills Content; 2001
[Controlled Drinking Debates][cdd]; Hersey; 2001
[Abstinence vs. Harm …

2006-02-25

Jurors: Knox Was Not at Fault - Although Found Negligent, He Did Not Cause a Patient’s Death

Filed under: Uncategorized - 25 Feb 2006

Jurors: Knox Was Not at Fault (full text) Lindsey Nair; The Roanoke Times; 2006-02-24. Posted: 2006-02-24. Excerpt: “Because Tisdale was on the same dosage of methadone for more than a year, [Duke pharmacist] Latta said, he should not have suddenly died of …

2006-02-02

MED TOPIC: Opioid Rotation in Patients with Cancer Pain

Filed under: Uncategorized - 02 Feb 2006

Opioid Rotation in Patients with Cancer Pain. A Retrospective Comparison of Dose Ratios between Methadone, Hydromorphone, and Morphine [Abstract] - Bruera et al., Cancer, 78(4), 852-857, 1996.

Comment (DeLuca):
In this brief abstract the authors present the results of a …