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2008-08-07

Pain Crisis: Chickens Come Home to Roost

*__Pain Crisis: Chickens Come Home to Roost__*; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2008-08-07. Modified: 2008-08-08. **In Reference To:** **_Source of Pain Pills Dries Up_** …

2008-07-11

APS Conference on Opioid Dosing Guidelines

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research *__APS Symposium: Opiate Dosing Guidelines - Outrage or Imperative?__*; Alex DeLuca; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2008-07-10. Broken …

2008-07-08

Chronic Pain is a Medical Emergency

Filed under: Medicine/Ethics/Standards, Pain Crisis - 08 Jul 2008

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research *__Why Untreated Chronic Pain is a Medical Emergency__*; Alexander DeLuca, M.D., MPH; Senior Consultant, [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2008-02-28; Revised: 2008-07-08. Submitted testimony to …

2008-07-06

Principles of Opioid Management of Pain

Filed under: Law/Constitution, Uncategorized - 06 Jul 2008

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed ResearchPrinciples 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 …

2008-06-26

Pain Relief Network Sues State of WA

*__Pain Treatment Advocacy Group Sues State of WA__*; Donna Gordon Blankinship; Associated Press, seattlepi.com; 2008-06-25. [**_Source_**][source]. **_This URL:_** http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/index.php/archive/prnsueswa/386/ **See also:** [**Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, Damages**][d1] a …

2008-06-19

The Politics of Pain

*__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 …

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, …

2008-02-13

PRN v Kansas, Mukasey, DOJ, et al.

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research [Comment on/Discuss this document on the Chronic Pain Forums of PRN]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT - DISTRICT OF KANSAS PAIN RELIEF NETWORK, on behalf of …

2007-11-08

Dear VA: This is Pain Care?

*__Dear Va: This is Pain Care?__*; Ian McLeod; War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-11-08. **See also:** [American Inquisition: Chronic Pain][d1] - McLeod; Daily Kos; 2007 [Chronic …

2007-08-24

Siobhan Reynolds - Still Fighting Pain

Filed under: Pain Crisis - 24 Aug 2007

*__Partner Still Fighting Pain__*; Polly Sumar; Albuquerque Journal; 2007-08-23. Posted by DeLuca: War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-08-24. **See also:** [The Chilling Effect video][tce] - about Paey …

2007-08-21

AP: Pain Med Use in Arizona

Filed under: Pain Crisis - 21 Aug 2007

*__Arizona Use of 3 Of 5 Top Painkillers Soars__*; Arthur H. Rotstein; Tuscon Citizen; 2007-08-20. Posted: War on Doctors/Pain Crisis blog of the [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2007-08-21. [*Source*][pma] **See also:** [Crime (not …

2007-07-16

Chronic Pain in Veterans

Filed under: Medicine/Ethics/Standards, Opioid Therapy - 16 Jul 2007

Blogging on Peer-Reviewed Research

The Treatment of Chronic Pain in Veterans - a Brief Review; Testimony: House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security; Alex DeLuca; …

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 …

2007-04-18

No Relief in Sight

Filed under: Uncategorized - 18 Apr 2007

No Relief in Sight (full text) - by Jacob Sullum, Reason Online, 1997. “Torture, despair, agony, and death are the symptoms of ‘opiophobia,’ a well-documented medical syndrome fed by fear, superstition, and the war on drugs. Doctors …

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

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] …

2006-02-21

Drug Crime Is a Source of Abused Pain Medications in the U.S.

Filed under: Uncategorized - 21 Feb 2006

Drug Crime Is a Source of Abused Pain Medications in the U.S. (full text) D.E. Joranson and A.M. Gilson, Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 30(4): 299-301, 2005. “[Theft] is an important source of prescription opioids diverted into the illicit …

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 …