Experts: Untreated pain as serious a problem drug abuse. By Tristan Scott of the Missoulian. With the specter of prescription drug abuse looming large, health care workers stressed Friday that untreated pain in Montana is a public health crisis commensurate to that of addiction.
***Pain Relief Network files State Tort Claim vs. WA State***; Laura Cooper, Esq.; [Pain Relief Network][prn]; 2008/07/08. [**Full text PDF**] **Permalink:** http://doctordeluca.com/wordpress/archive/prn-tort-claim-vs-wa/ **See also:** [**PRN Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, and Damages**][d1] – 2008 and, [**WA's Interagency Guideline on Opioid Dosing for Non-Cancer Pain**][d2] – 2007 —- SUMMARY: Nature of Relief Sought: This lawsuit is the result of grossly misinformed prejudices about opioid(1) pain medications held by high-level Washington public health officials. Those prejudices are identified in medical literature …
This Resource Is a peer-reviewed analysis of Gonzalez v Oregon. “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, not just end-of-life care.” After analyzing the Supreme Court decision, Brushwood reviews DEA identification of physicians and pharmacists despite information obtained from a Freedom of Information Act by Joranson documenting DOJ knowledge of massive theft and loss of controlled substances having nothing to do with the doctor – patient relationship. He also reviews the DEA FAQ debacle, the “Myth of …
Associated Press article about PRN\’s lawsuit against the State of Kansas, the Kansas medical board, and Attorney General Mukasey and the Department of Justice. The article focuses on the continuing plight of the legitimate pain patients of federally indicted and imprisioned Dr. Schneider. The patients claim no local doctors or hospitals will treat them properly for chronic pain out of fear of becoming targets of drug war zealotry, like Dr. Schneider.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT – DISTRICT OF KANSAS
PAIN RELIEF NETWORK, on behalf of patients of Stephen J. Schneider, D.O.,
Plaintiff,
[Uzo L. Ohaebosim, Attorney for Plaintiff; 510 N. Main; Wichita, KS 67214; 316-261-5400]
vs.
THE STATE OF KANSAS, THE KANSAS STATE BOARD OF HEALING ARTS, MICHAEL MUKASEY, in his official capacity as United States Attorney General; ERIC F. MELGREN, in his official capacity as the United States Attorney for the District of …
Associated Press article about the Kansas Board of Healing Arts (aka the medical board, aka the KASBAH) reneged on an earlier agreement with the Pain Relief Network to forego action against Dr. Schneider\’s license until a full hearing of the facts could be had.
Blog post of article from Witchita Eagle (AP) about the mistreatment of Dr. Schneider in federal custody.
Blog entry about typical drug war Trash Journalism – this time regarding the federal indictment of Dr. Stack in Utah on drug charges. “Stack was arrested in May for investigation of dealing large quantities of narcotic pain killers to people without a legitimate medical reason.” And so on. No cognizance we’ve only heard one side of the story so far, that Warren Stack is innocent until proven guilty. This isn’t journalism, it’s a press release for the government.
Purdue Pharma was coerced, under threat of destruction by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), into pleading guilty to charges that their drug was “more addictive” than they had claimed, the government alleging that the company failed to inform both doctors and the public of this information when it came available. The problem for Americans in pain is that this private deal creates, if you will, a “fact” on the public record that is not factual, a “fact” that severely prejudices the interests of patients in pain. [...]
Two poems by Dr. William Hurwitz: “Billy’s Lament” and “The Appeal”; published doctordeluca.com; 2005. I like these poems. I’ve characterized the voice as Dr. Suess Meets Lenny Bruce, and I mean no disrespect to any of these three poets. In these two poems Dr. Hurwitz also reviews his conviction and the basic strategy for his appeal.
The invocation of the WHO “analgesic ladder” concept of progressive pharmacological treatment of pain, in state investigations of physicians, is sometimes unfair. On the one hand the guidelines are interpreted as rules… On the other hand, state rules and regulations are often at odds with the spirit and specifics of the WHO guidelines, and of ethical medicine.
Pain relief activist Christine Heberle on the bond hearing of Dr. William Mangino, Newcastle, PA, 2007-09-14. Excerpt: “First let me say for those unfamiliar with the case that this is truly a crime-less conviction. He was charged with the typical state charges of prescribing outside the bounds of a responsible segment of the medical community. Now I know that is not what the statute says, but it is how the prosecution phrases it. The prosecutions expert witness (Dr. Evanko) said that Dr. Mangino’s prescribing was not excessive, and the charts reviewed were of chronic pain patients who needed care. In …
Associated press article from their “World of Pain” mixed media package. Touches on the chilling effect, persecuted physicians, pain crisis in America, and the war on doctors.
Blog post about the conviction of Dr. William Mangino for violations of the state drug act and medicaid fraud. Link to full text of Mangino’s Omnibus Motion which pertains to request for summary Not Guilty and discussion of Jury Instructions. This document is discussed. Mangino Verdict III will concern bail and defense fund matters.
Excerpt: “Veterans in chronic pain average less than 4 Percosets a day from the compassionate care-givers of the Veterans Administration… [Such low-potency opioids] are indicated for mild to moderate acute pain, not chronic moderate to severe persistent pain… Oxycodone is a short acting opioid in this preparation, with an effective duration of action of about three hours. One pill every six hours of oxycodone/acetaminophen for chronic pain guarantees that the patient will be in unacceptable pain 50 percent of the time, at best. That’s not treatment, it’s under-treatment; it could not possibly be adequate.”
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