HHS and @SGottliebFDA today announced draft guidance to help streamline the development of new medications for the treatment of #opioids dependence. go.usa.gov/xQWmc
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How about helping us get access to medications which treat the underlying conditions that opioids are prescribed for?
7,000 #RareDisease & 95% have no FDA approved treatments.
I don’t want opioids...I want my life of “off label use” to end.
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How about just having enough places where people can GET TREATMENT. #treatmentworks
Respectfully, "Opioid Dependence" is now DEFUNCT terminology that appeared in the DSM-4 & was ELIMINATED in the DSM-5 specifically due to the CONFLATION in terms: "Opioid Dependence" as manifested in OUD/Opioid Use Disorder, with IatrogenicOpioidDependence/IOD as seen in I/CPain.
Can you clarify what you mean by this? Is this treatment for those with OUD/addiction? Or patients who are prescribed opioids for pain and their bodies are dependent on the medication? There's a huge difference between addiction & dependency. Are you lumping us all together?
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