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(1/6) #ICYMI Earlier this week, 
important articles came out discussing progress in our fight to address the #OpioidEpidemic and highlighting the work that remains.
(2/6) @CDCGov’s #VitalSigns report showed that b/w 2017-2018 #naloxone prescriptions have more than doubled! This progress illustrates hope but we know more dispensing is needed – and critical in our fight! #GetNaloxone & Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/naloxone/ …pic.twitter.com/7eiz6jwAAw
(3/6) @CDCgov’s report also recommends co-prescribing #naloxone for patients at risk of an overdose. Learn more in @CDCgov’s report & read @HHS_ASH’s guidance here: https://bit.ly/2PSkUin pic.twitter.com/c9NPGKq45L
(4/6) @JAMA_current also released an article about #Naloxone Co-prescribing to Patients Receiving Prescription Opioids in the Medicare Part D Program in the United States.https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2740706?resultClick=1 …
(5/6) I authored a piece w/ @CDCInjury issuing a call to aid for all Emergency Physicians, who are important partners in combating the #OpioidEpidemic. Read it here: https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(19)30606-7/fulltext …
(6/6) Want to learn more about @HHSgov’s 5-point strategy to combat the #OpioidCrisis? Visit https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/ for resources on prevention, treatment, and recovery.
And you STILL have yet to address the MILLIONS of CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS who safely relied on opiates for pain control, many of whom are no longer w/ us due to SUICIDE ~ HOW MANY MORE MUST DIE? This is insane ~ Hell on earth. Karma to you!
1/3.Once again, there is no mention of the 50 million chronic/intractable pain patients who are victims of medical neglect & malpractice because physicians refuse treatment with the only effective, closely monitored, safe opioid medications, that worked for us for years/decades..
2/3. until the CDC” guidelines “ and the continued over reach by the DEA caused physicians to fear providing effective treatment. Millions of us have tried and failed all of the “alternative “ treatments and meds. Now we are left forgotten to suffer, with no quality of life,....
3/4. home bound and bedridden, many considering or committing suicide as the only pain management option left to us. We understand that those with SUD deserve adequate, compassionate treatment, BUT WHAT ABOUT US!! It truly feels that we have been abandoned and left to die off....
4/5. whether by suicide or due to co -morbid complications caused by untreated pain. It is being called by many, a governmental genocide, because the only people being cared about are addicts. While we, Chronic/intractable pain patients are completely ignored, abandoned and ...
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