Physician gets fined for tapering off?
Portsmouth doctor reprimanded for treatment of chronic pain patient
CONCORD — A Portsmouth doctor has been reprimanded and fined by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine after he cut back a chronic pain patient’s prescription opioid painkillers — and
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Pretty f-ed up scenario. I thought boards are there to protect us healthcare professionals.
So does this mean everything is state dependent and they can screw you over for whatever reason? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - December 4, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Chrish Tags: Pharmacy Source Type: forums
Can some one tell me how this case makes sense?
Portsmouth doctor reprimanded for treatment of chronic pain patient
CONCORD — A Portsmouth doctor has been reprimanded and fined by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine after he cut back a chronic pain patient’s prescription opioid painkillers — and
www.unionleader.com
I don’t understand this. Maybe the taper was too quick but I felt like he took appropriate measures even warning local authorities and primary care provider. I really don’t know what he was supposed to do? What am I missing?
I actually have one patient just like this that ...
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 27, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Nonphysiologic Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Efficacy of antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes (the AIM study): double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, multicentre trial
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 27, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Can pain pumps reduce oral opioid consumptions?
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"Our study showed 81.5% of patients with chronic noncancer pain reduced their average daily opioid dose immediately prior to or in the 395 days following implantation of an intrathecal drug‐delivery system. Overall, 43% of patients discontinued systemic opioids following implantation of an intrathecal drug‐delivery system, with discontinuation associated with significantly lower costs from a payer...
Can pain pumps reduce oral opioid consumptions? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - November 20, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: drusso Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Management of chronic pain using complementary and integrative medicine
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 7, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Efficacy of antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes (the AIM study): double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, multicentre trial
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Source: BMJ Comments - November 5, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Chronic pain is rising in many countries
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Source: BMJ Comments - October 27, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
ESIs on possible surgical patients?
Just curious how those more experienced than me would handle this.
Young person comes in subacute pain, imaging shows chronic pars defects with grade I listhesis and nasty looking HNPs at L4-5 and L5-1 Book the patient for an ESI, when they come back for the procedure a couple weeks later now they have mild dorsiflexion weakness that they didn't have before and severe pain. Because of this person's age and occupation, trying to treat somewhat aggressively and am reaching out to ortho...
ESIs on possible surgical patients? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - October 26, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Baron Samedi Tags: Pain Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Efficacy of antibiotic treatment in patients with chronic low back pain and Modic changes (the AIM study): double blind, randomised, placebo controlled, multicentre trial
(Source: BMJ Comments)
Source: BMJ Comments - October 26, 2019 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
