What is it about?
Not all the information from the newspapers on the non-medical opioid use is reliable. Much is sensationalized and some people do this deliberately. See our article how they do this.
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Why is it important?
Misleading information on the problems with prescription opioids in the USA make that pain patients have decreased access to adequate pain management. We were once more able to show that some information is systematically forged by the organization calling itself "Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing" or PROP.
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Prescription opioids has become a blame game. It is the pain patient in the USA loosing the game.
Dr Willem Scholten
Willem Scholten Consultancy
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This page is a summary of: Response to Kolodny: Negative Outcomes of Unbalanced Opioid Policy Supported by Clinicians, Politicians, and the Media, Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy, October 2016, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/15360288.2016.1241335.
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