The Drug Enforcement Administration Endoses PROP's label change effort.
A Great New Video for Patients & Doctors on Opioid Use for Chronic Pain.
The New York Times Editorial Page Endorses Schedule Change for Hydrocodone Combos.
Managing Pain with and without Opioids in the Primary
Care Setting (PDF)
CDC’s Primary Care and Public Health Initiative
October 24, 2012
Prescription Drug Abuse and Overdose: Public Health
Perspective (PDF)
CDC’s Primary Care and Public Health Initiative
October 24, 2012
New York Times online Op Ed by PROP member Andrew Kolodny, “Opioids are Rarely the Answer”
Andrew Kolodny suggests that doctors need access to education and training programs that are free of industry bias.
Opioid Use, Misuse, and Abuse in Patients Labeled as Fibromyalgia
Fitzcharles, et al. examine use of opioids for fibromyalgia with distrubing findings. They found high rate of opioid use with poor outcatients are being harmed.
Veterans with PTSD more likely to get addictive painkillers
Study indicates that opioids are too easily prescribed to vets with PTSD, often with tragic consequences.
Long-Term Opioid Therapy Reconsidered
PROP members Von Korff & Kolodny team up with Rick Deyo and Roger Chou to critique the widescale practice of treating chronic pain with opioids.
Facing up to the prescription opioid crisis
A must read article in the British Medical Journal by Canadian PROP members Irfan Dhalla, Nav Persaud and David Juurlink.
Long-Term Opioid Therapy Often Leads to Addiction
An estimated one-third of chronic pain patients hooked on prescription drugs, study suggests.