In America, the consequences of opiophobia since their 2016 CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines were introduced, has been the creation of arbitrary ceiling doses for opioid usage & the continued propagation of an opioid “hyperalgesia” myth. AND most alarmingly, leading to the routine persecution, prosecution & jailing of Doctors by their Federal Drug Enforcement Agency or DEA
“Chronic pain is a common and complex condition characterised by persistent pain experienced on most days of the week. It affects 1 in 5 Australians aged 45 and over.” And there is a smaller extremely disadvantaged cohort who suffer severe daily, disabling & intractable pain… Read More »Do Opioids Work for Chronic Pain?
The following American Article talks about promising non-opioid treatments on the horizon for chronic pain, however, of particular note the Author highlights the following: “We now believe that aggressive, appropriate treatment of acute pain after surgery may prevent persistent postoperative chronic pain.” Why has this… Read More »Opioids for post-op Pain should be “Best Practice”, NOT a last resort
IN AMERICA, “The causes of the opioid crisis are now coming to light and a coherent narrative can be constructed. It seems that the CDC, in attempting to deal with a crisis in the streets [i.e. illicit fentanyl] by restricting treatment of pain in clinics,… Read More »War Against Chronic Pain Patients
Interesting study, on readmission to hospital within one day of discharge from a general surgical service, in Australia. And the most common reason for readmission? Pain. Could it be that all those anti-opioid zealots who are ‘minimising’ opioids use, which in reality often means denying… Read More »Study: Readmission Within the First Day of Discharge Is Painful: Experience From an Australian General Surgical Service
Another large international Study [Canadian], which highlights how force-tapering or “Discontinuing opioid therapy for people with chronic pain raises the risk of a patient dying from an overdose.” YET in Australia, our recently released National Pain Survey showed that over 1 in 4 Australians with… Read More »Stopping Opioid Therapy Raises Risk of Overdose
Australia’s Annual Overdose Report 2022, was released by the Penington Institute on 2-9-22, coinciding with International Overdose Awareness Day. Their website [see Link above] loudly trumpets the shocking news: “America’s Opioid Epidemic is Australia’s Future, If We Don’t Act Now!” TRUE OR FALSE? It is crystal clear… Read More »The “Opioid Crisis” and Untreated Pain in Australia
Due to the recent opioid reforms and changes to guidelines in Australia [June 2020], many individuals living with chronic pain have been needlessly subjected to, often dangerous, forced tapering of their much-needed painkillers. Discontinuing opioid therapy for chronic pain is not always possible or safe!… Read More »Is Long-term Opioid Therapy Safer Than Tapering?
https://apnews.com/article/science-health-medication-opioids-robert-califf-92ce45d2c37a53cdaf7bfac051d71eb6?fbclid=IwAR10Vu_6KdSOeDnamVJBxthmmOrpkDhYYxqdh10VKn9vVriMA8nnrU3vqGo The above Article states: “Last year, U.S. overdose deaths soared to a record of 107,000, driven overwhelmingly by fentanyl and other illegal opioids.” The biggest problem in America is illicit fentanyl from China, entering via the Mexican border, which comprises up to 80% of… Read More »The Real “Opioid Crisis” is Untreated Pain
“Painaustralia has today issued a media release calling on the government to undertake a reset of the 2020 opioid reforms. Painaustralia’s plea to the Federal Government is supported by Professor Paul Glare, one of Australia’s leading pain management researchers and clinicians and a director of… Read More »Australians in Chronic Pain Should Not be Ignored