CDC Opioid Restrictions Reading List

CDC Opioid Restrictions Reading List
(as of June 22, 2017)

In March 2016, the CDC published a guideline for opioid prescribing, which is being codified into laws, even though it was intended only as a guideline for PCP doctors.

Pain itself is hard to live with but the latest restrictions on opioid doses are imposing serious suffering on pain patients.

The posts below are all about the consequences of the guideline so far.

CDC Guideline for Opioid Prescribing

• CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain
• Evidence Against validity of CDC Guidelines (multiple articles)
• Long List of Flaws with CDC Guidelines
• Opioids, Addiction, and Pain: Briefing for Policy Leaders
• Opioid Guidelines By Patients For Patients

The numbers/statistics

• There is No ‘Epidemic’ of Painkiller Overdoses
• Pain Prescriptions Are Not Cause of Addiction
• The myth that prescriptions caused the opioid crisis
• Curbing pain prescriptions won’t reduce overdoses
• Harms Associated With Conflation of Data
• Epidemic of Profiteering from “Opioid Crisis”
• 2.5 Times more Suicides than Opioid Overdoses

Response to CDC Guideline on Opioid Prescribing

• Will Pill Control “Fix” Our Problem?
• Even Guideline Writers Express Concern over its Use
• Warning to the FDA: Beware of “Simple” Solutions
• Misconceptions about Opioid Abuse in Chronic Pain
• CDC Formalizes Biased Assumptions
• My Response to the CDC Opioid Guidelines
• Compelling Comments on Opioid Restrictions
• Making a case for the use of opioids

Impact of opioid restrictions on pain patients

• Opioid Prohibition Risks ‘Inhumane Treatment’ of Patients
• Parents Kill Child in Too Much Pain to Live
• Opioid crisis: Pain patients pushed to the brink
• Doctors are cutting opioids, even if it harms patients
• Pain patients deliberately forced into withdrawals
• CDC Opioid ‘Guideline’ -> Pain Patient Suicides
• The Other Victims of the Opioid Epidemic
• Vilified and Coerced, Pain Patients are Desperate

Media hype against opioids is not based on facts

• Open Letter to the Media
• The Media’s Biased Reporting on Opioids
• Media Reports About Opioids Have Wrong Focus
• Media Escalates Opioid Abuse and Death Narrative
• Anti-opioid Propaganda and Profit
• Opioid Fear-Mongering

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For information about opioids used for pain management:

Chronic Pain and Opioids Reading list