Tell CMS to Protect Appropriate Palliative Care Prescribing
Tell CMS to protect appropriate palliative care prescribing
2) A coroner draws opioid levels on a decedent with cancer who was on stable, but high-dose opioids and mislabels the case an opioid-related death resulting in loss of prescribing capabilities for a palliative care doctor. 3) A pulmonologist raises …
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Killing Pain: Benzo 'Boost' Can Be Deadly
Prescription records show that as use of opioids like OxyContin and Vicodin soared in the 2000s, so did the use of "benzos" such as Xanax, Klonopin, and Ativan, as opioid users discovered tranquilizers could enhance "the high." …. Five of the seven …
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