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We need truce to unify movement to restore pain care.
Recent fallout from UDT wars has split movement. Worse, we're labeled by our activism against forced frequent UDT of patients.
AMA stands in agreement with #Borderlines. It's time advocates include us. We're not the enemy.
Recent fallout from UDT wars has split movement. Worse, we're labeled by our activism against forced frequent UDT of patients.
AMA stands in agreement with #Borderlines. It's time advocates include us. We're not the enemy.
The attached tweet references discussion where MS layed out plans to intercede in WA state deliberation of a pain patient rights bill, to insert mandatory monthly UDT as a requirement.
This is not a moderate position.
AMA position IS a moderate position.
This is not a moderate position.
AMA position IS a moderate position.
AMA agrees with #25PsychoCPP that UDT does not improve outcome, is fraught with interpretation error, and acts as an access denial tool.
And their disapproval is referencing CDC guideline recommendations of patient initiation and once-yearly!
And their disapproval is referencing CDC guideline recommendations of patient initiation and once-yearly!
