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1/This week I received reports of several deaths after forced opioid taper, including a CSI:OPIOIDs collaborator.For that, there are no words
Our @OnHealer episode on Forced Taper touches on a way forward, based on genuine respect for patients pod.link/healer/episode…
Our @OnHealer episode on Forced Taper touches on a way forward, based on genuine respect for patients pod.link/healer/episode…
2/For my peers, let’s acknowledge: (a) there are patients for whom taper is helpful, (b)retrospective database studies showing harm (or lack of harm) don’t permit strong, uniform conclusions
(c) in medicine, we normally don’t force change on stable patients absent consent ☑️
(c) in medicine, we normally don’t force change on stable patients absent consent ☑️
3/But in practical reality, the policies and metrics that tend to incentivize or mandate forcible taper of stable patients lack credible evidence in their favor, and at this time they run contrary to 3 separate federal declarations from: FDA, CDC, HHS, all in 2019.
