.@canada_pain's #ChronicPain 2019 survey:
- 91% of people w/ CP found #opioids medically necessary.
- 44% were forced off med, abandoned by a doctor, &/or harmed by rx denials in '17-19.
- 66% felt degraded, discriminated against, &/or shamed.
- 66% did not have adequate care.
Read the #ChronicPain Association of Canada's 2019 report & survey results, "Shamed, Abandoned, Suicidal: How Bad Policy Hurts Canadians in Pain." drive.google.com/file/d/1P5-BzB…
In Jan 2020, #Ontario's Medical Regulator withdrew the recommendation to taper #ChronicPain patients off #opioids. Policy now lets doctors "apply relevant guidelines as they see appropriate and with consideration for the needs of each individual." #bravo drive.google.com/file/d/1JDXb6m…
#ChronicPain activists in #Canada are fighting a 2017 fed guideline that (echoing the CDC) restricted patient access to rx #opioids. In 2020, Trudeau instructed Fed Health Minister Patty Hajdu to work w/ stakeholders to better ensure access to pain med. drive.google.com/file/d/1sQC7zs…
US #pain activists: check out the #ChronicPain Assoc of Canada's blog. CPAC is Canada's largest independent, not-for-profit org serving people affected by pain, through education, information, support & advocacy. @canada_pain chronicpaincanada.blogspot.com
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