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1/Our letter to @cdcgov,signed by 321 health professionals & 3 Drug Czars, calls upon @cdcgov to address harms to patients with pain due to misapplication of its #opioid Guideline.We thank @MBotticelliBMC @mccaffreyr3 Dr. Jaffe @amersatweets In @nytimes: nytimes.com/2019/03/06/hea…
2/We have shared this letter with Congressional Chairs & Ranking Members of key Committees, as @cdcgov has acknowledged something is wrong, but not acted. We commend Dr. Dowell for speaking on this
@HELPCmteDems @GOPHELP @EnergyCommerce @housecommerce

foxnews.com/health/as-opio…
3/Patients who have severe pain and receive opioids should have been a party to this conversation all along. Their testimony exceeds 120 pages here docs.google.com/document/d/17u… Here’s a word cloud of most frequent words utilized -thanks @AllysonVarley
4/We must be upfront that excess opioid Rx's are a big part of how we got into this mess. It is still wrong for public & private agencies to set up incentives, threats, controls & metrics that have converted pain patients into “liabilities”, while invoking @CDCgov's authority.
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