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Leah Houston MD
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Physicians of Massachusets: IMO if you continue to practice medicine in this state if this bill is enacted you are practicing unethical medicine. How can an independent physician ethically be held responsible like this? #H3656 #OpiateCrisis
malegislature.gov/Bills/191/HD34…
Outrageous!
1/ 2014 JAMA (Journal of the American Medical Association) study of 136,000 patients treated for opioid overdoses in emergency rooms found that just 13 percent of them were chronic pain patients.
2/ And the CDC cites a study showing that the opioid-related overdose rate for people who are on chronic pain medicine under the guidance of a doctor is 0.2 percent.
3/The most rigorous comprehensive review, from the Cochrane Library, found that the addiction rate of people put on prescription opioids was about 1 percent.
4/ The unintended consequences of this overreaching legislation which strips both doctors of their autonomy to practice ethical medicine, and strips patients of their freedom to seek care, and speak candidly with their physician will be life threatening, severe and unnecessary.
Make sure to call @RepPeterCapano and let him know how u feel about #H3656 as well! 617-722- 2460
Woah... it gets deeper... Did you know that he also sits on a Committee for cannabis policy... he’s probably hoping the doctors feel forced to start recommending cannabis en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cap…
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