Thread by @urbanfatbiker

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.

https://twitter.com/funchefchick/status/1222261314325626880

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.

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!

So, is it MILITANT to oppose expansion of UDT to all of pain care as a MONTHLY requirement?

Is it a mental disorder to be angry and enraged at an advocate that insists on forcing MORE restrictions into our care?

I say its not.
So does AMA apparently.
#PatientsnotFelons

I ask advocates that disrupted protests of UDT earlier this year-

-Do you agree with AMA positions on UDT?

-If so, can you agree that fighting UDT imposition into more pain care is part of restoring our access to medications?

Stop #PissMafia.
Stop UDT.

https://twitter.com/urbanfatbiker/status/1249703788010766336?s=19