We are eager to hear the plenary speaker for @US_ASP (the new academic pain org for the US) Dr. Meghani of U.Penn Nursing.. on the "Guideline Epidemic and Pain Care" introduced by @JessicaMerlinMD @DrJohnPereira /1 
Key points for Dr. Meghani:
*US fighting its drug war "like other resource poor countries"
*Broad misapplication of the 2016
@CDCgov
opioid guideline
*Seriously undermined care of patients with mod to severe pain
*Obligations of policy makers in scaling high policies /2
*US fighting its drug war "like other resource poor countries"
*Broad misapplication of the 2016
@CDCgov
opioid guideline
*Seriously undermined care of patients with mod to severe pain
*Obligations of policy makers in scaling high policies /2
Key points made by Dr. Meghani, of U Penn Nursing for
@US_ASP
Insurers and states acted rapidly, in 2016-17 after
@CDCgov
, to impose hard #opioid dose limits, to require opioid stoppage and taper, all in apparent violation of the Guideline, which had a low evidence GRADE /3
@US_ASP
Insurers and states acted rapidly, in 2016-17 after
@CDCgov
, to impose hard #opioid dose limits, to require opioid stoppage and taper, all in apparent violation of the Guideline, which had a low evidence GRADE /3
Dr. Meghani reports on an online survey from @PainNewsNetwork and @tal7291 reporting, in 2017, high rates of patients who perceive harm and patients reporting loss of patients to suicide./4
Speaking at @US_ASP Dr. Meghani notes a racial disparity: that there is no difference in the # of cocaine-related, heroin OD deaths & Rx opioid deaths as of 2018- no one speaks about the #cocaine epidemic. the implication is that when Blacks die, it's not an epidemic
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