BlessingBox

Technical writer w/ specialization in social media, RN/CRRN, cultural creative, fact hacker, progressive, political junkie, pain advocate, hopeless dog lover!

[BlessingBox @BlessingBox4u]

OIG Fall 2022 Semiannual Report to Congress (SAR), in part, provides an overview of HHS-OIG’s activities for the reporting period comprising the last half of fiscal year (FY) 2022 from April 1 through September 30, 2022.
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[Lelena @LelenaPeacock]

I won't mince words. The term Over-medicalisation is a euphemism for Eugenics.

It is an ideology used to deny healthcare.

That is all.

[Pain News Network @PainNewsNetwork]

Did you have trouble getting a diagnosis for your pain? You're not alone. A new study estimates that 21 million Americans living with severe pain don't have a proper medical diagnosis. https://t.co/l1nGexOgVE

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[David Smith @DavidESmitty]

The sick and disgusting TRUTH -
DON'T LOOK AWAY, DOCTORS!
https://t.co/WaFAUzMVt5

[Pain News Network @PainNewsNetwork]

Opioid prescriptions have been sharply reduced in an effort to reduce overdose deaths. But Neen Monty says prescription opioids no longer play much of a role in the "opioid crisis" -- which can be proven with a simple chart. https://t.co/RN0e6zSTGq

[JustCranky @Eadranai]

VA promises protected reporting. Federal courts are exposing the missing protection.
https://t.co/TQQXjXaTmq

[Lynn Webster, MD @LynnRWebsterMD]

Journalism Needs a Baseline of Trust https://t.co/LYJVCwium0

Journalism’s first obligation is truth, not virality.

Misleading narratives about the opioid crisis did more than distort public understanding. They shaped policy, harmed people in pain, and pulled attention away from evidence-based solutions.

My latest: https://t.co/QMVPe0euu3

[PAC @PACRiseUp]

Heads 🆙
Courtesy of @Drptforum
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[David Smith @DavidESmitty]

The actual TRUTH of the matter, spoken by a pain doctor. The "public health emergency declaration" MUST be eliminated or at least amended to reflect the truth that "prescription opioid medications" did NOT cause the current overdose death crisis! And the doctors MUST have autonomy returned to them when it comes to patient care.
https://t.co/ebYqe6TFBM

[NIH @NIH]

🔬Scientists using NIH All of Us data sought to assess the prevalence of co-occurring chronic pain and opioid use disorder diagnoses + the role of genetic liability and social determinants of health.

Their findings suggest socioeconomic hardship and co-occurring mental health conditions are correlates of risk for co-occurring chronic pain and opioid use disorder.

Read more ➡️ https://t.co/fHuPXLjphR

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[Diabolical Chatty ™ @Diabolical2099]

Diabolical Chatty note:

If your pain policy cannot tell the difference between addiction, dependence, tolerance, undertreated pain, post-surgical recovery, cancer pain, and illicit fentanyl deaths, then your policy is not “safe.”

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[Elisabeth Potter MD @EPotterMD]

There are 22 million healthcare workers in America.

And I think we just realized how powerful we could become if we stopped letting ourselves stay divided.

Something happened in DC this week that was bigger than politics, bigger than titles, and bigger than any one specialty.

For the first time in a long time, I sat in rooms with nurses, techs, therapists, physicians, and healthcare workers across every part of medicine, and nobody cared what letters were behind our names.

We were united by the same reality: The healthcare system is failing both patients and the people trying to care for them.

For years, healthcare workers have been separated into categories, hierarchies, societies, and specialties. But sitting together this week, it became impossible not to ask the question:

Why have we been kept so separate?

Because divided people are easier to silence and control.

But there are 22 million of us.

Twenty two million people who see what is happening inside hospitals, clinics, operating rooms, and patient rooms every single day.

You can call me whatever you want, but I’m not showing up as “just” a doctor anymore. I’m showing up as a healthcare worker, proud to stand alongside my colleagues at every stage of healthcare.

I’m done asking permission to advocate for patients and for the future of healthcare. We know these problems because we are the ones living them.

And when healthcare workers unite instead of staying divided, we become something incredibly powerful.

Thank you @wearfigs for bringing healthcare workers together in DC this week and helping spark conversations and advocacy that felt bigger than any one title or profession.

This is how we change healthcare.

Together.

[Bev Schechtman🇮🇱 @ibdgirl76]

Is anyone going to address the millions of chronic illness and pain pts who were stable on opioids, but forced off and given multiple psych meds they didn't need? What about the harm to them? Pain pts don't need Suboxone or antipsychotics. They were find until you ripped them off of their meds.

[Bev Schechtman🇮🇱 @ibdgirl76]

More lies hiding opioid funding to addiction orgs. When will they be investigated the way pain orgs were?
https://t.co/mF5RDCmTcb

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@ledhedd2 @angelsgal2 @pacriseup @lelena @helenborel2 https://t.co/1mQKniNbqI

[BlessingBox @BlessingBox4u]

@UrWithintheNorm @Ledhedd2 @PACRiseUp @Angelsgal02 @esglaude @MHarrisPerry When a medical specialty is heavily criminalized, med students stop applying to residencies, doctors choose retirement, physicians burn out from legal terror, ultimate price is paid by patients, who cannot get a timely appointment, diagnostics, diagnosis, symptom relief.
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