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Understanding Physical Dependence
This video has been revised and now features Dr. Mark Sullivan from the University of Washington. It also includes Betty Tully and Drs. Jane Ballantyne, and Thomas Kosten. The purpose of this video is help prescribers and the public better understand the meaning of the term physical dependence and to correct the misperception that physical dependence on opioids is benign and clinically unimportant.
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High Dose Opioid Therapy
This video has been revised and now features Dr. Lynn Webster*, President-elect of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. It also includes Betty Tully and Drs. Jane Ballantyne, and Thomas Kosten. The purpose of this video is to correct the misperception that there is no upper dose limit for opioid therapy and to communicate that high dose prescribing is a dangerous practice.
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Addiction is NOT Rare in Pain Patients
This video has been revised and now features a clip of CDC Director, Dr. Thomas Frieden. It also includes interviews with Drs. Russell Portenoy*, Nathaniel Katz*, Andrew Kolodny and Thomas Kosten. The purpose of this video is to communicate that pain patients can become addicted to opioids and that misinformation on this topic played a role in causing the epidemic.
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Effectiveness for Chronic Pain
This video is new and features interviews with Drs. Mark Sullivan, Alex Cahana and Gilbert Fanciullo. The primary goal is to communicate that long-term opioid therapy is not an evidence-based treatment for chronic pain.
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The Oxycontin Express (Vanguard)
This is an excellent documentary that Current TV/Vanguard did on Prescription Drug Diversion and Abuse in South Florida. The show was visiting with the Prescription Drug Abuse Task Force and members of our community regarding this issue. Featured in the documentary is Maureen Barrett and her son Todd, Dr. Sanford Silverman, Representative Kelly Skidmore, and local law enforcement.
Originally aired on 10/14/09
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All About Recovery
An audio interview featuring Raymond G. Ferrero III, Esq.
listen - Raymond G. Ferrero III was a guest on the Compass2Life radio program, speaking about the Florida Marchman Act for families coping with alcoholism, drug abuse, or addiction to prescription medicines.
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Guest Raymond Ferrero III, Esq.
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Launch Video - Guest Raymond Ferrero III, Esq.
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CDC Vital Signs: Prescription Painkiller Overdoses in the U.S.
A couple of days ago Dr. Thomas Frieden, Director of the CDC, held a press conference paired with the release of “CDC Vital Signs: Prescription Painkiller Overdoses in the US”. This is a call to action from the CDC. In the Vital Signs document the CDC outlines important steps that can be taken by state governments, medical boards, health insurance companies and prescribers to bring the epidemic of overdose deaths and addiction under control. Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP) wishes to thank the CDC for issuing this important report and for their strong leadership on this issue. We would also like to take this opportunity to share with you our new and revised videos on opioid prescribing.
At PROP, we believe that it’s not just pill mill operators and drug dealers that are fueling the epidemic. An even greater problem may be well-meaning prescribers who have been misled to believe that compassionate care for a person with chronic pain automatically equals an opioid prescription. We hope that these videos will permit prescribers to properly weigh the risks versus the benefits when considering long-term opioid therapy.
The CDC has demonstrated a relationship between increased overdose deaths, increased addiction rates and increased opioid prescribing. To turn this trend around, providers must understand that opioid prescribing entails serious risks for patients, their families and the community, so vigilance and caution are essential. We urge you to carefully read the CDC Vital Signs, to watch these videos, and to assist us in distributing these materials.
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Pillbillies/Florida man smuggling oxycodon into Maine/CDC report
Unintentional Drug Poisoning: The Role of PMPs
- Office of Drug Control – Florida Prescription Drug Monitoring Bill
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Afflicted and Affected Web Show – Raymond Ferrero – Afflicted and Affected – Addiction Experts Speak – Listen
Some pain clinic doctors put money before patients
- Broward Briefing: Youth Delinquency and Alcohol
- Broward Briefing: Oxycodone Drug Deaths
- Some MRI centers help addicts, dealers get pain pills
- Teen Heroin Use – and Deaths – On the Rise
- Vigil Held for Drug Abuse Victims
- National Institute of Drug Addiction
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Oxycodone Dispensing Data
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- Prescription Pill Addiction
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Addiction Recovery Month
Letter to the Editor
South Dade News Leader - EPI Center: The Costs of Underage Drinking in Florida
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A Family Guide to the Florida Marchman Act
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Governor Crist Appoints Two To The Statewide Drug Policy Advisory Council
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The Florida Marchman Act: F.S. 397.350
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Don’t give up on drug treatment
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Attorneys specialize in Marchman Act cases
Miami Herald
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Drug talks widespread on the web
East Orange Forum
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Addiction Recovery Legal Services Provides Solutions For Loved Ones With Substance Abuse Problems
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Broward Attorneys Continue Long Family History Of Business Partnership
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Reports
- National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XV: Teens and Parents
- DEA Heads First-Ever Nationwide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
- Project Drug Drop in Palm Beach County
- More Mentally Ill Persons Are in Jails and Prisons Than Hospitals: A Survey of the States
- Florida Office Of Drug Control Update
- York Co. drug agents crack down on pain pill trafficking
- Florida Office of Drug Control Update
- Indicators of Substance Abuse – 2009 Semi-Annual Report
- The Proliferation of Pain Clinics In South Florida
- Statewide Experts Announce Economic Impact of Drug and Alcohol Use
- Broward Grand Jury Recommends 18 Steps to Clean up Florida’s “Pills Mills”
- United Way of Broward County
- Vital Signs: Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers
- Number of Prescription Painkiller Deaths More Than Tripled in Last 10 Years
- CDC Report on Prescription Painkiller Overdose is a Call To Action
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