Patient advocate with nursing background. I'm collecting accounts from pts/family members re: #SuicideDue2Pain & adverse events associated w/ opioid tapering.
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10 Mar 2018
Thanks for a really neat opportunity @jennyrogersDC, @washingtonpost, & @maiasz!
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Jun 12
Too funny! Yes, call in the sweet little kitten to make it all better!
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Anne Fuqua retweeted
This, 💯👇🏼
One of the biggest mistakes pain clinicians can make is assuming their patients experience pain the same way they would.
Full Soulture episode with @DrSeanMackey: bit.ly/4woNNIG
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May 23
Everyone loves to celebrate "deprescribing," but nobody wants to talk about harm in the name of "deprescribing" and removing access to medication. Just wait until it's you or a loved one, you'll change your tune.
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Dr. Forest Tennant says there are several pain conditions that cause the "worst pain" imaginable. Unfortunately, many of those patients are given the same treatments and opioid doses as patients with less painful conditions. bit.ly/4wJGv2k
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Lying about a diagnosis is FRAUD. That's a crime, not malpractice (the point being that these prescribers would face jail time if prosecuted).
May 13
A book on the history of Suboxone admits doctors worked around patient caps by documenting people as being treated for “pain” instead of OUD so they could prescribe Suboxone to more patients.
And this was portrayed as noble. A workaround. A public health win.
So let me get this straight:
Lying in medical records about a controlled substance is acceptable depending on which patient population benefits?
Because if pain doctors had done this with full agonist opioids, they’d be in handcuffs, indicted, and featured in a Netflix doc by Friday.
But when it’s Suboxone, suddenly it’s innovation and a good thing.
Indivior makes Purdue look like saints, yet somehow we’re all supposed to pretend this isn’t an opioid, wasn’t aggressively protected, and hasn’t been surrounded by a massive double standard from day one.
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May 11
Make sure you check out this podcast.
Thank you @DrLizaMD & @camjenglish; pain patients appreciate your support!
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journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… Great recent study demonstrating how flawed the research on long-term opioid therapy risk has been over the years. My sense is that the bias from such has skewered many patients with chronic pain. Nice work by @HurleyMDPhD and colleagues.
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We fixed pill mills and reckless opioid prescribing—but at what cost?
Legitimate patients got caught in the crossfire. Forced tapers. Doctor dismissals. Lives upended.
Let's talk about the other crisis no one will address: the pain epidemic. 🧵
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What is it with kitties and their love of bags and boxes?
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Apr 21
Kolodny is now a kratom expert? Sounds like the same old BS to me. “Kolodny's Kratom Op-Ed is Quite a Piece of Work”
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Apr 19
The human toll is well-documented. A 2023 UC Davis study of over 110,000 stable long-term opioid patients linked tapering to more emergency department visits, hospitalizations, reduced primary care engagement, and poorer adherence to medications for co-occurring conditions. Studies and reports from Human Rights Watch, pain medicine societies, the American Medical Association (AMA), and patient advocates describe a “silent public health crisis of untreated chronic pain,” with rapid tapers tied to tripled overdose risk, increased suicides, mental health crises, worsened function, and eroded trust in health care. The AMA’s 2025 report reinforces that individualized, patient-centered care, not arbitrary restrictions, must guide treatment decisions.
As a 2024 STAT analysis noted, blaming clinicians for overprescribing never solved the epidemic. The crisis has multiple roots, including social and economic conditions, limited addiction treatment capacity, and illicit synthetics. It is not a simple story of “too many prescriptions.” Reducing or forcibly tapering prescribed opioids in isolation is ineffective and can actively harm patients.
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Apr 13
One of the many commandments of Gabby.
Apr 13
Thou shalt not wake the sleeping kitty on thy lap at
3 am & then expect to disturb thy kitty again 10 min later so thy can return to recliner. If thou dost such; thou can expect to sleep in thy wheelchair until thy kitty wakes & vacates recliner at time of thy kitty's choosing.
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Thou shalt not wake the sleeping kitty on thy lap at
3 am & then expect to disturb thy kitty again 10 min later so thy can return to recliner. If thou dost such; thou can expect to sleep in thy wheelchair until thy kitty wakes & vacates recliner at time of thy kitty's choosing.
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Apr 6
Tens of millions live with chronic pain.
Billions were spent.
Their care was never restored — or made accessible.
#SavingUsToDeath
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Mar 15
Sgt. Victoria Franco, USMC (Ret.) is turning 100 on March 21st .... please help fill her mailbox at the Frank M. Tejeda Texas State Veterans Home with birthday cards!
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Mar 14
This is just heartbreaking.
“How $154.62 in Gift Card Fraud Led to a Man’s Death in ICE Detention”
Excerpt From
“How $154.62 in gift card fraud led to a man’s death in ICE detention”
Documented
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