Terri Lewis, PhD #GratefulToBeVaccinated in TN-6

DEA Guidance links on prescribing of controlled substances during a national health emergency deadiversion.usdoj.gov/coronavirus.ht…

For those not aware, my dearest buddy, Jeff Fudin passed away a couple of hours ago, gratefully peacefully. Not only was he a dear friend & beloved dad & grandfather, but an amazing pain scientist and patient advocate. Please remember him in your thoughts and prayers. #BroBroJeff

We have increasingly outsourced our decision-making to machine learning models ("the algorithm"). The whole point of building recommendation, sorting, and "decision support" systems on ML is to undertake assessments at superhuman speed and scale. 1/

Labeling mental health issues as evil is an attempt to deflect and shift the blame, giving fuel to nonaction. Wholly inappropriate.

Important constituency ignored by the Abbott conference.. The medical personnel who are on the front lines of response. They need support too.

@VoteGloriaJ @matracaberg Tots and pears

What are you going to do to stop gun violence from being the #1 killer of kids? Are you actually heartbroken? This would lead a heartbroken person to action. What actions are you willing to take? You just put guns in the hands of 18 year olds, you have to know this will happen.

Want to get involved with @BeLikeLight? Take the pledge and help us redefine what partnership with patient communities. #StatHealthTech #BeLikeLight

@KenSycspng @yancykm You have seriously underestimated my knowledge, training and expertise. I will leave it at that.

@tal7291 @yancykm You

No, the opioid overdose death epidemic didn't start with prescriptions in the 90s. Nonpharmaceutical Fentanyl (NPF) found in early 70s. Epidemic of NPF in the 80s. Tox screens unable to decifer between illicit and pharmaceutical. Article from CDC, 2008 cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/m…

@KenSycspng @yancykm Terri who?

@yancykm Terri is simply wrong in her assessment. ESI is a safe effective procedure used by thousands of patients. So is RFA for facet generated pain. I have patients with inoperable spinal pain who have been seeing me for over 15 years. My wife gets ESIs for inoperable radicular pain.

Mandated checks of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs had a disparate impact on Black patients.

300,000 TNeans are set to lose their #health #insurance when #PHE policies expire. Let @MarshaBlackburn & @SenatorHagerty know that this is NOT okay! bit.ly/3LlgbT2

Learn about genetic testing and Marfan syndrome: bit.ly/3wEnHTP

@DrJudyStone @thetickguy @LonnieRhea Guinea hens. They love ticks.

Friend was nailed by this #LoneStarTick in my suburban MD (Silver Spring) yard. I didn't know we had them there. #Ticks cc @thetickguy @LonnieRhea

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34897754/ This should be of great interest to patients with pain and those who treat them.

'Sugar shacks': Urban maple syrup maker in Missoula thrives on education and outreach helenair.com/news/state-and… via @helenaironline

@travisakers He's the antithesis of 'christian.'

Attorney generals are not qualified to set medical practice guidance bit.ly/3882kSP via @kevinmd

🎯🗣👇🏽“Tennessee is in the bottom 10 in poverty… top 5 most dangerous… 2nd in road rage shootings… #1 in medical bankruptcies… Despiteperceived image of growth, success & prosperity, for many Tennesseans the reality of their lives is far more grim…” tennessean.com/story/opinion/…

Trickle-Down Economics | The War on Drugs Both central to Reagan's legacy Both ignore science in favor of magical thinking Both myopically focus on supply, ignoring the demand side Both have caused profound harms over decades, esp among the most vulnerable #SundayFeels

"PDMP prescriber check mandates but not pain management clinic laws appeared to ⬇️ opioid dispensing more in Black pts than White pts. Future research should discern the mechanisms underlying these disparities and their consequences for pain management" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

I have 2 BRAF mutations and my therapeutic protocol targets these utilizing the results of NIH clinical trials published in Dec21.

How Targeted Therapy Works for Cancer webmd.com/cancer/video/v… from @WebMD;