The History of Opiophobia

“Invisible Illness Podcast” - First Internet Talk Show to Tackle Complex Issues Facing Patients with Chronic Fatigue, & Similar Chronic Pain/Auto-Immune Disorders - PR.com

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:43:00 +0000

"Just as difficult to deal with as the illness is the amount of misinformation shared by patients, doctors, and the public. This podcast seeks to present an accurate message in an entertaining and uplifting manner. According to Bilheimer, “I’ve spent years struggling to even get a diagnosis, much less find a doctor who can properly treat me. It’s a very lonely journey."

Not exactly on point, but related to Opiophobia.

BBC News - Pain 'should be viewed as a disease in its own right'

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:42:00 +0000

"Chronic pain needs to be recognised as a disease in its own right, experts say."

The Distortion of Medicine and Confusion of Standards

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:58:00 +0000

"In fields of medicine involving controlled substances, especially addiction medicine and pain medicine, the doctor-patient relationship has become grossly distorted."

The Columns - Correspondance

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:28:00 +0000

"... opiophobia is interesting. Reasons which would explain practice by doctors that is out of step with evidence include lack of awareness of the evidence, philosophical disagreement despite the evidence ..."

Narcan: The Next Big Thing In Pain Management - Bluelight

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:32:00 +0000

"And how did they manage to take that giant step against the American Opiophobia? Put some Narcan in it."

Interesting forum discussion.

Problems and barriers of pain management in the emergency departments.

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:19:00 +0000

"Opiophobia is the prejudice against the use and prescription. of opioid analgesics. ... ED physicians have significant opiophobia."

Pain and Palliative Care in the Developing World

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:14:00 +0000

"Much of the developing world shares the "opiophobia" and the burden of needless suffering."

Morphine kills the pain, not the patient.

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:08:00 +0000

"Just over 20 years ago, John Morgan, and American pharmacologist, coined the term opiophobia to describe the analgesic-prescribing habits of physicians he had studied."

Ethics of Opiod Analgesia for Chronic Noncancer Pain

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:04:00 +0000

"Many of those who once contributed to the pervasive problem of undertreated pain ... now recognize that the failure to assess and manage pain harms patients and constitutes substandard care."

Excellent article.

Addictions: Understanding the Patient

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:56:00 +0000

This presentation mentions opiophobia.

I Once Was Captain of Whatever: Sacred Mouth (Sacre Bleu)

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 20:59:00 +0000

"Opiophobia -
Fear medical doctors experience of prescribing needed pain medications for patients.

'Hahahahaha!!... Wait a SECOND: what the hell, how come... how is it.... is it curabl... what?'
I know, that's what I said too. Dude, I have this thing about doctors..."

Opiophobia creates lots of different reactions.

Do doctors undertreat pain? or, The Prayer of Maimonides « Sadistic Doctors

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:40:00 +0000

"At graduation, some North American medical students repeat the Prayer of Maimonides

“never to forget that the patient is a fellow creature in pain, not a mere vessel of disease.”[2] How could a physician ever forget that a patient is in pain?"

The Haworth Press Online Catalog: Article Abstract

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:09:00 +0000

"Abstract:
A brief history of opiophobia and its effect on prescribing of opioid analgesics is presented. Barriers to opioid prescribing and additional readings on the topic are described."

Medical Marijuana: Washington State Judge Plays Doctor, Convicts Authorized Patient of Cultivating His Own Medicine | Stop the Drug War (DRCNet)

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:07:00 +0000

"It should be noted that opiate use for pain management does not constitute addiction, and opiophobia is itself another evil of the drug war just as is medical marijuana prohibition. For some patients marijuana is a better medicine, for others opioids are better."

Just a footnote to another article.

Overcoming Opiophobia

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:35:00 +0000

"Most arguments against the use of opioids for a significant short-term or longterm pain problem are usually based on irrational fears, or so-called “opiophobia.” However, this ignores a more practical perspective."

An article on Opiophobia.

OPIOPHOBIA: Overcome it Starting Today...

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:56:00 +0000

"One of the world's most effective programs for Opiophobia, the Vanquish Fear & Anxiety Home Study CD Program immerses you in the most effective techniques we teach our 'VIP' clients and at our advanced Seminars. ...

If you have been living with Opiophobia, now is the time to learn how easily you can now be free."

This looks questionable. It looks like a overcoming fear for _____ (Plug in the Fear).

WaStateTortClaim08cert.pdf (application/pdf Object)

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:45:00 +0000

"SUMMARY: Nature of Relief Sought
This lawsuit is the result of grossly misinformed prejudices about opioid1 pain medications held by high-level Washington public health officials. Those prejudices are identified in medical literature as “opiophobia.”2 As a direct result of public health policies based on opiophobia, chronic pain patients in Washington are now unable reliably to secure necessary and appropriate treatment for theirsevere pain anywhere within the State of Washington. The dilemma of the chronic pain patients arises out of overreaching actions on behalf of senior public health officials based on their underlying opiophobia, and that opiophobia now permeates
the entire Washington State health culture and unlawfully influences medical licensing decisions."

An excellent analysis of current opiophobia.

Opiophobia Treatment Cause Symptom Medication Cure Help

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:32:00 +0000

"The expert phobia team at The CTRN Phobia Clinic is board-certified to help with Opiophobia and a variety of related problems. The success rate of our 24 hour program is close to 100%."

APS Conference on Opioid Dosing Guidelines

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:19:00 +0000

"The pursuit of what I believe is an impossible balance - the apples of pain relief against the lemons of the drug war - has pretty much consumed the efforts of the public health, academic medical, medical ethics communities for decades, culminating in the Amazing, Vanishing DEA FAQ3."

For supposedly rational creatures, we certainly react irrationally to many things.

Appendix 76 - Opiophobia

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:54:00 +0000

"Pain is woefully under-treated in this country. This tragic state of affairs, which has devastating consequences for individuals, families and communities, is rooted not so much in technology as in ignorance and persistent prejudice about pain, opioids, and addiction."

Ethan Nadelmann Remembers Dr. John P. Morgan

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:13:00 +0000

"To describe the irrational fear of opiates in the U.S. and elsewhere, he coined the term 'opiaphobia' -- and wrote the definitive scholarly article on the phenomenon."

John P. Morgan, 68, 'Pharmaco-Ethnomusicologist' - February 27, 2008 - The New York Sun

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:18:00 +0000

"John P. Morgan ... In a 1985 book chapter he coined the word 'opiophobia' to describe clinicians who habitually under-prescribe pain relievers for seriously ill patients 'based on an irrational and undocumented fear that appropriate use will lead patients to become addicts.'"

The history of the word Opiophobia.

The Case for Legalizing Heroin by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:54:00 +0000

"By 1925, the Treasury Department had shut down 44 heroin-maintenance clinics around the country. One third of all persons in federal penitentiaries in mid-1928 were Harrison Act violators, more than the combined total for the next two categories of prisoners: violators of alcohol prohibition. By 1938, 25,000 doctors had been arraigned for supplying narcotics to users, and 3000 of them were serving prison sentences... "

The Harrison Act put 3000 doctors in prison and started opiophobia.

Arthrs Joint

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:38:00 +0000

"Patients and American doctors (who should know better) are unreasonably afraid of opioids. This 'opiophobia' is not based on fact, but is a product of outmoded knowledge and the War on Drugs. Medical research demonstrates the utility and safety of opioid use for otherwise untreatable pain."

So the why of opiophobia is outmoded knowledge and the War on Drugs. It just raises more questions on why.

Harrison Narcotics Tax Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

noreply@blogger.com (Les Bain) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:16:00 +0000

"However a clause applying to doctors allowed distribution 'in the course of his professional practice only.' This clause was interpreted after 1917 to mean that a doctor could not prescribe opiates to an addict, since addiction was not considered a disease. A number of doctors were arrested and some were imprisoned. The medical profession quickly learned not to supply opiates to addicts. In 1919, the Supreme Court ruled in Doremus that the Harrison Act was constitutional and in Webb that physicians could not prescribe narcotics solely for maintenance."

Many think the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act is the start of the development of opiophobia in the medical profession in the United States.