Dreamland (OBOC 2018-2019)
One Book, One College 2018-2019
Pill Mills
- Prescription Drug Abuse & Diversion: Role of the Pain ClinicFrom the US National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health. In-depth study of pill mills funded by National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Pain Management
In Dreamland's chapter "The Revolution," (pp 92-99) Quinones chronicles the shift from prescribing opiates only to patients dying from cancer to those with chronic pain. He refers to the following sources:
Articles
- "Addiction Rare in Patients Treated with Narcotics"Letter to the editor by Jane Porter and Dr. Hershel Jick published in the January 12, 1980 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine.
- Chronic Use of Opioid Analgesics in Non-malignant Pain: Report of 38 Cases"This paper by Portenoy and Foley, published in the May, 1986 issue of the medical journal Pain became what Quinones describes as "a declaration of independence for the vanguard of pain specialists interested in using opiates for chronic pain..." (p 92) abstract only- request full article through InterLibrary Loan.
- "Less Pain, More Gain"Time magazine article published on June 24th, 2001 contending that the fear patients would become addicted to opiates is unwarranted, citing Foley, Portenoy and others.
Websites
- Wong-Baker FACES FoundationCreated the pain rating scale currently used around the world as a standard to gauge pain in children.
Pharmaceutical Sales/Marketing
Pain KillerQuinones refers to this book in the chapter "Purdue" (pp 124-127). This is the updated second edition.
- The Family That Built an Empire of PainIn depth article in The New Yorker magazine about the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma. October 30, 2017
- Prescription Drugs: OxyContin Abuse and Diversion and Efforts to Address the ProblemIn this December, 2003 US General Accounting Office Report to Congressional Requesters, studied Purdue Pharma and the campaign to promote OxyContin.