Now here is a great juxtaposition of issues. If you have chronic pain and you read this you will see exactly why it is so important to stop PROP's proposals.
I received my Monthly issue of AARP magazine today. The front page listed an article by none other than Dr. Oz headlined "Wipe Out Chronic Pain". So my interest was piqued. Among other things Dr. Oz stated, "Here is the game-changing development: Doctors now believe that chronic pain is not merely a symptom of another condition; rather it's a separate disease and should be treated as such." All well and good and I totally agree.
The next thing I read is a post from an Salem Oregon investigative reporter. She had written an article supportive of PROP and saying some pretty disturbing things about Dr. Perry Fine, one of the first doc
articles/august122012/I received my Monthly issue of AARP magazine today. The front page listed an article by none other than Dr. Oz headlined "Wipe Out Chronic Pain". So my interest was piqued. Among other things Dr. Oz stated, "Here is the game-changing development: Doctors now believe that chronic pain is not merely a symptom of another condition; rather it's a separate disease and should be treated as such." All well and good and I totally agree.
The next thing I read is a post from an Salem Oregon investigative reporter. She had written an article supportive of PROP and saying some pretty disturbing things about Dr. Perry Fine, one of the first doc
tors to argue in favor of treating non-cancer pain with opioids. Dr. Fine wrote a lengthy rebuttal. The author of the original article was responding to Dr. FIne. She had apparently at least come close to accusing Dr. Fine of being a criminal for his views. And gues what she said in her rebuttal article? Here it is: "I do consider any clinician being encouraged to view pain as a disease and not a symptom as criminal."
So there it is! Someone with an inside link to PROP members basically calling Dr. Oz a CRIMINAL! That alone proves the absurdity of the idea behind PROP. The link below goes to a step by step reply from the person who wrote the article, Marianne Skolek.
I also did some checking on the web page for PROP Dr. Andrew Kolodny is President and first contact person. The Vice President is Michael Von Korff, ScD, and he works for AN INSURANCE COMPANY which runs a doctors group! Note he is not even an MD! My gut told me there was a connection between PROP and the insurance industry. Maybe my gut was right!
http://www.salem-news.com/
So there it is! Someone with an inside link to PROP members basically calling Dr. Oz a CRIMINAL! That alone proves the absurdity of the idea behind PROP. The link below goes to a step by step reply from the person who wrote the article, Marianne Skolek.
I also did some checking on the web page for PROP Dr. Andrew Kolodny is President and first contact person. The Vice President is Michael Von Korff, ScD, and he works for AN INSURANCE COMPANY which runs a doctors group! Note he is not even an MD! My gut told me there was a connection between PROP and the insurance industry. Maybe my gut was right!
http://www.salem-news.com/
perry-fine-folo-ms.php
