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PRN files State Tort Claim vs. WA State - July 2008

Submitted by David Borden on

PRN files State Tort Claim vs. WA State

Filed under: Law/Constitution, Medicine/Ethics/Standards, Opiophobia/Chilling Effect - 08 Jul 2008

See also:
PRN Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief, and Damages - 2008
WA’s Interagency Guideline on Opioid Dosing for Non-Cancer Pain - 2007

SUMMARY:
Nature of Relief Sought This lawsuit is the result of grossly misinformed prejudices about opioid(1) 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 their severe 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, as well as that opiophobia - which has now permeated the entire Washington State health culture and also unlawfully influences medical licensing decisions.

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