Pain Relief Network

Feds Cop Plea in Arizona Pain Doctor Case

Jan 30, 2004
Author Unknown
Painreliefnetwork.org
When Tucson pain specialist Dr. Jeri Hassmanwas indicted on 54 counts of prescribing opioid painkillers without a legitimate medical reason in March, federal prosecutors called her a Dr. Feelgood. When, after she refused to buckle under pressure, she was re-indicted in August, this time on a whopping 362 counts, they called her […]

US. Justice Department Cuts Dr. Jeri Hassman a Sweetheart Deal

Jan 29, 2004
Press Release
Painreliefnetwork.org
New York, NY - Having shined the national spotlight on the flimsiness of U.S. Department of Justice prosecutions of legitimate physicians, Pain Relief Network is delighted to announce the first of what it predicts will be a string of physician victories in Federal courts.

Florida’s War on Drugs Now a War on Doctors Says Association of American Physicians and Surgeons

Jan 16, 2004
Press Release
US Newswire
To: City and State desks, Medical Reporter
Contact: Kathryn Serkes, 202-333-3855 or Kathryn@AAPSonline.org; for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons; http://www.aapsonline.org
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ — The more than 48 million people who suffer chronic pain in the United States are having difficulty finding doctors to treat them as a result […]

Pain Relief Network Joins National Physician and Patient Advocacy Groups in Denouncing Florida’s Hearings on Pain Drugs

Jan 16, 2004
Press Release
PR Newswire
To: State Desk
Contact: Siobhan Reynolds of the Pain Relief Network, 212-873-5848; http://www.PainReliefNetwork.org
NEW YORK, Jan. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ — In response to a combined state and Federal month-long series of hearings, purportedly aimed at curbing abuse of prescription drugs, Pain Relief Network is calling for a moratorium on government measures attacking legitimate […]

Pain Relief Network Joins National Physician and Patient Advocacy Groups

Jan 16, 2004
Press Release
Painreliefnetwork.org
In response to a combined State and Federal month long series of hearings, purportedly aimed at curbing abuse of prescription drugs, Pain Relief Network is calling for a moratorium on government measures attacking legitimate pain care.
Citing the virtual collapse of pain care throughout the state of Florida, Pain Relief Network’s Executive Director […]

Patients, MDS Fight Pain-Pill Tracking Plan

Jan 16, 2004
Author Unknown
The Orlando Sentinel (FL)
Pain patients and doctors who treat them gathered in Orlando on Friday to speak out against a proposed statewide prescription-tracking program and denounce upcoming state and national hearings on prescription-drug abuse.
“These hearings are one-sided, and we believe they’re stacked for a pre-determined outcome,” said Kathryn Serkes, a spokeswoman for […]