Publications & Resources
Publications
TPS Newsletter: Texas Pain Bulletin
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Pain Management A Handbook for Texas Physicians 
This monograph reviews the basic principles of pain medicine, with a focus on pragmatic clinical approaches to optimal assessment and treatment of patients with a variety of conditions. The handbook also addresses barriers that Texas physicians face in assessing and treating patients suffering with chronic pain.
Responsible Opioid Prescribing: A Physician's Guide
Responsible Opioid Prescribing offers physicians effective strategies for reducing the risk of addiction, abuse and diversion of opioids that they prescribe for their patients in pain. Written by pain medicine specialist Scott M. Fishman, M.D., this concise handbook translates the Federation of State Medical Board's Model Policy for the Use of Controlled Substances for the Treatment of Pain into pragmatic steps for risk reduction and improved patient care, including:
- Patient evaluation, including risk assessment
- Treatment plans that incorporate functional goals
- Informed consent and prescribing agreements
- Periodic review and monitoring of patients
- Referral and patient management
- Documentation
- Compliance with state and federal law
Report of the Texas Pain Summit
The Politics of Pain: Balancing Vigilance and Compassion
Resources:
DEA Ruling re: Schedule II Rx
Treating Chronic Pain in Texas: Texas Medical Board's New Rule and Enforcement 
by Jon Porter, JD