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Patients Opt for Stronger Opioids High-potency agents like oxycodone soared in popularity over the last decade. http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/PainManagement/50188?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-02-26&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyHeadlines&utm_source=ST&eun=g578717d0r& More patients are using stronger opioids than they were a decade ago, government researchers said. In 2011-2012, far more patients reported using opioids in the last 30 days that were more potent than morphine compared with weaker-than-morphine opioids […]

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  Watched my 80 year old neighbor in congestive heart failure be forced to change pharmacies after 20 years because his insurance no longer would cover his old grocery store pharmacy. He hand delivered new scripts to the CVS across the street where we live. They filled everything but his pain meds and said they […]

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Down here in Hammond Louisiana the Pharmacists deliberately and carelessly choosing to fill a prescription is not just because its early but discrimination based on religious preference and artists of religious genres are be discriminated against. My husband is an international and demanded portrait sculptor with media and exposure and mtiple press ops. In the […]

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Apparently the theme that I was using for my blog was UPDATED… and when the update redisplayed… to me . it was more F-uped .. so I was forced to abruptly change themes…  hopefully the author of the original theme will get things back to normal soon

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Hydrocodone no longer Oklahoma’s top prescribed drug http://www.koco.com/news/hydrocodone-no-longer-oklahomas-top-prescribed-drug/31475146 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —Hydrocodone is no longer the top drug prescribed to Oklahoma Medicaid patients. The Oklahoman reports that according to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the painkiller hydrocodone has held the top spot for more than five years but has been replaced by an allergy medication. […]

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Pharmacy faces negligence lawsuit after painkiller overdose http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/managed-healthcare-executive/news/pharmacy-faces-negligence-lawsuit-after-painkiller-overdose?page=0,0 Should a pharmacy or pharmacist be liable for filling valid and legal prescriptions written by a doctor? Pharmacy industry observers are watching closely as that answer is likely to be provided in a Florida court. An appeals court recently ruled that Daytona Discount Pharmacy and its owner, […]

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Dangerous infections now spreading outside hospitals http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/02/25/clostridium-difficile-infections-grow/23942147/ Life-threatening infections caused by bacteria called Clostridium difficile now sicken nearly half a million Americans a year, health officials said Wednesday. The number of these infections — which can cause “deadly diarrhea” and damage to the colon — doubled between 2000 and 2010, according to the Centers for […]

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This little blog of mine started in Feb 2011 and for the first year.. it just kind of “bounced around” until one year later when I finally got my act together and posting on a regular basis..  Three years ago.. a “good day” is when I got 30 page views.. yesterday my PEAK HR of […]

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