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Understanding the physiological effects of unrelieved pain http://www.nursingtimes.net/nursing-practice/clinical-zones/pain-management/understanding-the-physiological-effects-of-unrelieved-pain/205262.article A noxious stimulus or pain is a stressor that can threaten homeostasis (a steady physiological state). The adaptive response to such a stress involves physiological changes that, in the initial stages, are useful and are also potentially life-saving. Peripheral adaptation involves moving energy substrates from storage sites […]

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After Target wage hike, labor groups turn to drugstore chains http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/thomson-reuters/150320/after-target-wage-hike-labor-groups-turn-drugstore-chains Major drug chains are already cutting staffing in the Rx dept… even with Rx volume is increasing… med errors are increasing dramatically… 90% + of the Rxs are billed to PBM’s  (Express Scripts..etc..etc..) who controls what reimbursements are.  Guess what is going to happen […]

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March 20, 2015 Honorable Senator Jon Tester, DC Office Honorable Senator Steve Daines, DC Office Honorable Representative Ryan Zinke, DC Office Honorable Governor Steve Bullock, Helena Capitol Montana Board of Medical Examiners 301 South Park Helena, MT 59602 Dear Honorable Senators Jon Tester, Steve Daines and Rep. Ryan Zinke, Honorable Governor Bullock; Respected Montana Board […]

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Indiana has been using NPLEx for several years… and AG Zoeller implemented a website www.Bitterpill.IN.gov in Aug 2013.  Which is going to educate people on  how bad abusing drugs are… Apparently… not working all that well ? Indiana Crowned Meth Capital of United States http://www.tristatehomepage.com/story/d/story/indiana-crowned-meth-capital-of-united-states/31429/AU9QTgZ3UU6-SYJSwmx3-A  Law enforcement has a mixed reaction to the numbers because […]

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14-year-old accused of 3 CVS robberies on NW side http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/14-year-old-accused-of-3-cvs-robberies-on-nw-side INDIANAPOLIS — An  Indianapolis teen is facing charges in three separate robberies at two CVS pharmacies on the city’s northwest side. The unidentified 14-year-old suspect was arrested Thursday in connection to the robberies, officials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said Friday. The teen is […]

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Survey Finds Two-Thirds of Patients Unable to Get Hydrocodone http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/3/19/survey-finds-two-thirds-of-patients-unable-to-get-hydrocodone By Pat Anson, Editor About two-thirds of pain patients say they were no longer able to obtain hydrocodone after the opioid painkiller was reclassified by the U.S. government from a Schedule III medication to a more restrictive Schedule II drug, according to the results of […]

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An Orlando woman said Walgreens mistakenly gave her the wrong pills.   Evelyn Singleton said she’s been taking the same blood pressure medication for years. So when she noticed her pills were a different size, she assumed she was just given the generic brand. “I probably would’ve died; would’ve had a stroke or a heart […]

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Matthew Lowry, FBI Agent, Stole Heroin to Get High, Prosecutors Say http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-agent-stole-heroin-get-high-prosecutors-say-n327306   Matthew Lowry, FBI Agent, Stole Heroin to Get High, Prosecutors Say A Washington, D.C., FBI agent was charged Friday with stealing heroin obtained in undercover investigations and using it to get high. Matthew Lowry, 33, took bags of heroin out of his […]

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Patients Will Record Encounters, and Docs Must Adjust http://www.medpagetoday.com/PublicHealthPolicy/Ethics/50564?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-03-20&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyHeadlines&utm_source=ST&eun=g578717d0r& Physicians must accept the possibility that every conversation with a patient may be secretly recorded by the patient, wrote two physicians and a lawyer in the Journal of the American Medical Association. That is the first step for physicians to protect themselves from possible negative consequences […]

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Pot for pets? Nevada bill would make medical marijuana available for sick animals http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/medical-marijuana-sick-pets-nevada-article-1.2153468 Give a dog a bowl. Pets might soon be able to use pot under a bill introduced Tuesday in the Nevada Legislature. Democratic Sen. Tick Segerblom is sponsoring the measure that would allow animal owners to get marijuana for their pet […]

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