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Authorized generics may have better quality http://www.abqjournal.com/650667/health/authorized-generics-may-have-better-quality.html People have become suspicious of the quality of generic drugs. Is there a way to benefit from the lower cost of these copycat medicines without sacrificing effectiveness? Authorized generics may be a solution to this dilemma. Many physicians and patients are unaware that this option exists. The brand-name […]
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No Easy Answers To Drug Abuse, Forum Attendees Say http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-windham-overdose-forum-0930-20150930-story.html WILLIMANTIC — While reports of overdoses from heroin, synthetic marijuana and other drugs crop up in Willimantic, medical and addiction professionals agreed the complicated issues around substance abuse aren’t confined to the city lines. At a forum hosted by Hartford HealthCare Tuesday night at Eastern […]
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DEA drug scheduling process illogical, should be reformed https://www.dailytexanonline.com/2015/09/30/dea-drug-scheduling-process-is-illogical-should-be-reformed With the legalization of marijuana in states such as Colorado and Washington, drug law is starting to ease up on the state level. However, national associations, such as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), still spread misinformation about drugs, and its current drug scheduling is misleading and […]
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Medical Marijuana Helps. Now, How to Pay for It? http://www.medpagetoday.com/Blogs/KevinMD/53780?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-09-30&eun=g578717d0r What is not to like about medical marijuana? It treats pain, vomiting, fatigue, anxiety, depression, insomnia, seizures, muscle spasms, Crohn’s disease, and allows many cancer patients to resume remarkably normal lives. It is not addictive. It does not interact with other medicines. It acts quickly […]
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The True Cost of the Medication Mistake: Creating an Environment that Limits Errors http://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/article/true-cost-medication-mistake-creating-environment-limits-errors How do errors in medication distribution impact a hospital’s bottom line? Just a single medication error can cost a facility hundreds of thousands of dollars. On a grander scale, medical errors cost up to $1 trillion annually according to a report […]
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Guns kill people in the US because we pervert the Second Amendment http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/oct/02/oregon-college-shooting-guns-kill-people-in-us-pervert-second-amendment?CMP=ema_565c There seems to be a parallel between those who have lost loved ones to the consequences of undiagnosed/untreated mental health issues. This article is about the shooting in Oregon… and those who have lost loved ones and other groups start calling out […]
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74 overdoses in 72 hours: Laced heroin may be to blame http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-heroin-overdoses-met-20151002-story.html Just imagine what would happen if those with the mental health disease of addiction, if they could legally purchase commercially available opiates. Other countries have tried this and drug overdose deaths have dramatically DECREASED… because many/most of these people are not interested in […]
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