adverse drug events, are responsible for an approximated 700,000 emergency department visits a year

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Medication errors: tips to keep you safe http://www.kentucky.com/living/health-and-medicine/article52903390.html#storylink=cpy Medication errors are very common. Follow these tips to help keep you safe. Fotolia FROM MAYO CLINIC NEWS NETWORK Mayo Clinic News Network Medication errors are very common. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 82 percent of adults are on at least one medication […]

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What I Wish My Loved Ones Understood About My Chronic Pain

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What I Wish My Loved Ones Understood About My Chronic Pain http://themighty.com/2016/01/what-i-wish-my-loved-ones-understood-about-my-chronic-pain/ Just like before I got ill, I still look forward to seeing my friends and family (for the holidays or otherwise) — probably even more so. But I must admit there are a few things I wish they knew. I suffer from a […]

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The “killing” of the “American Dream” … Genocide .. American style ?

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The CDC is trying to limit chronic painers’ rights to have adequate therapy… there is a open comment period on their published GUIDELINES… there is only 8 days left to make a comment on this link http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=CDC-2015-0112-0001 This is one of the comments from that website… One of the CDC Comments:  Pain Kills: Docket CDC-2015-0112 […]

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While prescriptions are down statewide, overdose deaths (suicides ?) have not yet peaked

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Tennessee Painkiller Prescriptions Drop By 15 Percent Since Doctor Shopping Crackdown http://nashvillepublicradio.org/post/tennessee-painkiller-prescriptions-drop-15-percent-doctor-shopping-crackdown#stream/0 Tennessee doctors are prescribing far fewer high-powered narcotics than they were just a few years ago. State health officials believe that’s partly because physicians are now required to notify the state when they put patients on a regimen of painkillers. Since 2012, the […]

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Elder Impact

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Housing Tips and Advice from The National Aging in Place Council The Boomer’s Roadmap for Aging in Place: How to Prepare Today for your Senior Years Preventing Falls at Home Fall Prevention Tips for Seniors | A Home Design Guide Exercise & Physical Activity: Your Everyday Guide from the National Institute on Aging The Benefits […]

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that refusing to fill a prescription may provide greater value to the patient and the community than filling a profitable prescription

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Pharmacists touted as last line of defense against opioid addiction https://www.pharmacist.com/pharmacists-touted-last-line-defense-against-opioid-addiction#main-content January 04, 2016 At recent Prescription Drug Awareness Conferences in Pittsburgh, DEA called for pharmacists and soon-to-be pharmacy school graduates to tighten controls over prescription opioids. “You are often going to be the last line of defense for us,” said Gary Tuggle, the DEA […]

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