A interesting conundrum

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Labs, doctors scrutinized over lucrative drug tests for pain-pill abuse http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/arizona/investigations/2015/12/26/labs-doctors-scrutinized-over-lucrative-drug-tests-pain-pill-abuse/77181470/ The DEA/CDC and other bureaucratic agencies have created “guidelines” and everyone is treating these guidelines as “the law”. Now the DOJ – which the DEA is part of – is going after what is consider too frequent urine testing on chronic pain pts.. or […]

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Another issue of self-medication called abuse ?

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

The drug is an anti-diarrheal medication http://www.your4state.com/news/news/officials-identify-new-cause-of-drug-overdose-death WINCHESTER, Va. A Winchester man is dead and another from Clarke County is in critical care after they overdosed on similar over-the-counter medications.   Officials said they overdosed on an anti-diarrheal drug called loperamide.    “Traditionally, we see people overdosing on substances such as heroin, so this brings […]

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