Their bottom line or your LIFE.. and they get to chose.. Genocide .. American Style ?

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Insurers Wrestle With Costs, Utility of Genetic Tests http://www.medpagetoday.com/Genetics/GeneticTesting/55987?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2016-02-04&eun=g578717d0r Pennsylvania-based Independence Blue Cross’ announcement that it will cover a complex type of genetic testing for some cancer patients thrusts the insurer into an ongoing debate about how to handle an increasing array of these expensive tests. Independence — with its approximately 3 million members — […]

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Study Shows That Alcohol, Not Marijuana Is The Major “Gateway Drug”

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Study Shows That Alcohol, Not Marijuana Is The Major “Gateway Drug” http://dailyhealthtime.co/study-shows-that-alcohol-not-marijuana-is-the-major-gateway-drug/ A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Florida has shown that alcohol is far more of a “gateway drug” than marijuana is. The study concluded that: Results from the Guttman scale indicated that alcohol represented the “gateway” drug, leading to […]

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Another Fed agency piling on fighting the opiate epidemic ?

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

FDA Unveils Sweeping Changes to Opioid Policies http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/858411?nlid=99105_3901&src=wnl_newsalrt_160204_MSCPEDIT&uac=75309AG&impID=980959&faf=1 In response to the ongoing opioid abuse epidemic, top officials at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced plans to reassess the agency’s approach to opioid medications. “We are determined to help defeat this epidemic through a science-based and continuously evolving approach,” Robert Califf, MD, […]

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56 page$ of DEA civil forfeiture$ for 2-3 month$

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

OfficialNotification click on link above to read all 56 pages The DEA gets to keep/sell all of the assets they seize … and abt 85% of the assets seized there is never charges filed nor conviction made.. and most people will get little – to nothing – of their assets returned.

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political leaders in MASS believe it was needed for them to start practicing medicine without a license

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Massachusetts Leads the Way on Opioid Overdose Fight, but Will Pain Patients Suffer? http://www.painmedicinenews.com/Policy-Management/Article/02-16/Massachusetts-Leads-the-Way-on-Opioid-Overdose-Fight-but-Will-Pain-Patients-Suffer-/35168/ses=ogst Boston—Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has signed into law new legislation that will significantly regulate how opioid analgesics are prescribed and how the widespread problem of opioid abuse is addressed within the state. Although the pain care community generally welcomes the changes, […]

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Another chronic painer found a way to resolve her suffering

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

This is the second one of these denial of care in two days that has caused a pt to permanently alleviate their pain via SUICIDE.  That I have heard about.. how many have happened that has not seen the light of day and/or being buried with a death certificate being labeled as a “opiate related […]

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