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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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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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Mission not accomplished http://www.dailyevergreen.com/news/article_dbc7170c-ca19-11e5-b270-8bee17508834.html The war on drugs has been a misguided failure. Or so a professor claimed yesterday, as part of the Foley Institute’s Coffee & Politics series. Suzanna Reiss, associate professor in the Department of History at University of Hawai’i Manoa and author of “We Sell Drugs: The Alchemy of U.S. Empire,” spoke […]

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Medical Errors in Hospitals are Third Leading Cause of Death in U.S.   http://www.natlawreview.com/article/medical-errors-hospitals-are-third-leading-cause-death-us#sthash.psIWTykO.dpuf The Journal of Patient Safety discussed recent studies which have shown that preventable medical errors are responsible for between 200,000 and 400,000 patient deaths per year in U.S. hospitals. These errors include facility acquired infections, medication errors, omissions in treatment, communication […]

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DC government will pay criminals not to commit crimes http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/02/dc_government_will_pay_criminals_not_to_commit_crimes.html#ixzz3z8UrBVi3 In ancient times, it was known as “Tribute” – a city or town paying barbarians not to attack and destroy their homes.  Sometimes it worked, and the barbarians went away.  But more often than not, the barbarians happily took the tribute and then attacked and […]

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Lawsuits claim insurers unfairly refuse pricey hepatitis C drugs http://www.pharmacychoice.com/News/article.cfm?Article_ID=1507549 Feb. 03David Morton figures he contracted hepatitis C back in the late 1980s, when the Ph.D. chemist was doing a dirty job: analyzing raw-sewage samples for toxins in Texas. “We were looking for priority pollutants on the Environmental Protection Agency watch list,” the 61-year-old Redmond […]

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Draft Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Don’t Pass Managed Care Muster https://aishealth.com/archive/ndbn012216-03?utm_source=Real%20Magnet&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=89303360 While the workers’ compensation industry is working to tackle opioid misuse and abuse by effecting change at the state level (see story, p. 1), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has posted a long-awaited set of prescribing guidelines that address, among other things, […]

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President Barack Obama proposes $1.1B in new funding to combat heroin, opioid epidemic http://www.bradenton.com/news/local/crime/article57936288.html#storylink=cpy President Barack Obama proposes $1.1B in new funding to combat heroin, opioid epidemic President Barack Obama announced Tuesday he wants $1.1 billion in new funding to increase treatment access to opioid and heroin addicts nationwide. The president’s 2017 budget proposal will […]

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Silly rabbits getting spliffy on marijuana? DEA agent’s claim may not be legit https://www.rt.com/usa/331096-marijuana-rabbits-dea-utah/ When Utah considered legalizing medicinal marijuana last year, a DEA officer addressed the state Senate to warn them he had seen rabbits so addled by pot that they had lost their survival instinct. As funny as that sounds, the claim may […]

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Defective Prescription Drugs Result in Numerous Lawsuits http://www.theglobaldispatch.com/defective-prescription-drugs-result-in-numerous-lawsuits-93351/ Who hasnt had the experience of being prescribed medication from a doctor? Even the dentist can prescribe antibiotics and painkillers. When youre told to take medications, you do it because you want to get better. And, you trust the judgement of the medical professional while assuming the […]

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