Chronic painer “forced” into buying street drugs… dies from overdose ?

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

After 7th Death, DEA Takes Over Search For Fentanyl Pills In Sacramento http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2016/03/31/after-7th-death-dea-takes-over-search-for-fentanyl-pills-in-sacramento/ SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — The Drug Enforcement Administration is taking over an investigation into how fentanyl ended up in drugs in the Sacramento area after a seventh person is believed to have been killed by the drug. The family of Jerome Butler says he […]

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Over the total 78 weeks observed, there were no overdose events in the extended-release naltrexone group and seven in the usual-treatment group

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Extended-Release Naltrexone to Prevent Opioid Relapse in Criminal Justice Offenders http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1505409#t=abstract Background Extended-release naltrexone, a sustained-release monthly injectable formulation of the full mu-opioid receptor antagonist, is effective for the prevention of relapse to opioid dependence. Data supporting its effectiveness in U.S. criminal justice populations are limited. Full Text of Background…   Methods In this five-site, […]

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WV: 3,000 doses Naloxone administered, which hopefully saved 3,000 lives… we don’t know ?

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

‘Ahead of the curve’: Summit shows WV’s progress on drugs http://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/ahead-of-the-curve-summit-shows-wv-s-progress-on/article_fc4301e0-89af-51dc-be12-9a1b173ff34e.html Naloxone can be compared to finding someone starving to death.. you give them a meal/drink and hope that they stop starving.. Apparently WV… just revives people who overdose and puts them back into the environment from which they came and hope that they “get […]

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unintended consequences from bureaucrats interfering with the healthcare system

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Doctors resist new painkiller prescribing procedures http://www.cbsnews.com/news/doctors-resist-new-painkiller-prescribing-procedures/ It has been reported that only 47% of prescribers are ready/capable of sending electronic control medications Rxs.  Whereas 95% of the pharmacies are able to accept electronic controlled Rxs.  Using averages, for every million people population there are 11,000 pts that need to get a controlled Rx filled […]

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Study involving 21 pts … produces valid conclusion/outcome ?

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

One Month of Opioid Use Causes Gray Matter Loss, New Study Confirms http://www.painmedicinenews.com/Science-Technology/Article/03-16/One-Month-of-Opioid-Use-Causes-Gray-Matter-Loss-New-Study-Confirms/35476/ses=ogst Scientists from the United States and Australia have confirmed there is reduced gray matter volume in several areas of the brains of people who take opioids for more than a few days (Pain Med 2015 Dec 26. [Epub ahead of print]). The […]

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I’m from the government and here to help you !

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

You will have to click on image to enlarge and make readable. This is a letter that a chronic painer received from the Federal ADA agency, after filing a complaint against Humana Mail Order Pharmacy for refusing to fill a C-II for a pt having Humana Medicare Advantage program. The ADA agency – part of […]

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