Still no admission to the relationship of suicides using opiates ?

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Exploring The Link Between Chronic Pain And Suicide http://commonhealth.wbur.org/2015/11/chronic-pain-suicide This week’s grim report about rising suicide and overall death rates among white, middle-aged Americans contains a slim silver lining. Here it is: The new analysis by two Princeton economists, Anne Case and Angus Deaton, suggests that chronic pain — and the opioids used to treat it […]

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Could this affect chronic pain treatment by insurance companies ?

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

NY AG sues insurer over hepatitis C treatment https://www.pharmacist.com/ny-ag-sues-insurer-over-hepatitis-c-treatment Why doesn’t the NY Attorney General care about insurance company’s denial of care of chronic pain pts ? New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has accused insurer Capital District Physicians’ Health Plan (CDPHP) of delaying coverage for hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatments until patients showed advanced […]

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what do these have in common ?

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

All of these people/groups/entities target various groups/individuals to dominate over, control/manipulate or harm/torture/kill. Some use a more direct method.. like a school yard bully that causes harm normally to one person at a time. Some – like terrorists – behead groups or causes whole groups to become refugees Some, use “no-knock warrants” and ends up […]

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Imagine this: buying drugs ILLEGALLY and not getting what you thought you were getting ?

Posted on April 16, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Fentanyl disguised as other drugs alarms authorities http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/apr/16/fentanyl-smuggling-attempt-raises-concerns/ U.S. customs officers at the Otay Mesa border crossing found the tablets hidden in the man’s underwear. There were more than 1,000 pills labeled as oxycodone, but a Drug Enforcement Administration lab later discovered that the tablets contained a far stronger opiate — fentanyl. The Feb. 10 […]

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