PHARMACIST STEVE

5 Signs You’re Drinking Too Much Alcohol https://www.verywell.com/signs-youre-drinking-too-much-alcohol-81399 Why don’t we have a electronic tracking system of how much alcohol that people buys and places a limit on those purchases to conform to the CDC GUIDELINES ?  The use/abuse of alcohol is sufficient enough that 20% of the population is at least a BORDERLINE ALCOHOLIC […]

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The Dangerous Game of Forced Opioid Reduction http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/9/2/the-inhumane-and-dangerous-game-of-forced-opioid-reduction September 02, 2015 By Forest Tennant, MD, Guest Columnist A colleague who I highly respect just informed me of a woman with intractable angina who had multiple, inserted coronary splints and required a high daily dose of morphine. Without warning, her insurance company arbitrarily decided she did […]

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One of my readers took exception to me using this graphic on a recent post… believing that it referenced the 19th and early 20th century lynching that occurred in our country. I used this graphic in regards to situation in Buffalo NY where THOUSANDS of CPP TOSSED TO THE STREET when a pain physician was […]

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Most Physicians Lean Toward Adopting CDC Opioid Guidelines http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/861831?src=wnl_tp10n_160505_mscpedit&uac=232297BR&imp The question has to be asked… if a pt is harmed because a practitioner does not follow all CDC guidelines to the same extent as the opiate guidelines… could the practitioner be guilty of MALPRACTICE ?  For example.. a practitioner doesn’t INSIST/DEMAND that all pts have […]

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