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CDC: At least 30% of antibiotic scripts unnecessary http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/cdc-least-0-antibiotic-scripts-unnecessary?tp=i-H55-Q5U-ba-L7hf-1v-164o-1c-9Yw-L5sV-1ZC9V2&utm_campaign=Daily&utm_source=Experian&utm_medium=email&cid=2330&mid=5034503 ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to new data published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association that at least 1-in-3 antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary. The study looks at antibiotic use in doctors’ offices and emergency rooms nationwide, finding that […]

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DEA agent: Public needs wake-up call on opioids https://www.indianagazette.com/news/indiana-news/dea-agent-public-needs-wakeup-call-on-opioids,24154319/ ELDERTON — The real trouble with opioids is that people don’t recognize the trouble with opioids. A federal investigator said Wednesday that there are few allies in the fight against the growing rate of addiction to heroin and painkilling drugs in America. “It’s someone else’s problem,” […]

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12 Recommendations the CDC Should Have Made http://www.painmedicinenews.com/Commentary/Article/05-16/12-Recommendations-the-CDC-Should-Have-Made/36074/ses=ogst. Opioids as a treatment for chronic pain have exposed the holes in our country’s health care system in an unparalleled fashion. Now, a new guideline issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discourages the use of opioids in treating chronic pain, excluding cancer and […]

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From Pharmacists Letter Looking at global morphine consumption from 2013, the largest consumer is Austria (203 mg per capita), followed by Canada (98 mg per capita), Denmark (86 mg per capita), and then the United States (80 mg per capita).3 In Canada, the 2012 Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey (CADUMS) reported that about […]

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I got a call from a Pain practitioner at the Hospital where I had my surgery When does does good pt care end and interfering with a pt’s care from another practitioner begin ? A SECOND OPINION that the pt never requested nor interested in … PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT ?     When I was in […]

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Maine to Require Providers Use E-Prescribing and Check Prescription Monitoring Data for Opioids, Benzodiazepine; Law Includes New Limits for Opioid Prescribing Prescribers and dispensers in Maine will be required to check prescription monitoring information when prescribing and dispensing a benzodiazepine or an opioid medication under “An Act To Prevent Opiate Abuse by Strengthening the Controlled […]

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Senator Raises Red Flags About Conflicts of Interest With Federal Pain Panel http://www.painmedicinenews.com/Policy-Management/Article/04-16/Senator-Raises-Red-Flags-About-Conflicts-of-Interest-With-Federal-Pain-Panel/35772/ses=ogst US SENATOR RON WYDEN is UP FOR RE-ELECTION THIS NOV..  He has been in Congress since JAN 1981.  For you counting that is THIRTY SIX YEARS when this term is up…  It would appear that Senator Wyden.. supports the CDC’s reduction of […]

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From a pharmacist: How our policies enable the opioid addiction epidemic https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2016/05/pharmacist-how-our-policies-enable-opioid-addiction-epidemic#comment-245092 Clearly our laws and health insurances as designed contribute to the misuse of opioid medications. Lowell J. Anderson The route to addiction often begins with an opioid prescription for managing pain; there are more than 257 million opioid prescriptions written each year. Not […]

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DO WE NEED ANOTHER OPIOPHOBIC ATTORNEY IN CONGRESS ? Came in THIRD PLACE !! IMO, Indiana’s current Attorney General – Greg Zoeller – has proven himself to be certifiable, carding carrying OPIOPHOBE . He has gone as far as “forcing” the Indiana Medical License Board to pass EMERGENCY RULE MAKING that required pts who regularly […]

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CVS promises to investigate why Vietnam Vet couldn’t buy allergy medicine http://www.11alive.com/news/local/cvs-promises-to-investigate-why-vietnam-vet-couldnt-buy-allergy-medicine/167671794 LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Charles Raby says his mother’s allergies were awful on Sunday. So before church,  he took his parents to get some medicine.  It seemed like a simple, everyday errand.  Raby was wrong. Because the allergy medicine they needed contained pseudoephedrine, the […]

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