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Three nights is just about all the hospital staff could take of me… they kicked me out discharged me .  They sort of described my health status Tues as “skating on thin ice while dodging bullets”. Apparently my cardiovascular system has the same degree of chutzpah that my personality normally displays.. “kick ass and take […]

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I have been having shortness of breath issues on exertion for the last few days.  Finally decided to seek professional help. For some odd reason I am forming some blood clots in both legs and pulmonary artery. so I am taking a few days of rest/relaxation in the local hospital on blood thinners. So I […]

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NC board investigates fatal overdoses of prescription drugs http://abc11.com/1339780/ CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina Medical Board is investigating 60 doctors and physician assistants with patients who died of overdoses of prescription drugs. Medical board officials tell The Charlotte Observer that two or more patients being treated by each doctor took fatal overdoes of prescription painkillers […]

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Coverage From Prince’s Death – His Battle With Chronic Pain paindoctor.com/prince-death-chronic-pain Coverage From Prince’s Death – His Battle With Chronic Pain The April 21st death of Prince Rogers Nelson, the revered music icon more popularly known as Prince, sent shockwaves across the world. His contribution to music spanned five decades and inspired generations of musicians. […]

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America’s Other Epidemic: Chronic Untreated Pain http://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2016/05/15/americas-other-epidemic-chronic-untreated-pain-n2162807 The death of Prince, who apparently had a Percocet problem, and a 2016 presidential primary peppered with New England town halls that delved into increased heroin overdoses and prescription drug abuse have converged to create what CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta calls “a public health epidemic.” Drug addiction is […]

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Narcotics Overdose? Or Biased Reporting? acsh.org/news/2016/05/16/narcotics-overdose-or-biased-reporting/ It is hardly news that there is a catastrophic opioid addiction crisis in this country. In the last fifteen years, the rate of death from prescription drug abuse and overdose has tripled. Who is to blame? There is no simple answer. This is a very complex issue involving multiple factors. […]

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‘We’re running a f—ing casino’: Politician tells all in manifesto http://nypost.com/2016/05/13/were-running-a-f-ing-casino-politician-tells-all-in-manifesto/ An anonymous congressman has dropped a bombshell election-year book that confirms why Americans hate their national government and have rallied to anti-establishment presidential candidates like Donald Trump. The veteran politician lays bare a rotten and corrupt Congress enslaved by lobbyists and interested only in re-election […]

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Euless pain management doctor must turn over patient info to DEA, federal appeals court rules Is this another incident where the “judicial system” condones/protects the (illegal ?) actions of the DEA which is another part of the judicial system (DOJ). To help perpetuate the DEA’s existence , the war on drugs and the 51 billion […]

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What Anderson Cooper’s Show About Prescription Addiction Got Wrong About Chronic Pain http://themighty.com/2016/05/response-to-anderson-coopers-prescription-addiction-show/ Paul Gileno is the founder and president of the U.S. Pain Foundation. The “Anderson Cooper 360” town hall “Prescription Addiction: Made in America,” which aired May 11 on CNN, further stigmatized people with pain. I am deeply troubled and disappointed by the […]

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Click on graphic to enlarge All of the entities are using your tax dollars to create, interpret and enforce laws, rules and regulations. As a bureaucrat.. it is their job … to help insure the perpetuation of the bureaucracy and in turn their job, paycheck and quality of life. Those who write the laws and […]

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