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Your Drug Formulary: How It Works and What to Know www.nerdwallet.com/blog/health/drug-formularies-and-prescriptions/ If you’ve ever had to jump through hoops to get a prescription covered by your health insurance, you have some firsthand knowledge of drug formularies. When it comes to health coverage, drugs are different from other medical costs. Insurers don’t pay for prescriptions through coded […]
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HEADS UP!! HERE IS OUR CHANCE TO GET A CLASS ACTION SUIT GOING! Please share this and let everyone know what’s going on!! #PatientsNotAddicts Human Rights Watch is collecting letters from pain patients impacted by the CDC, DEA guidelines. They say inadequate pain care is torture and a violation of our right to medical care. […]
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Sister of victim to fake Norco pills speaks out Sister of victim to fake Norco pills speaks out http://www.abc10.com/news/local/sacramento/-sister-of-victim-to-fake-norco-pills-speaks-out/118294169 The Drug Enforcement Agency is investigating a drug crisis in Northern California, after nine deaths and 36 overdoses in Sacramento and Yolo County were reported from fentanyl disguised as Norco painkillers. Fentanyl is potentially lethal, even in small doses. It’s […]
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Accidental deaths in U.S. reach record high http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2016/06/11/Accidental-deaths-in-US-reach-record-high/6531465667112 Looks like the National Safety Council is adding all overdose/poisoning deaths together, by any substance, to make the numbers look that much more worse/impressive ? Since accidental deaths from falls, particularly in the elderly, have TRIPLED in TWENTY YEARS… Does this fall under the definition of a […]
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Study highlights multiple factors of ADHD medication use https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160608112938.htm The DEA has classified Ritalin and other such meds as a C-II… which is defined as HIGHLY ADDICTIVE… and now a study on the appropriate long term use of these medications presents no risk of addiction. But is this what we get when we relinquish the […]
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There are an estimated 106 million chronic pain pts and untold number of family members and healthcare professionals that are being adversely affected by the fabricated opiate epidemic. The total number could be 150 -200 million… a MAJORITY of the USA population. The DEA has 21 district offices plus HQ sending out press releases weekly […]
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LiveSupportGroup.com to Feature Fibromyalgia Doctor/Author nationalpainreport.com/livesupportgroup-com-to-feature-fibromyalgia-doctorauthor-8830714.html Posted on June 13, 2016 in Fibromyalgia with 0 Comments By Ed Coghlan One of the country’s leading experts on fibromyalgia is going to join a live international online discussion on Wednesday night (June 15) at 9 pm EDT. Author, Ginevra Liptan, MD Dr. Ginevra Liptan, whose recently released […]
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Michael Minas, MD doctorsofcourage.org/index.php/2016/06/12/michael-minas-md/ Michael Minas, MD, 51, a solo, independent family practice doctor in Eagle, Idaho, was indicted in June, 2014, with seventeen counts of distributing a controlled substance outside the usual course of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose. He was forced to close his practice and was placed on […]
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The link between PROP (Physicians for responsible Opioid Prescribing) and the CDC and their advisory committee on opiate prescribing http://www.thesoberworld.com/march15_issue.pdf INTERVIEW WITH DR ANDREW KOLODNY By Patricia Rosen I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Andrew Kolodny who is the Chief Medical Officer of Phoenix House, which has locations throughout the United States, and […]
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DEA Agent Busted for Selling Seized Narcotics – “Commits Suicide” While in Police Custody thefreethoughtproject.com/dea-agent-busted-selling-seized-narcotics-commits-suicide-police-custody/#P7eWof1q1T2iVdoV.99 Reynoldsburg, OH — Officer Tye Downard was arrested while on duty last week by federal agents investigating him for theft and sale of drugs. On Monday, police reported that he died in their custody. Downard, a 20-year veteran of the […]
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