Legislature believes that they can legislate a cure to mental illness ?

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Law to cap opioid prescriptions goes into effect Friday http://wtnh.com/2016/06/29/law-to-cap-opioid-prescriptions-goes-into-effect-friday/ HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — If you have an opioid prescription, things are about to change. A bill that will shorten prescriptions to just seven days has been approved and will go into effect Friday. Mothers held photos, telling tragic stories of losing children to heroin, […]

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AG locked in prolonged battle with drug companies

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

AG locked in prolonged battle with drug companies http://www.concordmonitor.com/NH-attorney-general-battle-with-drug-companies-3424021 It sounds like to me that the AG of  NH believes that the doctors in NH are not bright enough to know that OPIATES have a POTENTIAL to be addicting.  And these same doctors have been convinced by some marketing program to disregard what they should […]

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This Is Why People Hate Congress

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

‘This Is Why People Hate Congress’: What We Heard This Week http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/GeneralInfectiousDisease/59126 “You make it too complicated, you’re going to lose physicians.” — Thomas Eppes, Jr, MD, of Central Virginia Family Physicians, in Lynchburg, Va., on implementation of MACRA. “This is just one of the most unfair things I’ve ever seen.” — Clarey Dowling, MD, […]

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AMA Principles of Medical Ethics

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Professing the Values of MedicineThe Modernized AMA Code of Medical Ethics http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2534495 The word profession is derived from the Latin word that means “to declare openly.” On June 13, 2016, the first comprehensive update of the AMA Code of Medical Ethics in more than 50 years was adopted at the annual meeting of the American […]

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Proper medication cannot disqualify a person for a job ?

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

What? He failed a drug test … so how can he sue under the ADA? www.hrmorning.com/failed-drug-test-sue-ada/ The moral of this story: Like the feds, the courts want to see you do everything in your power to work with disabled individuals.  If you can’t show that you did everything in your power to help those with disabilities […]

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New analysis recommends responsible prescription of opioids to pain patients

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

New analysis recommends responsible prescription of opioids to pain patients https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/07/160713102505.htm A recent review and analysis suggests that some policies restricting opioid prescriptions to curb overdose deaths could be harming those who need them the most: pain patients. “Negative outcomes of unbalanced opioid policy supported by clinicians, politicians, and the media” was published in the […]

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So… you want to see change ?

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Every week I see a few new Face Book pages focused on chronic pain and at least one new petition to the White House, Congress are some bureaucratic entity.  While all these groups are fighting for the same final goal… no one seems to understand that thousands of voice – not in concert – just […]

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Bureaucrats create rules, prescribers follow rules, DEA does raids because rules cause deaths

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA, state crack down on pain doctor over opiate prescriptions, citing 18 deaths http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/dea-state-crack-down-on-pain-doctor-over-opiate-prescriptions-citing-18-deaths/ The state of Washington many years ago – as a cost saving measure – mandated that Methadone be used for Medicaid chronic pain pts.  Methadone has proven to be a very good medication for many chronic pain pts, however prescribers who […]

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Human rights… in the eye of the beholder ?

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

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Disabled Medicare beneficiaries taking opiates.. 0.3% were treated for nonfatal prescription opioid overdose

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

State restrictions not associated with reduced opioid misuse among disabled adults http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/pain-information-center/opioid-prescriptions-among-disabled-adults-unaffected-by-state-laws/article/509047/ Controlled substance laws are not associated with reductions in hazardous opioid use or overdose among disabled Medicare beneficiaries, according to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Ellen Meara, PhD, Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, New Hampshire, […]

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