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School Nurse Delays Teen From Using EpiPen After Major Allergic Reaction To Peanuts http://www.scarymommy.com/nurse-delayed-teen-from-using-epipen Nurse delayed teen from using EpiPen in favor of other medicine A teen girl experienced a horrific event when her school nurse delayed her access to an EpiPen in the middle of a life-threatening allergic reaction. A trained medical professional elongated […]

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Mother says 7-year-old son overdosed on prescription painkillers http://www.wbrc.com/story/33132110/mother-says-7-year-old-son-overdosed-on-prescription-painkillers Liquid Oxycodone comes into two strengths 1 mg/ml and 20mg/ml .. and the latter is normally reserved for end of life cancer/pain pts and it is administered under the tongue… which causes it to “kick-in” quicker. With the Pharmacist’s statement  “Because typically it is a medication […]

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Nexium Lawsuit Filed By Bernstein Liebhard LLP On Behalf of Illinois Man Who Developed Chronic Kidney Disease Allegedly Related to Use of the Proton Pump Inhibitor http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/nexium-lawsuit-filed-by-bernstein-liebhard-llp-on-behalf-of-illinois-man-who-developed-chronic-kidney-disease-allegedly-related-to-use-of-the-proton-pump-inhibitor-300330185.html NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The nationwide law firm of Bernstein Liebhard LLP announces that they have filed a Nexium lawsuit (http://www.nexiumlawsuit.com/) on behalf of an Illinois […]

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DEA seeks to raise awareness about growing heroin problem http://abc7chicago.com/news/dea-seeks-to-raise-awareness-about-growing-heroin-problem/1517935/ “One out of five, when the peer pressure hits, tries it. And then that person who tries it, one out of four is immediately addicted. That’s how scary this is,” Wichern said. It would appear that the FEDS are  renewed strategy is identifying the links […]

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Obama declared Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week www.pulseheadlines.com/obama-declared-prescription-opioid-and-heroin-epidemic-awareness-week/50410/ Last week, President Obama declared that this Sunday would be the first day of the Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week as another of the recent measure to reduce heroin and opioid epidemic that affects Americans by education and law enforcement. The statement was […]

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What do you mean that you can’t see the first one ?   It has been stated over and over that there are 116+ million chronic painers out there in our country. Maybe you can’t see any because nearly all – for some reason – refuse to STAND UP. Remember… all 116 million chronic painers are […]

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http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2016/09/dea_head_heroin_crisis_wont_be.html CLEVELAND, Ohio — The head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says that the answer to the explosion of deaths attributed to heroin, fentanyl and other powerful opioids isn’t as simple as locking the problem away in prison cells. Chuck Rosenberg, the former federal prosecutor who now heads the DEA, made the remark Monday while meeting with […]

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