The “worse” for chronic pain pts… may still be over the horizon ?

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Could Pharmacy Schools Go the Way of Law Schools? http://www.pharmacytimes.com/contributor/fred-eckel-rph-ms/2016/09/could-pharmacy-schools-go-the-way-of-law-schools Right now we have a growing surplus of Pharmacists and the average “new grad” is coming out of school with abt $150,000.  Has had been stated before… the majority of Boards of Pharmacy are stacked with non-practicing corporate Pharmacists… so as their chain employer pushes […]

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Is our “FREE MARKET PLACE” under attack by the bureaucracy ?

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Minn. AG sues drug companies over opioid treatment http://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/09/22/opioid-treatment-drug-makers-sued The Minnesota attorney general has joined dozens of other states in filing a lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies accused of manipulating the market for a medication used to treat opioid addiction. Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson joined 35 other state attorneys on Thursday in filing a lawsuit […]

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When “do no harm” flips from pt focused to physician’s livelihood ?

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

When treating chronic pain, don’t compromise your principles www.kevinmd.com/blog/2016/09/treating-chronic-pain-dont-compromise-principles.html One of the most difficult things I deal with as a physician is patients’ demands for pain medications. I treat patients with cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease present at birth with no cure, and its issues are indeed complex. There are legitimate causes for misery from […]

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Governor creates task force on opioid abuse

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Governor creates task force on opioid abuse Do you know what you get when a person in the position of power/influence and has a loved one suffering from the mental health disease of addictive personality disorder ?  You get policies/laws/rules/regulations that focus on the needs of the FEW and SCREWS the needs of the MANY […]

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DEA plan calls for the need to better educate the public on the dangers of pain pill reliance

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Major federal anti-heroin effort coming to Louisville http://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/health-and-medicine/article103400177.html Is this a Freudian slip ?  the plan calls for the need to better educate the public on the dangers of pain pill reliance.  More change in the nomenclature of no more addicts/junkies .. just those that suffer from a “opiate use/abuse disorder”  They are also going […]

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Stanford Researchers Seek People Living with Chronic Pain for Survey

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Stanford Researchers Seek People Living with Chronic Pain for Survey nationalpainreport.com/stanford-researchers-seek-people-living-with-chronic-pain-for-survey-8831499.html By Beth Darnall, PhD Chronic pain can have a very big impact one’s life, including one’s thoughts and feelings.  In order to help people suffer less, we are studying the emotional impact of pain. In our first study, we are collecting “daily snapshots” about […]

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The best therapy that the lowest priced medication can provide ?

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

UnitedHealth trims drug coverage, including Sanofi insulin http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/unitedhealth-trims-drug-coverage-including-sanofi-insulin/ar-BBwssH0 UnitedHealth Group Inc, the largest U.S. health insurer, will stop covering several brand-name drugs as of next year, reinforcing a trend of payers steering prescriptions to lower-priced options.  In a bulletin seeking client feedback by Sept. 28, UnitedHealth said it is changing reimbursement terms for long-acting insulins […]

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Does this represents a conspiracy or collusion ?

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

This is a email that I received today and it is similar to multiple emails that I get every week. First of all there is no black/white definition of what “disabled” really is. If you can’t perform “normal” daily functions without your medications.. then, most likely, you are disabled… If you believe that you are […]

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Bad science misled millions with chronic fatigue syndrome. Here’s how we fought back

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Bad science misled millions with chronic fatigue syndrome. Here’s how we fought back www.statnews.com/2016/09/21/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-pace-trial/ By Julie Rehmeyer September 21, 2016  If your doctor diagnoses you with chronic fatigue syndrome, you’ll probably get two pieces of advice: Go to a psychotherapist and get some exercise. Your doctor might tell you that either of those treatments will […]

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