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Lawsuit alleges Lee County pharmacist overdosed girl www.winknews.com/2016/10/31/lawsuit-alleges-lee-county-pharmacist-overdosed-girl/ SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Fort Myers family says their toddler was poisoned and hospitalized with an antibiotic overdose because a pharmacist at a CVS mislabeled a prescription bottle. Alba Botero, the girl’s mother, filed suit Oct. 14 alleging that pharmacist Sameer Maniktala, who works at the […]

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Uzma Ehtesham, MD by lindacheekmd | Oct 31, 2016 | Doctor Raided doctorsofcourage.org/index.php/2016/10/31/uzma-ehtesham-md/ Uzma Ehtesham, MD, a psychiatrist in Norton, VA is the next independent minority SW Virginia doctor to be attacked illegally by the government for monetary gain. This time it appears to be state, not federal. Naturally with all the money the feds […]

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Chronic-pain patients at high risk of suicide http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-01-24/news/os-chronic-pain-suicide-20130124_1_chronic-pain-patients-chronic-illness-rheumatoid-arthritis Two months ago, Gary Rager’s girlfriend asked him to do the unthinkable. The 44-year-old woman, who has suffered disabling pain for the past three years, asked Rager if he would help her end her life. “I don’t want to kill her, and I don’t want to go […]

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Desperation and death after Seattle Pain Centers close: ‘The whitecoats don’t care’ http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/the-whitecoats-dont-care-one-mans-desperation-and-death-when-pain-clinics-close/ A 58-year-old former patient of Seattle Pain Centers committed suicide last month, leaving notes claiming he could find no help for his chronic pain after the chain of clinics closed in July following state sanctions. JoNel AlecciaBy JoNel Aleccia Seattle Times health […]

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15 Years with My Pain Dr. and My Last Appointment Became My Final Appointment nationalpainreport.com/15-years-with-my-pain-dr-and-my-last-appointment-became-my-final-appointment-8831814.html Editor’s Note: John Sandherr is a 58-year old man who lives near Pittsburgh, Pa. He has suffered from chronic pain for thirty years and has undergone 10 surgeries. . He is an arachnoiditis survivor and is an outspoken chronic pain advocate. […]

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CVS Pharmacy worker arrested for stealing 1,000 pills http://fox59.com/2016/10/28/pharmacy-worker-arrested-for-stealing-1000-pills/ GREENWOOD, Ind. – Greenwood police arrested a pharmacy worker this week for stealing more than a thousand pills from her employer over the course of several months. It happened at the CVS pharmacy on State Road 135. Police said Samantha Beaver confessed to skimming 1,281 pills […]

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Treated like addicts news.vice.com/story/opioids-chronic-pain The crackdown on opioids has left patients suffering  with chronic pain and stigmatized   Chronic pain patients say the crackdown on opioids means they’re now treated like addicts By Christopher Zara on Oct 24, 2016  Some days Cindy Laux feels like her skin is on fire. The scorching pain shoots down […]

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Help Color The World Orange for CRPS/RSD Awareness on Nov. 7 nationalpainreport.com/help-color-the-world-orange-for-crpsrsd-awareness-on-nov-7-8831807.html November is national CRPS/RSD awareness month, and what better way to raise awareness than by participating in the Color The World Orange annual event on November 7th. Color The World Orange, is an annual event held the first Monday in November to spread […]

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Caught in the Middle Pharmacists are increasingly charged with the task of explaining drug price increases and health plan rules to patients http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/news/caught-middle-0?page=0,0 October 10, 2016 By Fred Gebhart, Contributing Editor   EpiPendamonium. EpiPendemic. EpiPanic. The popular press has had a field day with the public outcry over the growing gap between the price of […]

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Rassan M. Tarabein, MD doctorsofcourage.org/index.php/2016/10/29/rassan-m-tarabein-md/ Rassan M. Tarabein, MD is the next good doctor illegally attacked by the US government. Dr. Tarabein is a neurologist who also does pain management at his independent clinic, Eastern Shore Neurology and Pain Center in Daphne, Alabama. His office and home were raided by the FBI and DEA yesterday. […]

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