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Reinstate Vikki Patterson https://www.change.org/p/cvs-pharmacy-reinstate-vikki-patterson?recruiter=619200179     Keep up with the cause, Support for Vikki on Facebook and @SupportForVikki on Twitter http://www.redding.com/business/local/former-cvs-employee-said-she-was-fired-for-confronting-shoplifter-3f9f8bbf-82ad-2fb3-e053-0100007fb7-398268331.html Vikki Patterson worked for CVS for 17 years, starting off when it was still Longs Drugs. She had been a dedicated and faithful employee, working whenever needed without complaint. Vikki loved her employees, many […]

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Mom fights for custody after giving sick 3-year-old pot, stands by decision http://abc7chicago.com/news/mom-fights-for-custody-after-giving-sick-3-year-old-pot-stands-by-decision/1575738/ GOODING, Idaho — Kelsey Osborne is heartbroken, as her daughter and son have been taken from their home, while Osborne fights a misdemeanor injury to child charge. “She was begging me to save her that she was going to die,” said Osborne. […]

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Response to Letter from the Surgeon General http://www.prohealth.com/library/showarticle.cfm?libid=29588 In late August, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD wrote to 2.3 million physicians asking for their help in solving the opioid epidemic. By doing so Dr. Murthy joined a distinguished list of Surgeon Generals who have spoken out about critical public health issues. Some of America’s “top […]

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After years of criticism, FDA tries to step up oversight of medical devices A new site launched by the Food and Drug Administration tells people how to report wrongdoing in a controversial industry. https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/afer-years-of-criticism-fda-tries-to-step-up-oversight-of-medical-devices-102716.html Makers of medical devices face such little scrutiny from the Food and Drug Administration that even a 2011 Institute of Medicine […]

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We Can’t Let the Government Become Our Pain Doctors https://themighty.com/2016/10/chronic-pain-patients-response-to-dea-reduction-of-opioids/ The U.S. government has decided to limit the production of prescription opioids by 25 percent next year and many chronic pain patients are in a panic. The government and the Drug Enforcement Administration seem to have lost all common sense and are punishing pain patients for […]

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Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Extended Release Tablets (generic Concerta) made by Mallinckrodt and Kudco http://www.fda.gov/drugs/drugsafety/ucm422568.htm The FDA is proposing to withdraw approval of two generic versions of Concerta (methylphenidate hydrochloride) extended-release (ER) capsules, used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.  Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and UCB/Kremers Urban (formerly Kudco) the companies that make the generic products, have failed to demonstrate […]

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FDA Funds Study of Therapies for Pain, Addiction, Sedation https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/research/blog/October-1/FDA-Funds-Study-of-Therapies-for-Pain-Addiction-Se.aspx A team led by Robert H. Dworkin, Ph.D., professor in the department of Anesthesiology has been awarded five years of funding from the FDA for up to $4 million to speed the discovery and development of analgesic, anesthetic, addiction and peripheral neuropathy treatments for patients. […]

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