Even INNOCENT CHILDREN suffering from TERMINAL cancer pain… are allowed to suffer ?

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.facebook.com/Afightagainstneuroblastoma/posts/1752100481710384:0 As a photographer it is important to capture the truth and the reality of a situation, too easy it becomes to capture the joy of life whilst discarding the torture that we see. This is the hardest photograph I have ever made, it is in fact my own four year old daughter. A few […]

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You can give the House Speaker your opinion on the Affordable Care Act — if you’re patient.

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Connecting to the Speaker You can give the House Speaker your opinion on the Affordable Care Act — if you’re patient. http://www.snopes.com/paul-ryan-conducting-obamacare-phone-survey/ Read this on Facebook from a friend – have not seen it elsewhere: Paul Ryan is conducting a phone poll on the ACA (Obamacare), hoping to hear overwhelming popular opposition to it. If […]

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5 dangerous mistakes you make with your over-the-counter painkillers

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

5 dangerous mistakes you make with your over-the-counter painkillers http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/11/21/5-dangerous-mistakes-make-with-your-over-counter-painkillers.html More than 9 out of every 10 Americans use over-the-counter meds to manage pain, a new survey from the U.S. Pain Foundation found.  If you take them correctly, OTC painkillers are generally safe and effective, says Charles Vega, M.D., a clinical professor of health sciences at the University of […]

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Kratom Could Still Get Banned. Here’s What You Need To Know

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Kratom Could Still Get Banned. Here’s What You Need To Know http://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahhedgecock/2016/11/21/what-you-need-to-know-about-kratom-before-december-1/#62883823385e You may never have heard of kratom before August 31 of this year. (I certainly hadn’t.) That was the day the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced that it planned to put the plant on Schedule 1 a month hence, to what turned […]

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We Still Have a Chance to Stop Kratom Prohibition

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

We Still Have a Chance to Stop Kratom Prohibition – And the DEA Actually Wants to Hear Your Thoughts In October, the DEA took the unprecedented step of delaying the ban – and is now soliciting public comments. http://has.alternet.org/drugs/we-still-have-chance-stop-kratom-prohibition-and-dea-actually-wants-hear-your-thoughts This summer, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced its intent to ban kratom, a medicinal plant used for […]

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Study indicates high rate of ‘intentional’ drug-related deaths among nurses

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Study indicates high rate of ‘intentional’ drug-related deaths among nurses http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-21/study-indicates-high-rate-of-drug-related-deaths-among-nurses/8038866? More nurses die from deliberate drug overdose than any other health care professionals, according to a landmark new study. Key points: Researchers examined more than 400 drug-related deaths On average, 37 health care workers died each year from drug overdoses Most drugs were obtained […]

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