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Lawsuit faults Colorado Medicaid for restrictions on hepatitis C treatments
Posted on November 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
Lawsuit faults Colorado Medicaid for restrictions on hepatitis C treatments americanmediainstitute.com/investigations/511014077-lawsuit-faults-colorado-medicaid-for-restrictions-on-hepatitis-c-treatments/ Colorado’s Medicaid agency was hit with a federal lawsuit last week claiming it illegally restricted treatments for thousands of low-income hepatitis C sufferers. The American Civil Liberties Union filed the class-action lawsuit in federal district court despite a pivot earlier this month by the […]
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many observers still view severe pain as a harmless nuisance rather than a potential physiologic calamity
Posted on November 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
Sudden, Unexpected Death in Chronic Pain Patients http://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/sudden-unexpected-death-chronic-pain-patients Severe pain, independent of medical therapy, may cause sudden, unexpected death. Cardiac arrest is the cause, and practitioners need to know how to spot a high-risk patient. Sudden, unexpected death may occur in a severe, chronic pain patient, and the terminal event may be unrelated to medical […]
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#CVS STORE PULLS ALL OF ITS FOOD AFTER INSPECTION FOUND ‘CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES’
Posted on November 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
#CVS STORE PULLS ALL OF ITS FOOD AFTER INSPECTION FOUND ‘CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES’ http://www.westsiderag.com/2016/11/15/cvs-store-pulls-all-of-its-food-after-inspection-found-critical-deficiencies CVS STORE PULLS ALL OF ITS FOOD AFTER INSPECTION FOUND ‘CRITICAL DEFICIENCIES’ Posted on November 15, 2016 at 10:05 am by West Sider An empty beverage case at the CVS on 70th and West End Avenue. The CVS on West End Avenue […]
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Per DEA: doctors and pharmacists are liars
Posted on November 14, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
The politics of pain: Supply vs. demand http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/politics-pain-supply-vs-demand East Hawaii residents wait in agony for pain pills that, too often, they can’t get without extraordinary effort Why? The answer depends upon whom you ask. Area physicians say their patients often get turned away at the counter because pharmacists don’t have enough pills on hand to […]
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Another chronic pain advocate JUMPING SHIP ?
Posted on November 13, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
Below was left as a comment on this blog… IMO… just one more chronic pain advocate that is JUMPING SHIP … At the current rate it will not be long before the only people posting on most/all of the internet media content will be those chronic painers whose primary action […]
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New Cannabis Pain Patch for Fibromyalgia and Diabetic Nerve Pain
Posted on November 12, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
New Cannabis Pain Patch for Fibromyalgia and Diabetic Nerve Pain nationalpainreport.com/new-cannabis-pain-patch-for-fibromyalgia-and-diabetic-nerve-pain-8831899.html A company specializing in cannabis-based medicines has developed two new medications for people with neuropathy diabetic nerve pain and fibromyalgia. The new pharmaceutical medications will be in the form of a transdermal patch that is a medicated adhesive patch placed on the skin to […]
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Indiscriminate reduction in opiate prescribing the PMP’s goal ?
Posted on November 12, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
PMP helps one state reduce painkiller Rxs http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/pmp-helps-one-state-reduce-painkiller-rxs State officials in Wisconsin are crediting their prescription drug monitoring program (PMP) with helping reduce the amount of painkiller prescriptions written by prescribers and dispensed by pharmacists. Editor’s Choice: More than 40% of physicians not using Rx monitoring sites Courtesy ShutterstockAcross the country, states have created PMPs […]
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134,000 children died from the disease in 2015.. a few more than the handful that may have died from Kratom
Posted on November 12, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
Despite progress, measles kills 400 children a day: WHO http://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-measles-who-idUSKBN1352B7 The number of deaths from measles has fallen by 79 percent worldwide since 2000, thanks mainly to mass vaccination campaigns, but nearly 400 children still die from the disease every day, global health experts said on Thursday. In a report on global efforts to “make […]
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Trump Posts Preliminary Plan to Repeal ACA
Posted on November 11, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve
Trump Posts Preliminary Plan to Repeal ACA http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/871816?nlid=110628_3901& Reiterating what he said on the campaign trail, in a new post on his ‘Great Again’ website, President-elect Donald J. Trump said he will work with Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), replace it with a solution that includes health savings accounts, and return the […]
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