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Missouri patients ring in New Year with “step therapy” law https://patientsrising.org/daily-rise/missouri-patients-ring-new-year-step-therapy-law New Year, New Law against Step Therapy in Missouri New Year’s Day means parades, football and celebrations. It’s also time for new laws. Patients in Missouri can ring in the New Year by celebrating a new law to combat step therapy. Back in June, […]

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FDA approves first continuous glucose monitoring system that does not require fingerstick test https://drugstorenewsce.com/editorial-news-item/5/12420?tp=i-H55-Q5U-2Qi-3j5rF-1v-164o-1c-XKV-3iwI3-1Fvxlh& WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its first continuous glucose monitoring system that can be used to make diabetes treatment decisions without confirmation via a traditional fingerstick test. The FDA announced it expanded the approved use of […]

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Heroin Epidemic Drives Surge In Drugs Busts On DC Highways  dailycaller.com/2017/01/02/heroin-epidemic-drives-surge-in-drugs-busts-on-dc-highways/ Relentless drug trafficking efforts from gangs and cartels are causing a spike in the number of drug busts by authorities on highways in the Washington, D.C., region. Roadside drugs arrests rose from 1,752 in 2015 to 1,971 in 2016 in Maryland. Virginia experienced a […]

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Federal prosecutor tackles heroin scourge that claimed son http://www.sfgate.com/news/medical/article/Federal-prosecutor-tackles-heroin-scourge-that-10830627.php HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The phone at Bruce Brandler‘s home rang at 3:37 a.m. It was the local hospital. His 16-year-old son was there, and he was in really bad shape. A suspected heroin overdose, the nurse said. Brandler didn’t believe it. Erik had his problems, […]

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Big Pharma Gets Green Light cannabisnow.com/big-pharma-gets-green-light/ Guess who benefits when Uncle Sam opens the research weed supply chain? Cannabis is still highly dangerous and has no place in modern medicine, according to the U.S. government – who still wants a bigger and better supply of the troubled stuff on hand anyway, just in case. And […]

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Troubling Pharmacies: series links http://www.newsleader.com/story/news/local/health-care/2017/01/02/troubling-pharmacies-links-all-stories-series/96079540/ Last week’s series about local pharmacies and pharmacists who’ve run afoul of the Board of Pharmacy, and the transparency issues with how the board notifies the public, are collected below.  Under the story links you’ll find information about how to check the board’s case decisions or to look up the […]

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Is Suicide a Consequence of the CDC Opioid Guideline? http://www.painmedicinenews.com/Commentary/Article/08-16/Is-Suicide-a-Consequence-of-the-CDC-Opioid-Guideline-/37442/ses=ogst By Lynn R. Webster, MD The law of unintended consequences states that the actions of people, and especially of governments, always have effects that are unanticipated, as when legislation and regulation aimed at righting a problem go wrong in other ways (Unintended consequences. http://tinyurl.com/?8p8g). An […]

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  AgeWise: Making a trip to the ED less stressful http://www.journalnow.com/news/local/agewise-making-a-trip-to-the-ed-less-stressful/article_ffe0f0ea-0d95-5867-ba70-a423d0aea9e6.html Q: We had an emergency over the holidays with my mother that almost required an emergency department visit. It got me wondering are there certain things we should look for in a hospital/ED? What is being done to make them senior friendly? MJ Answer: […]

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