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Cadden boasted of control over federal regulators http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2017/01/20/cadden-boasted-control-over-federal-regulators/96806082/ Many “pain docs” that deal with implanted pumps uses these compounding pharmacies for the medications that they put in those pumps… because there is only one FDA approved opiate approved for use in those implanted pumps INFUMORPH (Morphine).. but because they can add a Lidocaine type product […]
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Opioid alternative linked to spike in WV overdose deaths http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20170121/opioid-alternative-linked-to-spike-in-wv-overdose-deaths-#sthash.UpsAQ0gV.dpuf Aug 6, 2016… I posted this: Gabapentin the next medication to become a “controlled substance” ? I nothing else… bureaucrats/politicians are fairly predictable A drug being touted as a safer alternative for treating pain than more powerful prescription opioids is contributing to an increasing number […]
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I am sure that there is some truth to the statement that “their addiction started with a prescription for some opiate pain medication “ Recently there was a article by F. Perry Wilson, MD http://www.medpagetoday.com/PainManagement/PainManagement/62462 who claims that 1.3% of addicts started with a prescription. When you consider that there are abt 230 million adults […]
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From my INBOX: Heroin use does not “usually begin with the use of legally prescribed opioid pain killers” and studies bear this out. The rate of addiction (3-6% of the population) and misuse of prescription medications by Chronic Pain Patients (CCPs = 30-34% of the population) is no greater than all forms of addictions in the general population. […]
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. “Suspicious” painkiller orders, DEA suspends a FL drug distribution center’s sales http://www.fox4now.com/news/suspicious-painkiller-orders-fl-pharmaceutical-drug-distribution-sales-suspended Pharmaceutical drug supplier McKesson Corporation has been fined and suspended from sales of certain controlled substances in several states, including Florida, after failing to flag a series of “suspicious orders,” according the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Mckesson has been fined $150 […]
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