PHARMACIST STEVE

The Feds Are About to Stick It to Pain Patients in a Big Way https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/the-feds-are-about-to-stick-it-to-pain-patients-in-a-big-way Doctors are already getting spooked out of prescribing painkillers, and new rules could make life in some of America’s struggling communities even worse. Before she turned 18, Anne*, a nurse, had endured at least five major surgeries, all without the use […]

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Trey Gowdy Destroys DEA: “What the Hell Do You Get to Do?”  

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https://youtu.be/aQO-xOntmEo Rick Santorum: ‘Millions of Americans’ with preexisting conditions are health care thieves

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Veteran kills himself in storage shed in Murfreesboro http://www.dnj.com/story/news/2017/02/10/veteran-kills-himself-storage-shed-murfreesboro/97764414/ A Murfreesboro veteran killed himself in a storage unit Thursday afternoon, according to Murfreesboro Police. At about 5:25 p.m., police were called to Ideal Storage on South Church Street, according to an incident report. Dinah Walker, a Veterans Affairs case worker, directed police to the storage unit […]

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Pharmacy phone calls stopped and gives peace to Houston man http://abc13.com/news/abc13-gets-cvs-automated-prescription-calls-to-stop/1776140/ HOUSTON (KTRK) — Jerry Martin just wanted the calls to stop. The 70-year-old from Cypress tried to get CVS to stop calling him every month to remind him to refill his prescription. Martin told ABC13 Investigates that he takes six pills a day. Martin […]

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Family-reported errors may go undocumented on hospital records http://kfgo.com/news/articles/2017/feb/27/family-reported-errors-may-go-undocumented-on-hospital-records/ (Reuters Health) – Parents may notice medical errors and bad reactions to treatment that aren’t documented in their children’s hospital records, a U.S. study suggests. Researchers surveyed parents of hospitalized children, asking them about mistakes and adverse events. They also conducted daily surveys of the doctors […]

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The Accidental Addict Clearing away the myths surrounding the OxyContin “epidemic.” http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2004/03/the_accidental_addict.html Correction appended. Click here to read the correction statement. In a recent five-part series (Oct. 19-23), the Orlando Sentinel painted a stark picture of the opiate drug OxyContin: Prescribed for mild pain by a clueless doctor, the drug had destroyed a former policeman’s life. […]

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Morning Rounds: Can marijuana ease chronic pain?

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The voice on the Phone is Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV).. this is the Senator that has proposed a ONE CENT per Mg opiate tax to pay for the funding for treating addiction. Which I believe would be a first for a certain population with a chronic disease (chronic pain) would be taxed to pay for […]

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Trump Pick for CMS Would Ease Up on Physicians http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/875992? Regulations: “Patients and their physicians should be making decisions about their healthcare, not the federal government,” Verma said. “We want to identify regulations that might motivate providers not to participate [in Medicare and Medicaid].” Seema Verma, MPH, President Donald Trump’s choice to head the Centers […]

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