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Former Middletown man’s false-positive drug test leads to lawsuit http://www.recordonline.com/news/20170205/former-middletown-mans-false-positive-drug-test-leads-to-lawsuit A drug test can change your life. Test positive one day for an illicit drug, and you can lose your job, or your kids, your marriage or your freedom.  Dec. 17, 2007, was that day for Eric Landon, formerly of Middletown. He was two weeks […]

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Nine in 10 carers are giving patients the wrong drugs http://themissouriinjuryblog.com/23684/nine-in-10-carers-are-giving-patients-the-wrong-drugs/ More than 90 per cent of carers looking after people at home make potentially deadly errors with their medicines, according to a new study. Sick and elderly patients are being given the wrong drugs, overdoses or, in some cases, no medication at all. The […]

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Man sentenced for selling synthetic marijuana at Delavan store http://www.gazettextra.com/20170206/man_sentenced_for_selling_synthetic_marijuana_at_delavan_store MILWAUKEE—The man who owned the Delavan Smoke Shop and sold pounds of synthetic marijuana as incense will serve five years of supervised release with nine months of home confinement, a judge decided. David Yarmo, 49, pleaded guilty in November to selling a misbranded drug in […]

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Hemp Industries Association Sues DEA Over Illegal Attempt to Regulate Hemp Foods as Schedule I Drugs http://www.military-technologies.net/2017/02/06/hemp-industries-association-sues-dea-over-illegal-attempt-to-regulate-hemp-foods-as-schedule-i-drugs/ WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Hemp Industries Association (HIA), the leading non-profit trade association consisting of hundreds of hemp businesses, has filed a motion to hold the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in contempt of court for […]

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Pneumonia vaccine may not be effective in rheumatoid arthritis patients http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/infectious-diseases-information-center/pneumonia-vaccine-not-effective-in-rheumatoid-arthritis-patients/article/635670/ The 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23) may not be effective for preventing pneumonia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are at risk for infections, according to a study published in Arthritis Research & Therapy. Kiyoski Migita, from the Japanese Hospital Organization and Department […]

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DEA pulls certificates for two Colorado doctors in medical marijuana controversy http://www.denverpost.com/2017/02/06/dea-pulls-doctors-certificates-medical-marijuana/ The federal Drug Enforcement Administration has pulled the medicine-prescribing certificates of two Colorado doctors, after those physicians had their state licenses suspended in Colorado over medical marijuana recommendations. The doctors — Gentry Dunlop and Janet Dean — were two of five Colorado physicians […]

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Medical marijuana for dogs http://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/medical-marijuana-for-dogs-02-03-2017 SAN ANTONIO – Medical marijuana… for your dog? It’s real – and according to the Drug Enforcement Administration, perfectly legal. “Kona is my 13-year-old Dutch Shepherd mix,” says Bea Adams as she pets her dog. Adams recently noticed a change in Kona’s behavior. “I hadn’t slept in weeks,” Adams says. […]

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Channel 2 Investigates reveals pharmacies with most complaints about prescription errors http://www.click2houston.com/news/investigates/channel-2-investigates-reveals-pharmacies-with-most-complaints-about-prescription-errors The number of complaints filed has nothing to do with the number of mis-fills that actually occur. Unless prescribers or pts file complaints with the state Board of Pharmacy… it is just “swept under the rug”.. HOUSTON – Channel 2 Investigates is revealing […]

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Improving Drug Utilization Review Controls https://www.cms.gov/Newsroom/MediaReleaseDatabase/Fact-sheets/2017-Fact-Sheet-items/2017-02-01.html It looks like CMS (Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services) is trying to implement CDC opiate dosing guidelines on all Part D/Medicare Advantage pts. More “bureaucratic creep” on the guidelines… that – per the CDC – did not bear the weight of law. While not stated in this information, […]

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Curbing abuse and overdoses through opioid stewardship https://www.addictionnow.com/2017/01/30/curbing-abuse-overdoses-opioid-stewardship/ http://the-stewardship.org/metaphors.htm “The steward, or “keeper of the hall”, was the official in a medieval household responsible for its management. Under the feudal system, it was the lord who had all of the legal authority. The steward had only a delegation of that authority, and a mandate to […]

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