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Cadden Seeks Acquittal on All Charges http://meningitis-etc.blogspot.com/2017/03/cadden-seeks-acquittal-on-all-charges.html BOSTON, Mass.- The head of a drug compounding firm blamed for a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak is asking a federal judge to acquit him on all charges, including racketeering and 25 counts of second degree murder. In a 38-page motion filed today in U.S. District Court, Cadden’s attorneys […]

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Clarence Scranage, Jr., MD www.doctorsofcourage.org/index.php/2017/03/08/clarence-scranage-jr-md/ Clarence Scranage Jr., MD, 61, of Richmond, VA is the next doctor illegally persecuted by the government for money. He was indicted Feb, 2017 on a charge of conspiracy to possess controlled substances with the intent to distribute them and 18 counts of distribution of controlled substances. All of the […]

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UPDATED: KPD officer allegedly stole Fentanyl from woman http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/updated-kpd-officer-allegedly-stole-fentanyl-prescription-from-woman/article_58a49e6a-0426-11e7-8890-0741438c76d7.html KOKOMO – Kokomo Police Department officer Heath Evans was charged Wednesday with two felony drug counts and misdemeanor theft for allegedly stealing Fentanyl from a local woman in December. Evans, who was the focus of an internal KPD investigation, was charged with a felony count of […]

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Class action: Walgreens, CVS, Osco overcharging diabetics on Medicare for insulin pumps, supplies http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511087986-class-action-walgreens-cvs-osco-overcharging-diabetics-on-medicare-for-insulin-pumps-supplies A Geneva resident who says pharmacies are overcharging people with diabetes for medication is pursuing a class action complaint against some of the country’s largest retail drug stores in Chicago federal court, seeking at least $5 million.  Robert Mayberry filed his […]

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My ER visit (May 23, 2015) was horrible. On that day, I had fallen in a restaurant. I slipped in an unseen, unmarked puddle of water and fell, HARD, on my back down the entire length of my spine. I instantly froze, partly in shock, partly because I was terrified I had done some damage […]

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Nadeau_Neurology 2015   <— click here to read ABSTRACT The recent American Academy of Neurology position paper by Franklin, “Opioids for chronic noncancer pain,” suggests that the benefits of opioid treatment are very likely to be substantially outweighed by the risks and recommends avoidance of doses above 80–120 mg/day morphine equivalent. However, close reading of the […]

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Family says cancer-stricken toddler died after hospital medical mix-up http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/family-says-cancer-stricken-toddler-died-after-hospital-medical-mix-up-1.3313954 A Quebec hospital has launched an investigation after a toddler who was being treated for cancer died in their care late last year. The parents of Ghali El Amrani, who died at 23 months, believe they lost their son after he was mistakenly given an […]

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CARROLL: Opioid guidelines to inflict more pain http://rapidcityjournal.com/carroll-opioid-guidelines-to-inflict-more-pain/article_e7e608f0-3a5e-5c08-bb88-d4dd19fb7b0b.html Author and advocate for chronic-pain patients, Dr. Richard A. Lawhern, communicates daily with thousands of pain sufferers on Facebook and other social media. What he hears is a chilling and deepening fear for the future as people in pain are increasingly being denied effective treatment by their […]

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                                  This is from a quarterly newsletter (March 2017) https://nabp.pharmacy/boards-of-pharmacy/kentucky/ from the KY Board of Pharmacy, you may have to click on the image to make readable… It is a summary of the actions taken by the BOP for 2016… […]

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