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Chris Christie wants to limit painkiller prescriptions. Will that cut back on opioid addiction?   New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has called for emergency curbs on the prescription of opioids, a move that would mirror laws in several other states that have curtailed the length of first-time prescriptions.  http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2017/0111/Chris-Christie-wants-to-limit-painkiller-prescriptions.-Will-that-cut-back-on-opioid-addiction ONCE AGAIN… politicians use EMERGENCY RULE […]

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WV lawmakers back bill to track ‘suspicious’ opioid orders  http://www.wvgazettemail.com/news/20170305/wv-lawmakers-back-bill-to-track-suspicious-opioid-orders-#sthash.MUSvSUg8.dpuf Eleven West Virginia lawmakers have signed on as sponsors of legislation that would direct the state Board of Pharmacy to track reports of drugstores that order a “suspicious” number of highly addictive prescription opioids and other powerful narcotics. The bill (HB 2735) also requires the […]

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Normally I find ZDoggMD’s youtube satire pretty right on… IMO.. this time he wanted to talk about the mental health disease of addictive personality disorder…. but he starts out talking mostly abt chronic pain pts… Nice try ZDoggMD… but  your MESSAGE MISSED THE TARGET…

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New type of opioid targets pain areas directly avoiding negative side effects https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-03-opioid-pain-areas-negative-side.html (Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers with the Free University of Berlin and Zuse-Institut Berlin has developed a type of opioid that was shown to target pain in rats without causing negative side effects. In their paper published in the journal Science, the […]

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On March 1st 2017, I went to my local CVS on Lantana Rd and Military Trail in Lake Worth Fl to refill a prescription. It was a new script because the old bottle had no refills remaining.  I drove up to the window and handed the young man Ash the new script. He went into […]

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Durham VA makes changes after troubling waiting room photos http://abc11.com/news/durham-va-makes-changes-after-troubling-waiting-room-photos/1783334/ DURHAM, North Carolina (WTVD) — Officials at the Durham VA hospital said Friday changes have been made after troubling photos of the facility’s waiting room were posted to Facebook. CLICK HERE TO READ THE ORIGINAL STORY The couple that posted the photos said they witnesses […]

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Here to Help: Attorneys on call  1-800-424-9725 http://www.wral.com/here-to-help-attorneys-on-call/9207273/ Do you have a legal question? WRAL is Here to Help with Attorneys on Call. On Friday, March 3, more than 150 local lawyers will be live in WRAL’s studio, waiting to take your calls and offer free legal information about topics including family, employment, housing and […]

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A few months ago I made the post below FDA, has yet to inspect nearly 1,300 drug manufacturing facilities, mostly based abroad, that are supplying the U.S. Now here comes the Senate Democrats with a new proposal to import drugs from: Secretary Tom Price to issue regulations allowing drug wholesalers, pharmacies and individuals to import […]

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https://youtu.be/EnLV7wH-_K4 Sgt. allegedly kills himself on VA Campus – UPDATE http://www.wgnsradio.com/sgt-allegedly-kills-himself-on-va-campus—update-cms-36394 In Murfreesboro, a man found dead on the VA property this past week is the same man who said he asked for help, but did not get it. Sergeant John Toombs recorded a video (ABOVE) just before committing suicide. He claimed, “I came for […]

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