Nothing like a JOURNALIST writing a book on the OPIATE EPIDEMIC – to get facts – NOT !

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

American Carnage The New Landscape of Opioid Addiction by Christopher Caldwell April 2017 https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/04/american-carnage We should all be dead,” said Jonathan Goyer one bright morning in January as he looked across a room filled with dozens of his coworkers and clients. The Anchor Recovery Community Center, which Goyer helps run, occupies the shell of an […]

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It’s a bizarre example of government censorship that dates to the repeal of Prohibition in the 1930s

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

HB433 Upholds Free Speech in Missouri’s Free Marketplace http://themissouritimes.com/39406/op-ed-truth-alcohol-advertising/ Missouri retailers of alcohol may currently offer discounts and specials just like other businesses. But unlike other businesses, they cannot publicly advertise actual truthful retail prices through newspapers, radio and TV. It’s a bizarre example of government censorship that dates to the repeal of Prohibition in […]

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his girlfriend shared a needle with him. One hit and he was hooked. He lost his family, his house, and his business

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Dr. Oz at Philly’s heroin encampments: ‘I just walked into hell’ http://www.philly.com/philly/health/addiction/Dr-Oz-at-Phillys-heroin-encampments-I-just-walked-into-hell.html I am not normally a fan of Dr Oz… but this article seems poignant America’s best-known physician, Mehmet Oz, came to Philadelphia’s rail-side heroin encampments Monday for the kind of medical education seen by few doctors, let alone his daytime television audience.   […]

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Pt care at the VA appears to remain unchanged… whistle-blower not withstanding

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Veterans Affairs whistle-blower faces punishment for revealing alleged harasser, email shows http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/10/veterans-affairs-whistle-blower-faces-punishment-for-revealing-alleged-harasser-email-shows.html An employee at the embattled Veterans Affairs hospital in Arizona is facing a punishment ranging from “reprimand to removal,” Fox News has learned, for publicly revealing the name of a colleague he claims harassed him after the whistle-blower exposed exceedingly long wait times […]

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Class Action Lawsuit Seeks Medicare Beneficiaries Serviced by SilverScript

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Class Action Lawsuit Seeks Medicare Beneficiaries Serviced by SilverScript That Have Paid Excessive Copayments http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/3301572 Frier Levitt announced today a search for Medicare beneficiaries with Part D coverage through SilverScript Insurance Company (“SilverScript”) that may have paid excessive copayments for a possible class action lawsuit. Medicare beneficiaries with Part D benefits that pay more than […]

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Pharmacists fight effort to increase regulation of Xanax in Alabama

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Pharmacists fight effort to increase regulation of Xanax in Alabama http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/04/pharmacists_fight_effort_to_in.html Members of the Alabama Pharmacy Association are fighting a decision to impose additional regulations on alprazolam -commonly known as Xanax – which will place the drug into the most tightly-controlled group of medications. Alabama would become the first state in the nation to move […]

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8% of death certificates MIS-CLASSIFIED … Is this incompetence, stupidity, laziness ?

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Diabetes is even deadlier than we thought, study suggests https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/diabetes-is-even-deadlier-than-we-thought-study-suggests/2017/04/07/28689b94-faca-11e6-be05-1a3817ac21a5_story.html Nearly four times as many Americans may die of diabetes as indicated on death certificates, a rate that would bump the disease up from the seventh-leading cause of death to No. 3, according to estimates in a recent study. Researchers and advocates say that more-precise […]

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Awareness About Illegal Online Drug Sellers and Counterfeit Medications

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

ASOP Global Spreads Awareness About Illegal Online Drug Sellers and Counterfeit Medications Alliance for Safe Online Pharmacies (ASOP Global) partnered with several nonprofit organizations, including NABP, to launch a campaign to raise awareness of illegal online drug sellers and counterfeit medications. The campaign encourages dialogue among health care providers and patients regarding where patients purchase […]

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When saying “Thank you” isn’t enough

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

When saying “Thank you” isn’t enough https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-saying-thank-you-isnt-enough-jane-l-brown-esq- How do you adequately thank someone who cares for you every day, all day? My husband is my caregiver and words aren’t enough to express my gratitude. Even when he is at work he is on call, willing to run home to address my needs. I seriously doubt […]

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Of the opioid-related deaths, it is not clear how many are not counted as suicides

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Chronic Pain and the Death of a New York Times Journalist healthadvice.press/chronic-pain-and-the-death-of-a-new-york-times-journalist/ The death of the New York Times journalist, Sarah Kershaw, reminds me painfully of too many conversations I had with my patients during the course of my career as a pain doctor, about whether or not they wanted to live.  During the 30 […]

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