PHARMACIST STEVE

As seen posted on another closed Face Book page for chronic painers “Both my adoptive parents worked for the federal government their entire working lives. My dad, who was a supervisory accountant with General Services Administration, is now retired, but my mom still works for GSA. Anyway, she pays bills for a lot of government […]

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Marijuana News Roundup: 7 Marijuana-related Bills Introduced in US Congress http://finance.yahoo.com/news/marijuana-news-roundup-7-marijuana-131342170.html A total of seven bills that would support the marijuana industry were introduced in Congress last Thursday, three in the Senate and four in the House. The Senate bills were all sponsored by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), including one co-sponsored by Senators Rand Paul […]

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The ‘Gateway Drug’ Is Alcohol, Not Marijuana countercurrentnews.com/2016/12/gateway-drug-alcohol-not-marijuana/ Researchers at the University of Florida have found that the theory of a “gateway drug” is not associated with marijuana – results from the Guttman scale indicated that alcohol represented the gateway drug, leading to the use of tobacco, marijuana, and other illicit substances. Furthermore, students who […]

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Merck’s Former Doctor Predicts Gardasil to Become the Greatest Medical Scandal of All Time www.realfarmacy.com/gardasil-scandal/ “It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly […]

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Why Untreated Chronic Pain is a Medical Emergency https://edsinfo.wordpress.com/2015/04/15/why-untreated-chronic-pain-is-a-medical-emergency/ Alex DeLuca, M.D., FASAM, MPH;Written testimony submitted to the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs regarding the “Gen Rx: Abuse of Prescription and OTC Drugs” hearing; 2008–03–08. Untreated Chronic Pain is Acute Pain The physiological changes associated with acute pain, and their intimate neurological relationship with brain […]

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Corralling opioid supply won’t end the demand http://www.ack.net/opinion/20170331/corralling-opioid-supply-wont-end-demand Purdue Pharma pushed OxyContin with great success and profitability, as described in your March 26 editorial, “A prescription for responsibility.” In 2012 two CVS pharmacies in Sanford, Florida, ordered 3 million doses of oxycodone, fueling the supply of pills that made their way up I-95 to be […]

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This letter was inserted in correspondence from our Part D provider. If you read the first line on Federal civil rights laws and discrimination per age or disability in particular. If healthcare providers refuse to treat a pt because of “disability”… could they be charged/fined for violating Federal law ? If your insurance company refuses […]

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If you do NOTHING…. you get NOTHING Hi Steve! I was wondering if you know of any pain patients in Ohio who would be willing to talk to a NBC reporter about the new law Gov Kasich just signed. I responded about this article, and the journalist responded, but was totally clueless about legitimate use […]

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