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  Defense Prevails in First Xarelto Trial, with 18,000+ Lawsuits Still Pending  http://www.rxinjuryhelp.com/news/2017/05/08/defense-prevails-in-first-xarelto-trial-with-18000-lawsuits-still-pending/#sthash.VTkZZeVg.dpuf Bayer Pharmaceuticals and Johnson & Johnson have prevailed in the first federal trial involving Xarelto. However, litigation over the blood thinner is far from concluded, as more than 18,000 Xarelto lawsuits remain pending in courts around the U.S. Jury’s Decision Based on “Learned […]

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Woman’s skin ‘melts off’ after medication error http://www.11alive.com/news/local/investigations/womans-skin-melts-off-after-medication-error/437871972 SNELLVILLE, Ga. — “I never lost anybody close to me, but that’s what it feels like.” When 26-year-old Khaliah Shaw looks at pictures of herself from three years ago, she doesn’t recognize that person from before. Before her skin burned from the inside out. Before her sweat […]

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REP. JENKINS TO DEA: RE-EVALUATE OPIOID QUOTA SYSTEM https://evanjenkins.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-jenkins-dea-re-evaluate-opioid-quota-system “For years, the DEA approved dramatic increases in the aggregate levels of drug ingredients, all at a time when more and more opioids were being manufactured and prescribed.” WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) is asking the Drug Enforcement Agency to re-evaluate its quota system […]

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You may be surprised how heroin makes its way into your community http://www.cleveland19.com/story/35385436/you-may-be-surprised-how-heroin-makes-its-way-into-your-community Apparently Bob Walling — a drug investigator with the Westshore Enforcement Bureau. – is CLUELESS about fake/false/forged ID’s  floating around out there…since…  In 2013, Walling testified in Columbus in favor of a bill that would require pharmacists to get a name, ID […]

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Health|Express Scripts to Offer Cheaper Drugs for Uninsured Customers          www.nytimes.com/2017/05/08/health/express-scripts-drug-prescriptions-prices.html It is one of the most acute indignities of being uninsured in this country: Those with the least ability to pay are asked to spend the most for their prescription drugs. That’s because people without health insurance are forced to pay the list […]

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Tracking opioid supply chain “not enough” to fight illicit trade https://www.securingindustry.com/pharmaceuticals/tracking-opioid-supply-chain-not-enough-to-fight-illicit-trade/s40/a4190/ Diversion of opioid analgesics into the black market is fuelling an addiction epidemic that cannot be solved by the traceability system being developed for the US, says an addiction specialist. A far bigger problem – according to Bryn Wesch of Novus Medical Detox Center […]

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TV documentary on pain treatment funded by doctor with industry ties www.statnews.com/2017/03/24/pain-documentary-public-television/ Public television stations across the country have begun airing a documentary about pain treatment produced by a doctor with significant financial ties to the manufacturers of opioid medications — a fact not disclosed in the program. “The Painful Truth” chronicles the plight of several patients […]

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