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The myth that prescriptions caused the opioid crisis http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/article145348794.html As the North Carolina legislature and the DHHS look for solutions to the opioid problem, consideration of new options is imperative. As doctors, we need to be sure we are doing no harm, as Hippocrates taught us some 3,000 years ago. “Job One” in the medical […]

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Medication Error(s) & Termination http://allnurses.com/nursing-patient-medications/medication-error-s-1102978.html Hi, I’m a pediatric nurse practitioner that recently started a new job at a school-based health center and I’m about 5 months into the job. The clinic that I “took over” from previous NPs was always missing basic things like gloves, white copy paper, and cabinets were filled to the […]

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Everyone is dependent on numerous things to assure their quality of life… All of us are DEPENDENT on food, water, sleep.  NO ONE is ADDICTED to these things… but a individual’s quality of life or life itself suffers if these are not available in adequate quantity and quality. While most babies are born “perfect”…  life’s […]

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Opioid addiction crisis spurs brutal candor in obituaries http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/05/14/opioid-addiction-crisis-spurs-brutal-candor-in-obituaries.html# VIDEO ON LINK ABOVE Andrew Oswald kept a secret. Friends and neighbors in his hometown of Hamilton, N.J., knew Oswald as a gifted writer, a music buff and the kind of guy parents wanted their sons to hang around and their daughters to date. On Jan. […]

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