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Former teacher sues CVS, alleging privacy violations https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/05/12/former-teacher-sues-cvs-alleging-privacy-violations-that-led-drug-charges/ldwUVI3hn9iaISqnYy1tyJ/story.html A former teacher who was accused — and later exonerated — of providing prescription drugs to a student sued CVS in Essex Superior Court on Friday, arguing that the pharmacy chain violated her privacy rights by releasing her prescription history to police without a warrant. In 2015, […]

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Management of Chronic Pain in the Aftermath of the Opioid Backlash http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2627567 Chronic pain is a prevalent, disabling, and costly condition.1 In the United States alone, an estimated 126 million adults reported some pain in the previous 3 months, with 25.3 million adults (11.2%) reporting daily (chronic) pain and 23.4 million (10.3%) a lot of […]

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Are CDC Opioid Guidelines Causing More Suicides? www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2016/5/27/are-cdcs-opioid-guidelines-causing-more-suicides A recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documented a disturbing trend in suicides in the United States. Suicides increased by 24 percent from 1999 to 2014, and are now the 10th leading cause of death in the country.    In 2014, nearly 43,000 […]

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Pharmacy accuses insurance claims processor Prime Therapeutics of squeezing it out of business http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511114389-pharmacy-accuses-insurance-claims-processor-prime-therapeutics-of-squeezing-it-out-of-business A family-owned pharmacy says in an antitrust lawsuit filed May 9 in federal court in Chicago it’s being squeezed out of business by an insurance claims processor, allegedly to benefit Walgreens. Sharif Pharmacy, of Chicago, said it opened in 1995 with […]

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DEA might have inadvertently told teens where to hide drugs http://nypost.com/2017/05/11/the-dea-might-have-accidentally-told-teens-where-to-hide-drugs/ Teens are using a host of seemingly benign household items — teddy bears, alarm clocks, calculators and even highlighters — to stash drugs, the Drug Enforcement Agency warns parents on a new website. The site, Get Smart About Drugs, also links common teenage characteristics such […]

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Lawmakers Ask DEA for Information Regarding Opioid Diversions http://www.hstoday.us/briefings/daily-news-analysis/single-article/lawmakers-ask-dea-for-information-regarding-opioid-diversions/fb3475fa2556aef3e02c123f61ae91e2.html Concerned about whether the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is doing enough to investigate and prosecute the illicit diversion of opioids, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Ron Johnson (R-WI) and ranking member Claire McCaskill (D-MO), this week sent a letter to DEA Acting […]

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Mystery solved: Addiction medicine maker is secret funder of Kennedy-Gingrich group www.statnews.com/2017/03/03/kennedy-gingrich-group-funder/ A company that sells a new opioid-addiction medication is a secret funder of an advocacy group fronted by Newt Gingrich and Patrick Kennedy that is pushing for more government funding and insurance coverage of such treatments. Gingrich, the former Republican House speaker and a Trump […]

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Drug importation is dangerous http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/drug-importation-is-dangerous/article/2622644 Like millions of Americans, I take allergy medicine. A few years ago, my doctor urged me to bid farewell to my local pharmacy and instead buy my medication from an online Canadian drug store, where it was cheaper. What terrible advice! The website was counterfeit and sent me “medicine” that […]

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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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