Investigative reporter: wants to talk to US Veterans and family members of Veterans

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Call for Participation: I invite US Veterans and family members of Veterans to assist me in supporting an investigative reporter in mainstream media who is developing a story for television on the “other” side of the so-called opioid crisis. If you are willing to share your experience with being denied or arbitrarily tapered down on […]

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Cutting of pain management therapy.. turning a “maker” into a “taker”

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

I have chronic back pain and hereditary migraines. I had been taking fiornal w/ codeine when I lived in California. During my worst month I was at 120 pills. And I had been managing my pain with that drug for probably 26 years.  I recently moved to Washington state and the pain management clinic dropped […]

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Aspirin Bleeding Risk in Over 75s Higher Than Thought

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Aspirin Bleeding Risk in Over 75s Higher Than Thought http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/881575 Taking aspirin for secondary prevention of stroke or myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with a higher than expected risk for disabling or fatal bleeding in people aged 75 years and older, a new observational study shows. The authors suggest that all patients aged 75 years […]

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Lawsuit challenges Kentucky’s ban on using marijuana for medical purposes

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

  Lawsuit challenges Kentucky’s ban on using marijuana for medical purposes http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article156091284.html Several Kentuckians who say they get relief from medical marijuana filed a lawsuit Wednesday to challenge the state’s criminal ban on the drug, arguing that cannabis is naturally effective and does not have the addictive dangers of opioid painkillers. In their suit, filed […]

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Dr. Andrew Kolodny: wants all opiates taken off the market ?

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

The FDA Is Going After an Opioid Painkiller for the First Time www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/06/the-fda-is-going-after-an-opioid-painkiller-for-the-first-time/ Last Thursday, for the first time in history, the Food and Drug Administration asked a pharmaceutical company to take an opioid painkiller off the market. The agency found that the benefits of the medication, Opana ER, were outweighed by its risks: It is frequently […]

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He stated, because it is his pharmacy he can do what he wants !

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

This pharmacist told my  nurse I could pick up my pain medication  a day earlier,which is today 6-14-17 that he insisted telling me I cannot pick it up for 2 days ,He stated because it is his store he can do what he wants ! he lied to her of our talk . His family […]

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