PHARMACIST STEVE

disease http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/disease /dis·ease/ (dĭ-zēz´) any deviation from or interruption of the normal structure or function of any body part, organ, or system that is manifested by a characteristic set of symptoms and signs and whose etiology, pathology, and prognosis may be known or unknown. Pain is NOT CONTAGIOUS … Pain is typically part of a […]

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DEPENDENCE VERSUS ADDICTION … AND OPIOID USE DISORDER www.rallyagainstpain.com/2017/06/23/dependence-versus-addiction-and-opioid-use-disorder/ It’s no secret that things are changing day by day for chronic pain patients.  The CDC guidelines have not been viewed as “guidelines”; rather they have been viewed as law, causing States to implement their own stringent restrictions on opioid prescriptions by legitimate physicians, regardless of the […]

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Prescribed Painkillers Didn’t Cause the Opioid Crisis https://tonic.vice.com/en_us/article/a3z98b/big-pharma-didnt-cause-the-opioid-crisis-most-pain-patients-dont-get-addicted People who need pain meds aren’t usually the ones who get addicted. A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine produced stark headlines: “A 5-sentence letter helped trigger America’s deadliest drug overdose crisis ever.” (Vox) “The One-Paragraph Letter From 1980 That Fueled the Opioid […]

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By the very definition of the CDC’s name Center for Disease Control…  that typically involves the dealing with the treatment of diseases.. including the guideline of when/what vaccines should be given and the ability to treat or quarantine people who are contagious with a communicable disease that could cause a epidemic or pandemic.   Think potential […]

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Hi there I have a question I’m disabled I’m on disability I have disability Medicaid but Walgreens making me pay cash for my insurance I believe their discriminating against me they even made me change psychiatrist which I did last month I had him for ten years but I changed to local psychiatrist so they […]

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Landmark New England Journal of Medicine Study: “Spinal Fusion Surgery – The Case For Restraint” https://drkevinpauza.com/blog/2016/06/28/landmark-new-england-journal-of-medicine-study-spinal-fusion-surgery-the-case-for-restraint/ Spinal fusion rates continue to increase dramatically in the United States. Oddly enough, this landmark study shows the rise is related financial incentives and other variables not associated with the patient’s well being. This respected journal states that the […]

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While my little blog only touches a very small portion of the chronic pain community… lately I am seeing a disproportion of incidents  that are very disturbing to me. I have always had this “strange talent’ of picking up on social/bureaucratic developing patterns long before others see things coming together. I am seeing a pattern […]

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AARP warns senators against supporting GOP healthcare bill http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/aarp-warns-senators-against-supporting-gop-healthcare-bill/article/2626877 Have you notice that AARP has been VERY QUIET when the CDC came out their opiate dosing guidelines  and entities like the VA started implementing PORTIONS of the guidelines – while 22 veterans a day commit suicide…  and the DEA raids a constant flow of prescriber’s […]

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Indiana crackdown on opioids sparks more pharmacy robberies http://www.startribune.com/indiana-crackdown-on-opioids-sparks-more-pharmacy-robberies/430364733/   Newton’s Third Law: As described by the third of Newton’s laws of motion of classical mechanics, all forces occur in pairs such that if one object exerts a force on another object, then the second object exerts an equal and opposite reaction force on the […]

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