Patient of alleged Montgomery pill mill doctor speaks out

Another DEA failure ?

This is a interview of a DEA agent in Florida back in 2015 by Matt Grant of WESH TV in Orlando. In this interview, the DEA agent states that one of the responsibility of the DEA is to make sure that people who have a legit medical need for controlled substances that there is a […]

Drug cartels will be “dancing in the street” over cuts in legal opiate production levels

DEA Proposes Reducing Opioid Manufacturing for 2018 http://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/dea-proposes-reducing-opioid-manufacturing-for-2018 Officials with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed to cut the amount of controlled substances to be manufactured in 2018 by 20%, compared to 2017, according to a press release. Under the proposed notice being published in the Federal Register, the DEA is taking steps […]

Pfizer Agrees to Support CDC Opioid Guideline

Pfizer Agrees to Support CDC Opioid Guideline https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2017/8/4/pfizer-agrees-to-support-cdc-opioid-guideline August 04, 2017 By Pat Anson, Editor Since its release in March 2016, the CDC’s opioid prescribing guideline has had a chilling effect on chronic pain patients, as doctors, regulators, states and insurance companies have adopted the CDC’s recommendations as policies or even laws. As a result, […]

They started drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana at a young age…it wasn’t enough

Essentia Health Hosts Panel on Opioid Crisis Business leaders gather to discuss ways drug epidemic can be solved www.kvrr.com/2017/08/03/essentia-health-hosts-panel-on-opioid-crisis/   FARGO, ND — It’s a drug killing more than 90 Americans every day: opiates. One mother understands that after sending her two sons to jail. “I was trying to save their lives,” Mary Locken said. […]

Drug overdose calls decreasing in Louisville

Drug overdose calls decreasing in Louisville http://www.whas11.com/news/local/drug-overdose-calls-decreasing-in-louisville/461561141 LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) — Drug overdose calls within the city of Louisville are down since February which is an encouraging sign for health care workers. “I knew that there was a crisis in Hepatitis C, but I didn’t know the opioid crisis was as bad as it is,” […]

Middlemen Who Save $$ On Medicines — But Maybe Not For You

Middlemen Who Save $$ On Medicines — But Maybe Not For You http://khn.org/news/little-known-middlemen-save-money-on-medicines-but-maybe-not-for-you/ For the past seven months, the GOP push to replace the Affordable Care Act has consumed Washington. All the while, many consumers continue to be focused on the rising costs of prescription drugs. Pharmacy benefit managers — companies that are often unnoticed […]

Pain patients are being cut off from their drugs. Here’s why.

Pain patients are being cut off from their drugs. Here’s why. http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2016/09/pain-patients-cut-off-drugs-heres.html In March, 2016, the CDC released guidelines for prescribing opioids.  The guidelines were a response to a serious and growing problem: millions of pain patients became addicted to prescribed opioids, and hundreds of thousands died as a result. Since the guidelines were released, […]

Elinore McCance-Katz, MD, PhD, as the assistant secretary for mental health and substance use, a new position that has been called the mental health “czar”

Senate Confirms Surgeon General, Other HHS Picks http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/883770 The US Senate has approved Jerome Adams, MD, to be the next surgeon general. Dr Adams, along with four other nominees for positions in the Department of Health and Human Services, were confirmed today without a full floor vote but with the Senate’s full consent. The legislators […]

Many at the town hall agreed solving the problem starts with eliminating the stigma tied to addiction

Town Hall Meeting In Southaven Talks About The Opioid Addiction Epidemic http://www.localmemphis.com/news/local-news/town-hall-meeting-in-southaven-talks-about-the-opioid-addiction-epidemic/780813906 SOUTHAVEN, Miss (localmemphis.com) – Fighting the opioid addiction epidemic brought a team of Mississippi state agencies to Southaven Tuesday. The Opioid Town Hall Rally is part of a series making its way through the Magnolia state According to the Desoto County Coroner, there […]