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Police: Man hijacks ambulance to ‘score some oxy https://www.ems1.com/ambulance-crash/articles/347764048-Police-Man-hijacks-ambulance-to-score-some-oxy/ DANVILLE, Pa. — A man stole an ambulance with a crew inside, drove it to a pharmacy to steal pills and crashed into a pole, according to police. WTVR reported that the Americus Hose Company Ambulance Service crews had just dropped a patient off at an […]

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Gottlieb: Next Steps in Opioid Crisis May be ‘Uncomfortable’ http://www.raps.org/Regulatory-Focus/News/2017/10/25/28752/Gottlieb-Next-Steps-in-Opioid-Crisis-May-be-Uncomfortable/ In testimony before the House Energy & Commerce Committee on Wednesday, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said that the next steps in efforts to combat the ongoing opioid crisis will be difficult, but necessary given the spread of the epidemic. “We’ll need to touch clinical practice […]

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Pharmacist acquitted of murder in 2012 meningitis outbreak http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/10/25/pharmacist-acquitted-murder-in-2012-meningitis-outbreak.html A pharmacist at a facility whose tainted drugs sparked a nationwide meningitis outbreak that killed 76 people was cleared Wednesday of murder but was convicted of mail fraud and racketeering. Jurors said prosecutors failed to prove Glenn Chin was responsible for the deaths of people who […]

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The opioid crackdown is making life untenable for chronic pain patients like me http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-sanders-opioid-crisis-national-emergency-20171025-story.html President Trump recently said that he intends to declare the opioid crisis a national emergency. If he makes good on that promise, it will be the country’s first official state of emergency for a drug epidemic. That designation would make more […]

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Cancer patient dies after multiple errors during chemotherapy treatment, report claims http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/10/25/cancer-patient-dies-after-multiple-errors-during-chemotherapy-treatment-report-claims.html Health investigators in Minnesota are questioning at least one nurse at an assisted living facility after a deceased patient who was scheduled to receive 42 doses of chemotherapy medications in a 12-week period only got 26. The patient, who was not identified, had […]

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Catch 22 — Denied Pain Relief and No Way Out www.nationalpainreport.com/catch-22-denied-pain-relief-and-no-way-out-8834665.html “Catch 22” is a phrase that most of us recognize. It refers to a satirical novel by Joseph Heller (and later a chilling movie) about flight crews operating from North Africa during World War II.  Casualty rates were so high among these fliers that […]

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Ads That Can Kill: Lawyers Scare Patients Out Of Taking Medication, Legal Reform Group Says https://www.forbes.com/sites/legalnewsline/2017/10/25/ads-that-can-kill-lawyers-scare-patients-out-of-taking-medication-legal-reform-group-says/#1ed130162ae4 A new paper says lawyer advertising is scaring patients into not taking their medications, leading to dozens of serious incidents – including six deaths from individuals who stopped using their blood-thinner. The paper, released by the U.S. Chamber Institute […]

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Elizabeth Korcz, MD by Linda Cheek, MD www.doctorsofcourage.org/elizabeth-korcz-md/ Elizabeth Campbell Korcz, a Board Certified, Family Medicine Physician at Alt MD in Hoover, Al was raided in August, 2017. As a result, her office has closed. DEA Agent Bret Hamilton, the FBI, Hoover Police, members of the Alabama Pharmacy Board and officials with the US Attorneys’ […]

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