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Four-Fold Jump In Deaths In Opioid-Driven Hospitalizations https://www.news-line.com/PH_news28800_enews People who end up in the hospital due to an opioid-related condition are four times more likely to die now than they were in 2000, according to research led by Harvard Medical School and published in the issue of Health Affairs. The country is in the throes […]

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A number of health/disease issues have a correlation to Body Mass Index (BMI)  https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educational/lose_wt/BMI/bmicalc.htm The common perception is that those who have a higher than normal BMI… are there because the eat too much or exercise too little. Some of the diseases associated with elevated BMI are: Hypertension (High Blood Pressure) Diabetes Cardiovascular disease Elevated […]

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In October my doctor at the cancer hospital called CVS Caremark PBM for a prior authorization and was told until I am denied coverage for the rx one can not be requested. On 12/5  I was informed by my local pharmacy that I was formally denied coverage for my doctor’s rx by CVS Caremark PBM . I asked for the price difference […]

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SOS here in WA state. A WA state pain clinic closure is coming soon – need to get all WA peeps into new WA group. DOH has told ALL other pain clinics NOT to accept these patients and send them ALL to rehab

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