Do Patients Pay Less for Cheap Care? Why the CVS/Aetna Deal Matters

https://www.doximity.com/doc_news/v2/entries/10680265 On a recent trip to urgent care for my child, I began to more clearly see how the changes in medicine are affecting our patients and who is benefiting from the bottom line of what is occurring in the US healthcare system. A minor injury to my 2-year-old son had me waiting patiently to […]

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#Walgreens: pharmacist told me he can no longer fill it (opiate) because I do not have cancer

Hello Steve do you know who I contact to complain about filling my prescription? For the last 2 years I have been filling my prescription at Walgreens and the pharmacist told me he can no longer fill it because I do not have cancer. I am 60 yrs old have had 2 back operations my […]

Torture American Style ?

If this had been a video of one of the terrorist in GITMO – who has tried to kill us… this would be all over the national news… but… since it is being done “quietly” in a hospital…  normally few would be aware of it… Is AMY a “prisoner” of the war on drugs ? […]

#OurPain: The other side of opioids

http://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/ourpain-the-other-side-of-opioids/852432872 LAS VEGAS – Millions of Americans who rely on opioid medications for pain relief are in anguish because of government pressure to reduce prescriptions across the board. Doctors, pharmacists, and other providers have already made drastic cuts in the amount of pain medicine they dispense, with more cuts on the way. The actions are […]

As seen on the web…. PAIN SPECIALIST … afraid of his/her own shadow

Suggest that you read this http://nationalpainreport.com/when-equal-isnt-really-equal-8833382.html Those opiate conversion tables are FUZZY MATH at best.. There is no real way to determine the toxic level on pts with opiates… this 50 MME MAY BE a toxic level on SOME OPIATE NAIVE PT…but there is no reliable way to determine the toxic level on a pt […]