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https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2018/jan/05/ticker-pot-has-zero-do-san-diegos-violent-crime/# The latest shot at pot taken by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions may have left marijuana legalization in the clouds, but in the meantime, another drug is the focus of worries by local narcotics fuzz. A survey of law enforcement and intelligence agencies conducted by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency says marijuana usage has […]

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https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2016/4/13/prop-leads-lobbying-effort-to-silence-pain-patients Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing (PROP) has joined in the lobbying effort to stop asking hospital patients about the quality of their pain care. In a petition to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), PROP founder and Executive Director Andrew Kolodny calls on the agency to stop requiring hospitals to survey patients […]

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http://www.tgdaily.com/enterprise/biz/5-main-emerging-online-pharmacy-trends-to-watch-out-for-in-2018-and-beyond The Internet has revolutionized every aspect of human life: from social interactions to e-commerce. Amazon, the world’s giant online retailer, started off as an online bookstore back in the mid-1990s. Today, you can purchase virtually anything from the e-commerce store from the safety and comfort of your home. Pharmacies have not been left behind,filling […]

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https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/887848 WASHINGTON, DC — About 10% of people who overdose on opioids and are treated with naloxone die within a year, new research shows. The reason for the study was to get a concrete statistic to share with people who overdose that would spur them to get help for their addiction, which the “vast majority” […]

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Patients Forgetting Medication Can Be Costly, Fatal. Is Tech The Answer? http://www.capradio.org/articles/2018/01/04/patients-forgetting-medication-can-be-costly-fatal-is-tech-the-answer/ Neil W. MacLean and Sue Carey have built a quiet, simple life in their Sacramento home. The sitting room is lined with books, the coffee table covered in magazines and newspapers. Their long-haired dachshund Wally dozes to the ticking of a grandfather clock. […]

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Healthcare at the tipping point: 2018 has high risks for hospitals http://www.philly.com/philly/health/health-cents/healthcare-at-the-tipping-point-2018-has-high-risks-for-hospitals-20180104.html Innovation has been a buzz word and marketing tagline in healthcare for more than a decade.  Virtually every organization has invested in staffing an innovation activity.  Despite these investments the pace of change has been frustrated by an entrenched reliance of providers on […]

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My husband and I have been refuses our medication because the pharmacy says they only get a certain amount. And it is not a neighborhood doctor that they are familiar with. My husband and I have both been on these prescriptions for pain control and is been on them for a little while now, well […]

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Sacrificing Pain Patients to Stop Opioid Epidemic?  http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/455136/sacrificing-pain-patients-stop-opioid-epidemic I’m all for fighting the opioid epidemic. But not at the price of preventing patients from receiving quality medical care. And that may be happening. Nevada doctors are apparently up in arms at a new Nevada law that they say is so vague, it could chill their […]

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Making healthcare safe for doctors file:///C:/Users/steve/AppData/Local/Packages/microsoft.windowscommunicationsapps_8wekyb3d8bbwe/LocalState/Files/S0/9796/Medical%20Malpractice%20Insurance%20is%20Not%20Enough%20%E2%80%93%20Medical%20JusticePrescribing%20opioids%20%E2%80%93%20Navigating%20the%20minefields[10789].htm Treating patients in pain with opioids creates serious legal quandaries for doctors. A 2010 study (based on the American Society of Anesthesiologists Closed Claims Database) found that malpractice claims related to chronic non-cancer pain management primarily involved patients with a history of risk behaviors. The study also found that […]

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