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https://www.adhereforhealth.org/medciationadherence/ What is Medication Adherence? Medication adherence occurs when a patient takes their medications according to the prescribed dosage, time, frequency, and direction.  A breakdown in any one of these elements has the potential to result in unanticipated side effects and complications. Studies show that: Half of all patients do not take their medications as […]

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www.nationalpainreport.com/film-on-chronic-pain-nearing-release-8835451.html Many of our readers have recommended that more needs to be done to educate people about the chronic pain issue. An ambitious effort is nearing completion. It is a documentary called Pandemic of Denial that has been in production for several years and is being reading for release this year. Tina Petrova, a Canadian […]

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https://m.chron.com/news/medical/article/Insulin-quality-questions-have-diabetes-experts-12558865.php TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Preliminary research suggesting that some diabetes patients may be injecting medicine that has partially disintegrated is causing concern even as serious questions are raised about the research itself.   The study author, a pharmacist, bought vials of insulin at a number of pharmacies and found that on average the vials […]

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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/scientists-warn-trump-administration-that-banning-kratom-will-result-in-more-opioid-deaths/article/2648561 A group of scientists who have studied kratom are warning the Trump administration that banning the drug would worsen the opioid epidemic, following a declaration from the Food and Drug Administration that kratom has “opioid properties” and is associated with 44 deaths. The drug, a Southeast Asian tree leaf, is legal under federal law, […]

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