PHARMACIST STEVE

LAS VEGAS – Nightly newscasts across the country are filled with stories about the opioid epidemic — the opioid crisis. Tens of thousands of Americans who die each year are found with opioids in their systems, and so government at every level has stepped in to put limits on otherwise legal medications, including here in […]

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At 34-I have had chronic pain & migraines all my life- My mother used to tell me of all the times I Used to bang my head when I was a baby- I have suffered with migraines so bad it felt like my brain was going to squeeze thru my nose- I have pain all […]

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/canadians-give-up-food-heat-to-afford-prescriptions-study-says-1.4533476 Nearly one million Canadians spent less on necessities like food and heat to afford their prescriptions in 2016, according to a new study. The paper, published Tuesday, found that 730,000 people skimped on food and another 238,000 spent less on heating their home — a total of 968,000 people. “We knew lots of Canadians were having trouble paying […]

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/feb/13/us-drug-companies-accused-cheerleaders-opioids The five biggest companies making prescription opioids have been accused by a US Senate committee of spending $10m on patient advocacy and medical groups to encourage use of the addictive drugs, which are at the root of a public health crisis in America.  “I think these groups were cheerleaders … cheerleaders too often for […]

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