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http://www.kristv.com/story/37509369/dea-advises-precautions-when-prescribing-opioid-medications CORPUS CHRISTI – According to the CDC, more than 100 people die every day from an opioid overdose. The epidemic has been a nation-wide topic of conversation, but healthcare workers and the government are making efforts to lower the amount of opiate prescriptions. Some changes are already happening. Doctors at the forefront of this […]
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http://www.fox9.com/news/mn-penny-a-pill-opioids-fee ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) – Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is proposing a “penny-a-pill” paid for by drug companies to fund an opioid stewardship program for addiction prevention, treatment and recovery efforts in Minnesota. The governor estimates the program would raise $20 million each year. Minnesota Department of Health data shows the state had 395 […]
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Getting worse before it gets better: DEA agent predicts deepening opioid epidemic TEMPE – The opioid crisis in Arizona is likely to grow, a DEA agent warned Wednesday, adding that it’s time to stop playing the blame game. “For right now, unfortunately, it looks like the problem is getting worse before it gets better,” said […]
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https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/sites/newyorklawjournal/2018/02/14/judge-says-dea-not-courts-may-be-better-forum-to-challenge-cannabis-policy/ A federal judge on Wednesday lobbed tough questions at an attorney for a group of plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of marijuana prohibition, asking why his court is the best forum to push the government to cease enforcement. But U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein of the Southern District of New York, while hearing oral arguments on the government’s […]
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Physician wracked with guilt after losing patient to overdose https://www.medpagetoday.com/blogs/themethodsman/71172 Audrey Provenzano, MD, MPH, a primary care physician in Chelsea, Mass., avoided getting the waiver needed to prescribe buprenorphine (Suboxone), and so was unable to treat an opioid-addicted patient who subsequently died of an overdose. She wrote about this experience in a moving piece appearing […]
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https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/09/28/cvss-transparent-opioid-pr-stunt-11880 CVS has taken it upon itself to enact rules that allow their pharmacists to ignore a physician’s prescription by changing the number of pills, the daily maximum dose, and even the form of the drug itself. And the company’s new policy is based on a decidedly faulty premise, which I will describe below. What the […]
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https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/resources/hospice/discussing-benefits-palliative-care A recent meta-analysis found that palliative care interventions were associated with statistically and clinically significant improvements in patient quality of life (QoL) and symptom burden.1 Palliative care improves the quality of life of seriously ill patients.The study analyzed 43 randomized clinical trials, including data on 12,731 patients, with 35 of those trials using “usual […]
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www.thecannabist.co/2018/02/14/marijuana-schedule-i-lawsuit-trial/98979/ An Iraq War vet, a 12-year-old girl with a seizure disorder and an ex-NFL player are among five plaintiffs challenging the constitutionality of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) as it pertains to marijuana. NEW YORK (AP) — Army veteran Jose Belen says the horrors of the Iraq War left him with post-traumatic stress disorder, […]
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