Sessions to DEA: Evaluate opioid production quota

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Sessions to DEA: Evaluate opioid production quota http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/376335-sessions-to-dea-evaluate-opioid-production-quota Attorney General Jeff Sessions is asking the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to evaluate whether changes are needed to the amount of opioids drug makers are allowed to produce. If needed, potential alterations could be made through an interim final rule, which allows an agency to issue a […]

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Idaho: Politicians elected by the PEOPLE… doesn’t want to represent the PEOPLE ?

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Senate Panel Kills Bill Allowing Use of Marijuana Derivative https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/idaho/articles/2018-03-05/senate-panel-kills-bill-allowing-use-of-marijuana-derivative BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A proposal to legalize oil extracted from cannabis plants is likely dead for the year after a group of lawmakers on Monday broke out in turmoil during a last-minute attempt to advance the bill. Republican Sen. Tony Potts asked the Senate […]

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Opioid Addiction Medications Should Not Be Withheld From Patients Taking Benzodiazepines or CNS Depressants Opioid addiction medications

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://nabp.pharmacy/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Kentucky-Newsletter-March-2018-1.pdf Opioid Addiction Medications Should Not Be Withheld From Patients Taking Benzodiazepines or CNS Depressants Opioid addiction medications – buprenorphine and methadone – should not be withheld from patients taking benzodiazepines or other drugs that depress the central nervous system (CNS), advises FDA. The combined use of these drugs increases the risk of serious side […]

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Sen. Manchin: re-election campaign didn’t get enough pharma money ?

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Joe Manchin aims to restore DEA power in opioid bill http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/joe-manchin-aims-to-restore-dea-power-in-opioid-bill/article/2650695 Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., introduced legislation to restore enforcement power to the Drug Enforcement Administration to target suspicious drug distributors. The powers were stripped in a 2016 bill after heavy influence from the pharmaceutical industry, according to a report in the Washington Post. The […]

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OHIO: Opiate Rxs down 28% in FIVE YEARS… OD up 33% in two years

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Ohio Doctors continue to prescribe fewer pain pills http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180305/ohio-doctors-contine-to-prescribe-fewer-pain-pills While overall drug overdose deaths continue to climb, Ohio doctors for the fifth straight year prescribed fewer opioid painkillers to patients.   In 2017, 568 million pain pills were dispensed, down 28 percent from a high of 793 million in 2012, according to an annual report […]

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Opioid-addicted baby at center of class action lawsuit in Southern Illinois

Posted on March 5, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

  http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article202972584.html March 05, 2018 07:33 AM Updated 5 hours 23 minutes ago The family of a baby born addicted to opioids filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against 20 pharmaceutical companies they accused of being negligent and responsible for the mother’s addiction to opioids and heroin. The lawsuit tells the story of a baby, […]

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