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Alex Azar: Trump opioid plan includes retraining physicians on pain-management options https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/19/alex-azar-trump-opioid-plan-includes-retraining-ph/ Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Monday that President Trump is committed to reducing the number of prescribed opioids and retraining physicians on how to handle pain management. “He is saying that within three years, we will reduce the prescribing of […]

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http://kdvr.com/2018/03/19/mother-says-daughters-critical-drug-is-at-risk-because-of-dispute-between-pharmacy-and-pharmaceutical-company/ DENVER — The mother of a child with a double lung transplant said she is worried that accessing a critical drug for her daughter’s care will be challenging if  the drug’s manufacturer and Walgreens do not reach an agreement on a contract. Jenna Parker’s daughter Portia Opichka received a double lung transplant two years ago. […]

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Class-Action Lawsuit Against Cigna Advances www.legalscoops.com/class-action-lawsuit-against-cigna-advances/ A federal judge in Connecticut has denied most of Cigna Health and Life Insurance’s claims in the company’s request to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it artificially inflated prescription drug costs. The move, they claim, violates its clients’ health insurance policies. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Warren Eginton means […]

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www.ohio.com/akron/news/local/pharmacists-say-corporate-greed-is-pushing-up-prescription-drug-prices-and-them-out-of-business At 62 years old, Rod Kalbus was looking for a reason to retire. Firing a barrage of bullets, a couple hitting their mark, at three robbers who jumped behind his drugstore counter in December seemed as good reason as any. But that was just “the final straw,” as Kalbus put it last week. His […]

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“We feel like we have to keep proving we are disabled just to get some level of care to keep making it day to day,” Janet Zureki says. http://www.monroenews.com/news/20180319/opioid-epidemic-patients-who-are-caught-in-middle As the country confronts an ongoing opioid epidemic, law enforcement officials are cracking down on healthcare providers they deem as overprescribing medicines — a practice many […]

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https://gizmodo.com/experts-arent-buying-into-trumps-proposed-opioid-plan-1823815123 Earlier today, Politico provided a preview of what’s believed to be the broad contours of Trump’s grand plan for addressing the opioid crisis. But while some of the details include common sense measures embraced by public health and opioid experts, others are setting their nerves on edge. The proposal, which might be fully revealed […]

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www.ushealthtimes.com/sudden-unexpected-death-in-chronic-pain-patients/ Sudden, unexpected death may occur in a severe, chronic pain patient, and the terminal event may be unrelated to medical therapeutics. Fortunately, sudden death is not as commonly observed in pain patients as in past years most likely due to better access to at least some treatment. Sudden death still occurs, however, and practitioners […]

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Today I called Walmart Pharmacy to check if my usual monthly refill of Mallickrodt fentanyl patches was in stock. The pharmacist on duty told me that they do not carry the Mallinckrodt brand of fentanyl patches, and they can’t order the patches for me, as they aren’t available due to a recall – but they […]

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