Pain meds shortage changing how North Texas patients are treated

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.wfaa.com/article/news/pain-meds-shortage-changing-how-north-texas-patients-are-treated/287-530782803 His pain has eased now, but two weeks ago, “It was excruciating. I’d say it was about an 8 [out of 10 ], when they were asking me at the hospital.” Several North Texas hospitals are acknowledging a shortage in powerful pain medications. It is a nationwide shortage, believed to be caused in large […]

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Illegal opiate OD’s increasing and Congress is still looking at decade old data to find solutions ?

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

House Energy and Commerce Committee grills DEA chief over free flow of opioids https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/house-energy-and-commerce-committee-grills-dea-chief-over-free-flow-of-opioids/2018/03/20/76a79e24-2c68-11e8-b0b0-f706877db618_story.html The acting director of the Drug Enforcement Administration said a database that monitors the flow of powerful prescription painkillers from manufacturer to distribution point was compiled manually during the height of the opioid crisis, making it a reactive, not proactive, tool. […]

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As Trump calls for prescription drug monitoring, N.H. stuck in ‘initial phase of maturity’

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.concordmonitor.com/As-Trump-calls-for-stronger-prescription-drug-monitoring-New-Hampshire-s-program-struggles-16303618 Tucked within President Donald Trump’s latest proposal to address the opioid epidemic – unveiled Monday in Manchester – is support for a somewhat obscure initiative: prescription drug monitoring programs. The programs, administered by states, collect prescription information for patients. Pharmacists and doctors are required to participate; the resulting database allows physicians and administrators to […]

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Pseudo-facts, fake news, OR… just PLAIN LIES ?

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

The CDC Quietly Admits It Screwed Up Counting Opioid Pills https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/03/19/cdc-quietly-admits-it-screwed-dishonestly-counting-pills-12717 Here’s the title of an opinion piece in the April issue of the American Journal of Public Health, which was published by four authors at the CDC: “Quantifying the Epidemic of Prescription Opioid Overdose Death”  I don’t like the title very much. It (intentionally, no […]

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I was asked to share

Posted on March 21, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

In need of donations to help offset cost of hotel rooms. Please donate anything you can afford to get warriors to D.C? If your bank has Zelle you can send by using my cell number. We’re using venmo for credit cards at no cost. I’m not opposed to a check I can deposit into Bank […]

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