Message to President Trump

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Millions of Veterans & Americans are suffering needlessly because President Trump has been lied to & provided falisified data. Only he can end the nightmare. www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=MTKY2ldEt8c

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Is Government Opioid Data Telling the Wrong Story?

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

www.nationalpainreport.com/is-government-opioid-data-telling-the-wrong-story-8835885.html Another report has been issued that concludes that the CDC strategy of targeting legal prescriptions to reduce opioid overdose deaths is not working. In fact, Dr. John Lilly of Springfield, Missouri argues it may increase them by driving more users to illegal sources. Dr. Lilly’s study–published online by the Association of American Physicians and […]

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Medicare Is Cracking Down on Opioids. Doctors Fear Pain Patients Will Suffer.

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

   https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/27/health/opioids-medicare-limits.html   Mark Zobrosky suffers from chronic back pain. His Medicare won’t cover his opioid prescription costs anymore. Credit Eamon Queeney for The New York Times Medicare Is Cracking Down on Opioids.Doctors Fear Pain Patients Will Suffer. Officials are close to limiting doses of the painkillers, but doctors say doing socould put older patients […]

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Veteran kills self in John Cochran VA Medical Center waiting room

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/veteran-kills-self-in-john-cochran-va-medical-center-waiting/article_98b297b8-1ed2-52f9-8301-dc49c23fe2ea.html A veteran committed suicide inside the John Cochran VA Medical Center at 915 North Grand Boulevard early Monday Authorities have not identified the victim. The hospital said he was a veteran. “We are grieved to confirm that a Veteran was found deceased in our medical center early this morning,” spokeswoman Marcena C. Gunter said […]

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