What the JAMA Opioid Study Didn’t Find

Posted on March 11, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/3/10/what-the-krebs-opioid-study-didnt-find A recent opioid study published in the Journal Of the American Medical Association (JAMA)  evaluated pain management in patients with hip and knee osteoarthritis and low back pain. The study by VA researcher Erin Krebs, MD, and colleagues found that “treatment with opioids was not superior to treatment with nonopioid medications for improving pain-related […]

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DON’T PUNISH PAIN RALLY

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

                                              Dear Friends and Family, I am writing you to invite you to an event in Arizona.  Many of you know that I am an advocate on behalf of the chronic pain community.  […]

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Nondiscrimination Standards Under ACA Section 1557: Now Is the Time to Act

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.ebglaw.com/news/nondiscrimination-standards-under-aca-section-1557-now-is-the-time-to-act/ Health Care and Life Sciences Client Alert September 15, 2016 Helaine I. Fingold, Lesley R. Yeung, Jonathan K. Hoerner Download a PDF of this piece Health insurers and group health plan sponsors must closely review the final rule titled “Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities” (“Final Rule”) implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care […]

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Sessions Admits Feds Can’t Effectively Police Marijuana In States

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Sessions Admits Feds Can’t Effectively Police Marijuana In States www.marijuanamoment.net/sessions-admits-feds-cant-effectively-police-marijuana-in-states/   Tom Angell U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions acknowledged on Saturday that the Department of Justice does not have enough resources to enforce prohibition against everyone who violates federal marijuana laws. “We’re not going to be able, even if we desired, to take over state […]

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Trump officials study death penalty for drug dealers in opioid epidemic

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

www.bangordailynews.com/2018/03/10/news/nation/trump-officials-study-death-penalty-for-drug-dealers-in-opioid-epidemic/ WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is studying new policy that could allow prosecutors to seek the death penalty for drug dealers, according to people with knowledge of the discussions, a sign that the White House wants to make a strong statement in addressing the opioid crisis. President Donald Trump last week suggested executing drug […]

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Should AG Session appoint special prosecutor to investigate the DEA ?

Posted on March 10, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA Praises Man Who Once Said Marijuana “Makes Darkies Think They’re as Good as White Men” www.thejointblog.com/dea-praises-man-said-marijuana-makes-darkies-think-theyre-good-white-men/ The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has Tweeted praise towards an unabashed racist who helped make marijuana illegal. No one is more responsible for marijuana  prohibition than Harry J. Anslinger, a former government official who used racism to make the point […]

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Insurers and other nontraditional care providers like CVS say they aren’t trying to replace doctors or randomly shave expenses.

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Insurers get into care, but is it good for your health? www.wtop.com/national/2018/03/insurers-get-into-care-but-is-it-good-for-your-health/ In the not-too-distant future, your health insurance, your prescription drugs and some of your treatment may come from the same company. Insurers are dropping billions of dollars on acquisitions and expansions in order to get more involved in customer health. They say this […]

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Acetaminophen: 112,000 annual calls to poison control centers, 59,000 emergency room visits and 38,000 hospitalizations

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Acetaminophen Often Taken In Excess During Cold and Flu Season https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/03/09/acetaminophen-often-taken-excess-during-cold-and-flu-season-12682 A new study published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology suggests increased use and overdose of the common over-the-counter (OTC) pain reliever and fever reducing medication, acetaminophen, happens during cold and flu season. No surprise there. People don’t often realize that there are […]

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ACLU sues US, alleging systematic separation of parents and children

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/09/aclu-sues-us-alleging-systematic-separation-parents-and-children.html The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing the U.S. government of broadly separating immigrant families seeking asylum. The lawsuit, filed Friday, follows action the ACLU took in the case of a Congolese woman and her 7-year-old daughter, who were being held in immigration facilities 2,000 miles apart. The woman was […]

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If the number of emails I get is any indication of what is going on “out there”.. it is really starting to hit the fan

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

I just saw your articles tonight very interesting. But I think all of us chronic pain patients are out of luck. I was just wondering if you knew why Medicare does not want my Dr to let me have Baclofen and a another muscle relaxer. I get one for my rheumatologist and one from my […]

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