DEA: “BELIEVES” opiates being diverted – NOT FACTS – reduce pharma’s production quota

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Jeff Sessions’ Plan to Put Strict Limits on Painkiller Manufacturers Will Only Make the Opioid Crisis Worse: Reason Roundup Plus: Pompeo’s secret trip to North Korea, Justice Sotomayor’s skepticism over online sales-tax justifications, and Charleston tour guides’ fight for free speech. https://reason.com/blog/2018/04/18/-reason-roundup Jeff Sessions proposes D.E.A. control country’s supply of legal opioids. Once again misdiagnosing […]

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New Opioid Prescribing Guidance Targets Inpatient Acute Pain Management

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.specialtypharmacytimes.com/news/new-opioid-prescribing-guidance-targets-inpatient-acute-pain-management In a new guidance on safe opioid prescribing issued by a national working group, health care providers are urged to restrict opioid use for hospitalized adults with acute pain and consider the benefits and risks when determining the best treatment option for patients in an inpatient setting.   The set of 16 recommendations, published […]

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I’m too am contemplating how I’m going to commit suicide

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

I feel so deeply for you and the rest of us pain patients.  My pain clinic was abruptly closed this month by the DEA.  Before their doors shut, they gave the patients RXs for Chlonodine and Zofran to help cope with opiod withdrawals.  Today at Wegmans Pharmacy, the pharmacist told me that they have “orders […]

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The Potential Costs of Medical Malpractice

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.legalexaminer.com/medical-malpractice/the-potential-costs-of-medical-malpractice/ Medical malpractice takes place when a doctor makes a negligent error that causes unnecessary harm to a patient. Not every error constitutes negligence—if fact, doctors can make plenty of mistakes that do not. When a doctor’s error breaches the medical standard of care, however, that doctor may face liability for medical malpractice. Patients may […]

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Colorado and Montana’s Murderous 50MG MME Ceiling. Pain Crisis 2018 Continues.

Posted on April 18, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://mtrx2010.livejournal.com/2593.html ​Yesterday I saw an article posted by a doctor/pain advocate which shocked,  and gave me nightmares.  I actually had nightmares after reading the article,  and seeing the evil the state of Colorado unleashed on it’s own residents.  In short,  the article states non-cancer patients can not receive more than 50MG of MME pain medicine […]

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