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https://www.whio.com/news/national/more-than-million-americans-prescribed-wrong-dose-common-drugs-scientists-say/teBg0N0pHLxaFdjFnDtoHK/ More than 11 million people in the United States may have been given the wrong prescription dose for common drugs, according to scientists from the Stanford University School of Medicine. >> Read more trending news The researchers analyzed the reliability of updated pooled cohort equations, guidelines often used as online web tools that help […]

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www.nationalpainreport.com/survey-finding-chronic-pain-community-energized-and-angry-8836472.html “They are amazing and they are pissed.” That is how Terri Lewis Ph.D. described the early responses she has been receiving from a survey we are promoting on the National Pain Report. The survey–which Dr. Lewis developed– is designed to capture data from the chronic pain community that can be shared with the FDA […]

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DEA Agent Wants To Separate Facts From Myths Regarding Medical Marijuana http://www.newson6.com/story/38376205/dea-agent-wants-to-separate-facts-from-myths-regarding-medical-marijuana TULSA, Oklahoma – On June 26, 2018, Oklahomans will vote whether to legalize medical marijuana. The head of Oklahoma’s Drug Enforcement Administration office said he wants people to separate the facts from the myths, so he speaks to church groups and organizations about […]

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https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2018/06/lets-order-a-round-of-respect-for-both-patients-and-physicians.html To complement Aaron Lacy’s post on treating colleagues with respect, I’d like to expand that concept to include treating patients with respect too. That means if a patient says she’s freezing, and adding insult to injury, has been sick as well,  adjust the thermostat a little, please, even if you as the doctor isn’t cold. […]

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DEA Agent: Pot Still Illegal Despite State, City Laws https://www.newsmax.com/politics/dea-enforce-marijuana-canibus/2018/06/10/id/865248/ The Drug Enforcement Administration will keep enforcing the federal law against marijuana — despite New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s reported plan to decriminalize pot, a federal agent declared. In an interview with radio host John Catsimatidis aired Sunday on “The Cats Roundtable,” James Hunt, […]

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www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2018/6/11/sessions-overdoses-finally-started-to-decline There are signs – very tentative signs –  that the U.S. is making progress in the so-called opioid epidemic. Attorney General Jeff Sessions alluded to some of them in a speech on Friday.   “New CDC preliminary data show that last fall, drug overdoses finally started to decline.  Heroin overdose deaths declined steadily from […]

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Pharmacy benefit managers target opioid crisis www.capitolweekly.net/pharmacy-benefit-managers-opioid-crisis/ “One critical step championed by PBMs is requiring electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) of controlled substances in Medicare. E-prescribing of controlled substances helps ensure each prescription is written by a legitimate prescriber and filled by a legitimate pharmacy.” H.R. 4275: Empowering Pharmacists in the Fight Against Opioid Abuse Act https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4275 Summary: This bill […]

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