DEA change may have caused illicit sales of prescription opioids to increase

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

The DEA Tightened the Rules for Legal Opioid Sales. Did That Drive the Market to the Dark Web? https://psmag.com/news/the-dea-tightened-the-rules-for-legal-opioid-sales-did-that-drive-the-market-to-the-dark-web After the 2014 rule change, sales of prescription painkillers went up among U.S. sellers on dark Web marketplaces. Prescription opioid sales in the U.S. spiked on the dark Web after it became harder for patients to […]

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B.C. doctors can’t limit opioids or discriminate against pain patients: college

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

B.C. doctors can’t limit opioids or discriminate against pain patients: college https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-bc-doctors-cant-limit-opioids-or-discriminate-against-pain-patients-2/ British Columbia doctors treating patients with chronic pain will be required to prescribe opioids without limiting dosage or refusing to see patients who are on the medication that has come to be associated with illicit overdose deaths. In revising an existing standard of […]

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Burlington to Ease Access to Opioid Addiction Medication

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/burlington-to-ease-access-to-opioid-addiction-medication/Content?oid=16884183 Gregory Shaw was spending $40 a day to buy addiction meds on the street as he waited to start opioid treatment at Rutland’s West Ridge Center. When a dealer offered him cocaine instead, the 35-year-old, who had been out on probation, took it — a decision that ultimately landed him back in prison. Shaw […]

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Cases of elder abuse bury state agencies — 400 reports of elder abuse, neglect and exploitation every week.

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/cases-of-elder-abuse-bury-state-agencies/article_3c275144-6a8f-11e8-908e-279764df3035.html The Minnesota Department of Health receives about 400 reports of elder abuse, neglect and exploitation every week. Late last year, the department was buried in a backlog of more than 2,000 reports of abuse at healthcare facilities. Health department officials say they have since caught up, thanks to help from the Department of Human […]

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CMS Roadmap TO ADDRESS THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC

Posted on June 13, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/Emergency/Downloads/Opioid-epidemic-roadmap.pdf   Could only get  *.PDF… click on link above to read 🙁  

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The insane crackdown on pain medication

Posted on June 12, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://nypost.com/2018/05/24/the-insane-crackdown-on-pain-medication/ If you have chronic, agonizing pain, your troubles are about to get worse. New state and federal regulations will make it nearly impossible to get the prescription painkillers you need. Grandstanding politicians are imposing one-size-fits-all limits on how much medication patients can receive and for how long. Pols claim they’re combating the opioid crisis, […]

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More than 11 million Americans prescribed wrong dose of common drugs, scientists say

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

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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Survey Finding Chronic Pain Community Energized and Angry

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

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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Example of the “EXCELLENT HEALTH CARE” available in Montana ?

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve



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DEA Agent – “a marijuana medical expert” talks to community about the uses of MMJ

Posted on June 11, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

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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