FDA joins 22 countries’ recall of common heart drug

Posted on July 14, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

FDA joins 22 countries’ recall of common heart drug https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/13/health/valsartan-recall-fda-bn/index.html (CNN)A common drug used to control blood pressure and help prevent heart failure was announced by the US Food and Drug Administration on Friday, a week after 22 other countries recalled it because the drug contains a chemical that poses a potential cancer risk. Valsartan […]

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NV: opiate dosing guidelines — what could go wrong ?

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Woman shoots herself in back to alleviate pain

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ROBINSON, TX (KXXV) – A woman was taken to the hospital Friday morning after a shooting in Robinson.  Robinson police were on the scene in the 600 block of Karnes Drive in Robinson. Police said that a 76-year-old woman had shot herself in the back after experiencing chronic pain that she could no longer tolerate.  […]

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A intractable chronic pain pt can be “created” in a “heartbeat’

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