Is it time for the chronic painers to refocus their efforts ?

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

My “little blog” just started its 7th year… I have watched people come ready to change the world and people who are no longer around for various reasons.. some gave up fighting, some have passed away and others – unfortunately – couldn’t stand their unrelenting pain any longer and used the “ultimate option” to resolve […]

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Feds Double Down On Pills As Fentanyl Deaths Double

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Feds Double Down On Pills As Fentanyl Deaths Double http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/feds-double-down-pills-fentanyl-deaths-double Fentanyl 101- Let’s Clean Up The Terminology The CDC Quietly Admits It Screwed Up Counting Opioid Pills ‘Study Links Rising Heroin Deaths to 2010 OxyContin Reformulation.’ DUH! Dear NY Times, Your Opioid Coverage Has Been Terrible. Here’s Why Mexico’s ‘Don’t Drink the Water’ is Now […]

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Getting your medications thru mail order can kill ?

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.change.org/p/claire-mccaskill-ban-mail-order-drug-mandates-from-all-health-insurance-plans My son, received a life saving liver transplant at the age of 2. His life depends on the potency and effectiveness of chemotherapy/immune suppression medications. In the past mail order delivered his liquid oral medications in nothing but a plastic envelope on a 102 degree day on a hot enclosed not temperature controlled UPS […]

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asked to pass this along – 07/16/2018

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

: Chronic pain patients in Maine? Hello – I wrote Gordon Smith, director of the Maine Medical Association, regarding my concerns with the Maine state law restricting dosage of opioid prescriptions. I don’t live in Maine, but he offered to publish a 600-word article in Maine Medicine from the chronic pain patient point of view. I […]

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Opioid Treatment 10-year Longevity Survey Final Report

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Opioid Treatment 10-year Longevity Survey Final Report https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/treatments/pharmacological/opioids/opioid-treatment-10-year-longevity-survey-final-report Patients in this study were found to be functioning quite well after 10 or more years on generally stable opioid dosages—with the vast majority able to care for themselves and even drive. About eighteen months ago, I approached the publisher of Practical Pain Management to assist in […]

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