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Chronic Pain Patients Says They’re ‘Treated Like Criminals’ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/virginia/articles/2018-08-19/chronic-pain-patients-says-theyre-treated-like-criminals FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — When the former nonprofit director_a woman with a master’s degree in social work_moved from North Carolina to Spotsylvania County last fall, she brought detailed medical records about her chronic pain and the opioids she takes to treat them. As she searched for […]

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Please Let Me Know If You Are Able To Make The RULES PROCESS MEETING IN OLYMPIA ON WEDS. 8/22 @2PM IN THE RED LION INN. And/Or Thurs & Friday In TUMWATER AT CAPITOL CENTER ON 8/23 & 24. And, Can You Please HELP Us Get The Word Out!!! Or, Have You Already???  

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/why-a-patient-paid-a-285-copay-for-a-40-drug Two years ago Gretchen Liu, 78, had a transient ischemic attack — which experts sometimes call a “mini stroke” — while on a trip to China. After she recovered and returned home to San Francisco, her doctor prescribed a generic medication called telmisartan to help manage her blood pressure. Liu and her husband Z. […]

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What the media gets wrong about opioids https://www.cjr.org/covering_the_health_care_fight/what-the-media-gets-wrong-about-opioids.php After Jillian Bauer-Reese created an online collection of opioid recovery stories, she began to get calls for help from reporters. But she was dismayed by the narrowness of the requests, which sought only one type of interviewee. “They were looking for people who had started on a […]

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Wanna tell the government how their restrictions are hurting you? Here’s how: the FDA has asked for our input- a forum where you can tell them how you’ve been affected. And you can do it anonymously. Please, do it for yourself and do it for all of us. https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FDA-2018-N-1621 We only have about two weeks […]

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