PHARMACIST STEVE

Sorry to to bother you with this but I don’t really know what else I can do and I’m trying to find other avenues. I live in a small City and my pharmacist keeps refusing to fill my prescriptions for me even with written and verbal consent from my doctor. It’s happened three times in […]

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Call for Patient Reports. I want to speak with a State Medicaid recipient in Oregon who will be forced to taper their opioid therapy to zero by the rules proposed in the Oregon Opioid Safety Commission. I’m supporting a journalist who will attend their meeting next week, and who is writing an article on the […]

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Ohio police chief fatally overdosed on drugs taken from evidence room, investigators say http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/08/02/ohio-police-chief-fatally-overdosed-on-drugs-taken-from-evidence-room-investigators-say.html An Ohio police chief died from an accidental fentanyl overdose after the drugs were removed from his department’s evidence room, officials said Wednesday. Kirkersville Police Chief James Hughes Jr. was found unresponsive in his home May 25 and pronounced dead shortly […]

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Horrendous, disabiliting pain which lead to suicide due to pain… pain is horrific pain is cruel… one day if it happened to you, you are one car accident away from living the rest of your life in torturous torment! These individuals paid the ultimate price for being tapered or taken off their medications that brought […]

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Author and Actress, Karen Duffy, to be a Focal Point & Consulting Producer for Documentary BALANCING THE PAIN SCALE https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Author-and-Actress-Karen-Duffy-to-be-a-Focal-Point-Consulting-Producer-for-Documentary-BALANCING-THE-PAIN-SCALE-20180711 A new documentary will combine the talents of author and actress Karen Duffy, two-time Emmy and seven-time Telly Award winning filmmaker Yellow Dog Productions and author, advocate and Interim CEO of U.S. Pain Foundation Nicole […]

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Medicaid plan says opioid use down 40 percent http://www.herald-dispatch.com/ap/ap_region/medicaid-plan-says-opioid-use-down-percent/article_6662fe26-45d4-5a8d-b460-a36511ffcc43.html DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s largest Medicaid plan says the amount of opioids prescribed to its members has decreased 40 percent over the past 18 months. CareSource announced Monday it plans to reduce that number by 50 percent by the end of this year.   The […]

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CDC Opioid Restrictions Reading List CDC Opioid Restrictions Reading List (as of June 22, 2017) In March 2016, the CDC published a guideline for opioid prescribing, which is being codified into laws, even though it was intended only as a guideline for PCP doctors. Pain itself is hard to live with but the latest restrictions on opioid […]

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  http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/08/01/mom-given-emergency-c-section-without-anesthesia-lawsuit-claims.html A California mom who welcomed a baby girl in November is suing her doctor and the hospital she gave birth in after she claims she underwent an emergency caesarian section without anesthesia. According to the lawsuit obtained by NBC 7 and filed on July 13, Delphina Mota and her fiancé, Paul Iheanachor, arrived […]

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We are a group of attorneys, researchers, and journalists concerned about unintended consequences of prescription drug surveillance. We are looking for patients or health care providers who have had negative personal experiences with Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs. Answers are confidential. For some respondents we may request a follow-up. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7S2szt67H63u0n0S3RQoBQ7MDE8TbLvgbKwM_7jr2yJXwfg/viewform  

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