PHARMACIST STEVE

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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Oregon Opioid Forced Taper Debate Continues http://nationalpainreport.com/oregon-opioid-forced-taper-debate-continues-8836964.html Oregon’s Health Evidence Review Commission’s (HERC) Value based benefits Subcommittee heard testimony from national pain leaders, Oregon physicians and nurses and pain patients during a day long meeting on Thursday. At issue is the controversial proposal that HERC is considering to force taper Oregon Medicaid patients off opioids […]

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Doug Hughes: As nation cracks down on pill abuse, chronic pain sufferers left to die https://www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/gazette_opinion/op_ed_commentaries/doug-hughes-as-nation-cracks-down-on-pill-abuse-chronic/article_3a6fcd7d-8776-59e9-b8da-d352caa3fba4.html I have had Chronic Intractable Pain Syndrome for 29 years. For 23 years, I was treated to a functional ability level. Twenty-nine years with no aberrant behavior. I have seen what has gone on, and I need some answers. […]

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Chronic Pain Survey Reopened www.nationalpainreport.com/chronic-pain-survey-reopened-8837011.html By Ed Coghlan. In a week when the DEA announced it is going further reduce the supply of opioids in 2019, a leading chronic pain activist has reopened her survey of chronic pain patients. Dr. Terri Lewis pointed that while the argument continues to rage between those who want to […]

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Trump administration proposes production quota cuts for six opioids https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-opioid-manufacturing/trump-administration-proposes-production-quota-cuts-for-six-opioids-idUSKBN1L11XD WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Thursday proposed that U.S. drugmakers cut production quotas of the six most abused opioids by 10 percent next year to fight a nationwide addiction crisis. In a statement, the U.S. Justice Department and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) […]

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DEA Wants More Marijuana Grown And Fewer Opioids Produced In 2019. Really. https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/2018/08/16/dea-wants-more-marijuana-grown-and-fewer-opioids-produced-in-2019-really/#7359782214cb The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) isn’t exactly known as big fan of marijuana. But in a new Federal Register filing set to be published soon, the anti-drug agency is moving to more than quintuple the amount of cannabis that can legally be […]

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https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/16/thyroid-meds-chinese-manufacture-fails-inspection-leads-to-recall.html A medication used to treat hypothyroidism has been voluntarily recalled due to quality concerns. Westminster Pharmaceuticals, LLC has instructed wholesalers to stop distributing specific products labeled “Levothyroxine and Liothyronine (Thyroid Tablets, USP),” according to an August 9 release. Levothyroxine and Liothyronine are synthetic hormones contained in the thyroid tablets. The voluntary national recall alert […]

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Opinion: The Battle Against Opioids Could Mean Misery for Patients in Pain www.westernjournal.com/opinion-battle-opioids-mean-misery-patients-pain/ While the United States is distracted by politics, a human rights battle to the virtual death is being played out in Oregon and no mainstream media outlet is covering it. The ramifications of ending Medicaid coverage of prescribed pain medication for chronic […]

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Robber blames doctor and pharmacist for crimes, sues them for $49,000 https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2018/08/robber_claims_she_wasnt_hersel.html A 46-year-old woman who donned a ski mask and wielded a fake gun when she robbed a Southeast Portland bookstore has filed a $49,000 lawsuit against her doctor and pharmacist, claiming they gave her a dangerous mix of prescription drugs that caused her […]

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