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Suit: Woman killed herself after Olathe doctor got her hooked on opioids, cut her off https://www.kansascity.com/news/business/health-care/article216457440.html Some time around Jan. 19, Jacquelyn Spicer sent one last email to her Olathe doctor, the man who had treated her back pain with opioids for a decade before he suddenly stopped, according to court documents. Then she killed […]

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5 Questions for Florida Attorney General Candidate Ashley Moody https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2018/07/06/5-questions-for-florida-attorney-general-candidate-ashley-moody/ Attorney General Bondi has made opioids and human trafficking key issues of her office. From a legal stance, what is the biggest issue right now facing the state? I wish I could say that we’re at a point where the attorney general coming in will […]

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FDA seeks to tailor length of opioid prescriptions to patient conditions https://www.bendbulletin.com/health/6432868-151/fda-seeks-to-tailor-length-of-opioid-prescriptions The Food and Drug Administration is developing new opioid prescribing guidelines that would tailor the duration of the prescriptions to specific patient conditions. Speaking at a provider roundtable with Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, on Tuesday in Bend, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb […]

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‘Middlemen’ Account for One Third of US Drug Costs https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/900505 About one third of drug spending in the United States goes to pharmacies, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), and hospitals or clinics that dispense drugs, according to an analysis published by Health Affairs. US healthcare spending is a critical economic and political issue, with skyrocketing drug […]

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Big Brother Walmart Is Watching Your Meds Very Carefully. And Not Just Painkillers https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/05/11/big-brother-walmart-watching-your-meds-very-carefully-and-not-just-painkillers-12950 In the name of battling our misnamed “opioid epidemic,” (1) which has only resulted in making things worse (2) there is a casualty that is far worse than anything that could be caused by a drug – the loss of our right […]

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Chicago limits opioid prescriptions for city employees http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-limits-opioids-0807-story.html# The city of Chicago is asking major employers to follow its lead and limit coverage of prescription opioid painkillers to seven days at a time for many workers. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced Monday that many city employees will now be limited to seven days worth of prescription […]

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just the other day a man whom was in so much pain had went to the Main St over path of the 15 fwy and tried to jump ..They got him down safely but this is what pain can do to a person .I myself feel like doing the same thing at times well not […]

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Then They Came For My Xanax – Opioid Madness Metastasizes https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/08/08/then-they-came-my-valium-opioid-madness-metasticizes-13286#comment-4031015126 Self-righteous busybodies, apparently not content with the carnage caused by their magnificently inept mishandling of the fake opioid crisis (1) have taken up a new cause – one that will make many of you anxious. They are now concerned about an increase in the number […]

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The cuts to a major disability program in Trump’s budget https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/the-cuts-to-a-major-disability-program-within-trumps-budget/?__twitter_impression=true When Budget Director Mick Mulvaney assumed the podium in the White House briefing room last week and previewed the administration’s 2018 budget, Heather Block’s fears quickly turned to outrage. Block, a 54-year-old former international aid worker from Lewes, Delaware, listened with growing anger as […]

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