The CDC and their fabricated data ?

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

A little CDC.gov forced honesty from their new report released 8/31/18: Opioid deaths: 14,487 out of a total of 325.7 million people in the US died in 2016 from LEGAL PRESCRIPTION opioids. That’s .000004% of the population! Now why is there a hysteria over PRESCRIPTION opioids? Good question! Especially when alcohol related deaths are 88,000 […]

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emergency room she was denied any pain medication ..even during debridement

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

For people who think that the refusal to treat pain is just for chronic pain patients and they don’t feel that they shouldn’t help fix this issue. she got severely burned on her arm and went to the emergency room she was denied any pain medication while she was there and was sent home with […]

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$100K per year of life gained: CVS’ move to let insurers cap drug prices sparks intense controversy

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

$100K per year of life gained: CVS’ move to let insurers cap drug prices sparks intense controversy https://www.advisory.com/daily-briefing/2018/09/21/drug-prices Amid an industry-wide debate on how to stem drug price increases, CVS launched a new program to allow self-funded insurers to deny coverage for certain treatments deemed too expensive—a move that is sparking intense industry debate, Vox […]

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Local chronic pain sufferers protest opioid restrictions at the capitol

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.channel3000.com/news/local-chronic-pain-sufferers-protest-opioid-restrictions-at-the-capitol-1/796876048 On Tuesday morning, a group of people gathered in the Wisconsin capitol rotunda to tell their stories of chronic pain and protest guidelines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has put on opioids in an attempt to stop the addiction epidemic. Dr. Mandira N Mehra – Reviews Pain Medicine Madison, WI   https://www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Mandira_Mehra/reviews  3.3 Stars – […]

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AG Session: sizable number of physicians who were over prescribing opioid pain pills, which were not helping people get well

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Utilizing the palliative care “loophole” in chronic pain management www.medium.com/@aaronsells/utilizing-the-palliative-care-loophole-in-chronic-pain-management-6a25611a6f21 The DOJ is successfully escalating angst among general practitioners, who are already reluctant to prescribe narcotics above guidelines, (that were established by the CDC), out of fear of being targeted as outliers by the DEA. In turn, many patients with intractable pain are forced to, […]

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