Teamwork and technology: Facing the opioid epidemic head on

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Teamwork and technology: Facing the opioid epidemic head on. https://www.drugstorenews.com/pharmacy/teamwork-and-technology-facing-the-opioid-epidemic-head-on/ The Opioid epidemic paints a grim picture that is impossible to overlook: according to the provisional 2017 data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the U.S. had 49,068 opioid overdose deaths, more than any previous year on record.1 The number of deaths involving a […]

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Life: quality or quantity… One.. Both… Neither… decided by someone else ?

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

I have a chronic illness and suffer from non stop pain. Last March, when my father was dying and I was flying back and forth to Montana I spoke to my pain management people about the 15 plus hour flights. I explained the increased strain, pain, and stress I was under. (One flight actually got […]

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Revolutionary new blood test can instantly identify chronic pain

Posted on October 17, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Revolutionary new blood test can instantly identify chronic pain https://newatlas.com/blood-test-chronic-pain/54507/ A world-first blood test that can objectively identify chronic pain has been developed by a team of Australian researchers. The test can reportedly identify color changes in immune cells affected by chronic pain and hopefully give doctors a new way to diagnose the severity of […]

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