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After Doctors Cut Their Opioids, Patients Turn to a Risky Treatment for Back Pain www.nytimes.com/2018/07/31/health/opioids-spinal-injections.html WASHINGTON — An injectable drug that the manufacturer says is too dangerous to use along the spine is growing in popularity for back pain as doctors turn away from opioids. The anti-inflammatory drug, called Depo-Medrol and made by Pfizer, is […]
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FDA approves painkiller 10 times stronger than fentanyl; UK doctor and other advisors objected https://www.nkytribune.com/2018/11/fda-approves-painkiller-10-times-stronger-than-fentanyl-uk-doctor-and-other-advisors-objected/ The Food and Drug Administration approved a powerful new painkiller Friday over the objections of a Kentucky doctor who co-chairs its advisory committee on such matters, and other physicians. Dr. Raeford Brown of the University of Kentucky and others argue that […]
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I-Team: Opioid crisis: Crackdown fails to cut opioid overdoses; deaths on the rise https://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/local-news/i-team-opioid-crisis-crackdown-fails-to-cut-opioid-overdoses-deaths-on-the-rise/1575669160 LAS VEGAS – A year ago this month, 8 News Now aired a multi-part, in-depth project called “#OurPain: The other side of opioids,” which explored the mostly untold stories of how a crackdown on prescription medications has affected millions of legitimate […]
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Notice NOT ONE REPUBLICAN signed this letter. It was also the Democrats that voted AGAINST Medicare Part D in 2004-2005. When Medicare started in 1965 there was no medication coverage Part A covered hospital Part B covered doc’s office visits and lab tests Once a pt got a diagnose with what their health issues where.. […]
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