Discriminating against chronic pain pts at the corporate level ?

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Chronic pain pts are considered part of a protected class under the Americans with Disability act and discriminating under this act is considered a civil rights violation. The CDC guidelines is some 90 pages and apparently Walgreens has found a couple of sentences or paragraphs out of that document that they like… Here is four […]

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what do you do when the agency that is suppose to provide the “gold standard” of data provides only “blurred data” ?

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

I am sure that it is probably accurate with one caveat they don’t segregate legal meds from illegal drugs.. Methadone can be legal, Methamphetamine can be legal, Cocaine can be legal, Heroin is all illegal, Synthetics can be legal or illegal… the typical OD toxicology shows 4-7 different substances normally INCLUDING ALCOHOL.. Even if a […]

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Opioid Crisis Not Helped by Panic

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Opioid Crisis Not Helped by Panic https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/opioid-crisis-not-helped-panic The opioid crisis that gets the most attention is the growing rate of opioid-related overdose deaths in non-medical users. This conflagration consumes growing numbers of men and women, young and old, across diverse demographic categories. In 1972 President Nixon declared a “war on drugs,” and these people are […]

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