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FDA Warns Against Using Unapproved Meds in Implanted Pain Pumps https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/904885 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare providers about the risk for complications with intrathecal administration of pain medications that are not approved for use with implanted intrathecal pumps. These complications may include dosing errors, pump failure, opioid withdrawal, and infection, […]

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Obviously this dr. Was a pcp and not a pain. Specialist. Which is a red flag for any pharmacy!! Understand acute pain but that patient should only need 28 tablets as a 7 day supply not 60-270 as most drs. Prescribe. He was continuing at a rate of a pain. Expert which prompted walmart to […]

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All adults should be screened for unhealthy alcohol use, new guidelines say https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/13/health/alcohol-use-screening-guidelines-uspstf-study You can expect a “drinking checkup” when you visit the doctor. All adults, including pregnant women, should be screened for unhealthy alcohol use by their primary care physicians, the United States Preventive Services Task Force advises. For those patients who drink above […]

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A Nevada doctor plans to sue Walmart after the big-box company told its patients it will no longer fill their prescriptions. Dr. Gary Ridenour has been a Fallon doctor for more than 30 years. He’s a country doctor who still makes house calls. “I like the smallness of the town. I like the people of […]

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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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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 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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Lawsuits targeting business websites over ADA violations are on the rise http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hotels-ada-compliance-20181111-story.html The boutique Avanti Hotel is known for its poolside, dog-friendly rooms. Yet its website uses the valuable opening page not to highlight the Palm Springs inn’s amenities, but to explain, in stark black letters on a plain white background, that the Avanti violated […]

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Veterans Day: By the time I saw my VA doctor, he said it was too late https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/veterans-day-by-the-time-i-saw-my-va-doctor-he-said-it-was-too-late As I sat in the Phoenix Veterans Affairs hospital on Dec. 21, 2012, I had no idea my life was about to change. I’d seen a nurse practitioner in 2011 and was finally consulting with a VA urologist […]

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Ignored As An Election Issue, Deaths From Medical Errors Have Researchers Alarmed https://www.forbes.com/sites/leahbinder/2018/11/09/ignored-as-an-election-issue-deaths-from-medical-errors-have-researchers-alarmed/#268d65a8653d We learned Tuesday that health care is a big concern for voters, with exit polling from CNN, NBC and other major outlets showing 40 percent of Americans picked health care as their most important issue. Yet neither political party is taking on […]

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