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I filled my scripts last Wednesday at my mom & pops pharmacy. They were packed!!!!! Most people had come from Wal Mart….. https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/08/609442939/walmart-will-implement-new-opioid-prescription-limits-by-end-of-summer Walmart announced Monday it is introducing new restrictions on how it will fill opioid medication prescriptions in all of its in-store and Sam’s Club […]
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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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Oregon along with 5-6 other states has a “death with dignity ” law. it is claimed that another 30 states will have similar bills on their legislative agenda over the next year. According to https://www.newamericancentury.org/, changes in our social morals seem to be driven by MONEY… generally gambling was illegal, until the bureaucrats “did the […]
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Tonight 8PM EST THE DOCTOR’S CORNER w/ DR. KLINE & JONELLE ELGAWAY Guest: PHARMACIST GRANT Topic: Pharmacology Tune in at www.cawnation.com click “Listen” Or YT Channel: The Doctor’s Corner Call in with questions (415) 915-2291 #TheDoctorsCorner #CAW360Network #WeR1
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Your Rights in the Emergency Room https://www.webmd.com/special-reports/er-violations/20181129/patients-rights-in-the-emergency-room Nov. 29, 2018 — The Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, or EMTALA, guarantees a certain level of medical care to anyone who comes to an emergency department that accepts payments from Medicare or Medicaid. Some labor and delivery units and psychiatric hospitals are also governed by EMTALA. […]
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It is claimed that there are 10 MILLION ESI given to pts every year in this country and that an estimated 5% of the ESI’s will cause Arachnoiditis That is described as a VERY PAINFUL and IRREVERSIBLE disease state/condition. One of the medications that is typically uses is Depo-Medrol which is a […]
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China agrees to make fentanyl a controlled substance after talks with US at G20 summit https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/01/politics/fentanyl-us-china-g20-talks/index.html (CNN)China has agreed to reclassify fentanyl as a “controlled substance,” in what the White House is calling a “wonderful humanitarian gesture” after the much-anticipated talks Saturday between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Buenos Aires, […]
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Neil Gorsuch and Sonia Sotomayor Just Came Out Swinging Against Policing for Profit https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/neil-gorsuch-sonia-sotomayor-tyson-timbs-civil-forfeiture.html Tyson Timbs just wants his car back. In 2015, Timbs was charged with selling heroin to undercover officers in Indiana to fund his opioid addiction. After he pleaded guilty, a private law firm filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state […]
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When I was first eligible for Medicare and went to purchase a Medicare supplement… I knew that Congress had defined abt 8-10 different supplement programs as to what they cover… they are defined something like A thru N… and no insurance company can offer any Medicare supplement other than what Congress has defined and a […]
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