doctor gets first hand view of American medicine at its worse ?

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

The new president of the California Medical Association was expecting to spend New Year’s at a wedding in Las Vegas. Instead, David Aizuss, MD, posted on Facebook about his “eye opening” first-hand view of “American medicine at its worst.” (The post is visible only to his Facebook friends and he declined MedPage Today’s request to […]

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Opioid overdose deaths plunge 31 percent in Ohio county thanks to free Narcan

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/opioid-overdose-deaths-plunge-31-percent-ohio-hamilton-county-free-narcan/ In the midst of what’s considered the nation’s worst public health crisis so far in the 21st century, one Ohio county is dramatically reducing the number of deaths related to opioid overdoses. A new report shows overdose deaths plunged by 31 percent in Hamilton County, which includes Cincinnati. There was also a 42-percent drop […]

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When a Doctor Forced Me to Taper Off Pain Medication

Posted on January 3, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

When a Doctor Forced Me to Taper Off Pain Medication https://themighty.com/2018/10/forced-taper-pain-medication/?utm_source=ChronicIllness_Page&utm_medium=Facebook I was with my pain doctor on the same medication for 20 years when the medications that control my chronic pain were stopped without my consent. On that day in April 2017, I arrived at my doctors office for a routine follow-up when a […]

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