It has been six months since Tennessee enacted new laws to restrict the number of opioid prescriptions, but it still comes as a shock to patients.
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It has been six months since Tennessee enacted new laws to restrict the number of opioid prescriptions, but it still comes as a shock to patients
Posted on January 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Oregon law keeps secret doctors overprescribing opioids
Posted on January 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Oregon law keeps secret doctors over prescribing opioids https://www.bluemountaineagle.com/capital_bureau/oregon-law-keeps-secret-doctors-overprescribing-opioids/article_2d7b30be-1504-11e9-88fe-d75b3dee0d05.html State officials know of 160 doctors with suspicious prescribing patterns, but Oregon law shields those doctors from further scrutiny. Legislators put little teeth into a 2018 law that requires doctors to register for a program that monitors drug prescriptions. Doctors, for instance, face no sanction if […]
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New Prescriber’s Guide to the New Medicare Part D opiate dosing policies
Posted on January 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
The roadmap details our three- pronged approach to combating the opioid epidemic going forward: 1) prevention of new cases of opioid use disorder (OUD); 2) treatment of patients who have already become dependent on or addicted to opioids; and 3) utilization of data from across the country to better target prevention and […]
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Judge dismisses opioid crisis lawsuits against drug makers
Posted on January 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Judge dismisses opioid crisis lawsuits against drug makers https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/hartford/judge-dismisses-opioid-crisis-lawsuits-against-drugmakers/1694181747 HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – A Connecticut judge has dismissed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma and other drug makers brought by 37 cities and towns in the state that blame the companies for the opioid crisis and sought to recoup millions of dollars spent responding to the crisis. […]
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I called Walgreens mail order… they were stopping the methadone just like that.. it is not for a cancer pt
Posted on January 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
My name is Mary and I am a stage 4 cancer patient. In 2007 I was Diagnosed with a primary Pertinal cancer,Stage 3 C ,Primary colon cancer,stage3 ,2005 Back fusion L 4 L5 S1. I have had 8 lower bow Blockages,1 of them had to have surgery,,Then I had a nother open surgery and lost […]
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The new American healthcare for all… only provides coverage to those who don’t need it
Posted on January 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
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Scientists seek ways to finally take a real measure of pain
Posted on January 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Scientists seek ways to finally take a real measure of pain http://www.tribtown.com/2019/01/10/us-med-measuring-pain/ WASHINGTON — Is the pain stabbing or burning? On a scale from 1 to 10, is it a 6 or an 8? Over and over, 17-year-old Sarah Taylor struggled to make doctors understand her sometimes debilitating levels of pain, first from joint-damaging childhood […]
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Attention Missouri Pain Patients
Posted on January 10, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Attention Missouri Pain Patients www.medium.com/@marycremer/attention-missouri-pain-patients-fc398bc34c8a We are in need of YOUR personal story. Please email to… mopainadv@gmail.com What’s needed? We need to know what is happening in your pain control lives. These are some ideas. • Are you still receiving pain meds? • Have your pain meds been cut or threatened? If so, why? • […]
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