Here comes a tsunami of illegal Fentanyl OD’s ?

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.fox8live.com/2019/02/11/dea-issues-warning-new-killer-drug/ NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – “It’s a synthetic opioid very similar in its analog composure to fentanyl, but it’s a lot stronger,” said FBI Associate Special Agent-in-Charge Brad Byerley. Byerley said the synthetic opioid is 10,000 times stronger than morphine and 5,000 times stronger than heroin. It’s been linked to overdose deaths in cities and […]

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free lance journalist seeking to talk to chronic pain pts who are being denied pain management

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

This note will introduce you to a free lance journalist, Bill Myers  ( myers101@outlook.com  ).  Like Elizabeth Llorente — who did the excellent series on “Treating Pain In America” in December and January — Mr Myers is putting together a proposal for editors of mass media in which his work has appeared.  To support a […]

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Veteran suicides at VA hospitals “a desperate form of protest”

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

http://univadis.com/player/ymjhgvtpt?m=unv_eml_essentials_enl_v4-q42018_20190211&partner=unl&rgid=5qyymhcquzeifdwrjcvfzrn&ts=2019021100&o=tile_2_id&utm_source=Retention&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=unv_eml_essentials_enl_v4-q42018_20190211_02 Takeaway Veterans Administration (VA) hospitals have seen a disturbing trend of veterans committing suicide on hospital property; 17 such suicides took place from October 2017 to November 2018, 7 of them in parking lots, the Washington Post reported. Details Mental health experts are concerned veterans are taking their lives on VA property as “a […]

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