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Canadian study finds benzodiazepine use in patients drops 45 percent after medical cannabis treatment https://www.thegrowthop.com/cannabis-health/cannabis-medical/canadian-study-finds-benzodiazepine-use-among-patients-drops-45-percent-after-medical-cannabis-treatment Four in 10 patients who regularly consumed benzodiazepines stopped taking the medication within about six months of initiating and being monitored on medical cannabis, Aleafia Health Inc. reports in what it believes is the first study of its kind published […]

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https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/doj-sticking-with-cvs-aetna-merger-pact-despite-negative-public-comments/548601/ Dive Brief: After reading 173 comments from the public — all expressing some opinion about the proposed settlement in the CVS-Aetna merger case — the Department of Justice said its agreement would remain unchanged. The feedback reflected a “wide range of views,” the DOJ said in a response filed last week in the D.C. […]

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Grand Slam Article by Dr. Josh Bloom Shows True Opioid Stats www.medium.com/@heatherzamm/grand-slam-article-from-dr-josh-bloom-shows-true-opioid-statistics-a83331e84161 Government Failure Unreported by Media; Meth Deaths Triple & Then Some Since ‘11 I checked in to the ACSH website as it has been almost a month, with holidays and whatnot, and I was blown away by the article Dr. Bloom had published on December […]

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  Filling so many prescriptions so fast that a pharmacist’s biggest concern is the ability to use the bathroom. Our study showed compliance with dispensing laws to be around 20%…so any wonder as to how the apetite for drug use amongst our citizens grew? Look to the insurance contracts and the chains that willingly signed […]

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Using opioids to treat addiction is considered the gold standard. So why aren’t more doctors prescribing them? https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/news/nation/using-opioids-to-treat-addiction-is-considered-the-gold-standard/article_429a001f-a7ab-5cca-8c50-b0a49df8989f.html PHILADELPHIA — Doctors need no special training to prescribe the opioid pain pills widely blamed for fueling a national addiction crisis. But prescribing the medicine considered the gold standard for addiction treatment is another story entirely. Opioid-based […]

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Woman’s estate blames medical care providers for her death https://wvrecord.com/stories/511741378-woman-s-estate-blames-medical-care-providers-for-her-death HUNTINGTON — An administrator is suing a medical providers, citing alleged negligence and vicarious liability. Kateland McCreery filed a complaint in Cabell Circuit Court against the defendants alleging that they deviated from acceptable standards of medical care. According to the complaint, McCreery alleges that on […]

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 ZDoggMD has point about healthcare professionals being attacked… but.. often times the healthcare professional is nothing more than a messenger of the corporation that they work for, for the insurance company that is screwing around about coverage, or some governmental BS regulations. Attack can be used to describe a large range of issues.. over the […]

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https://www.healio.com/family-medicine/pain-management/news/online/%7b279c0f20-e628-412b-b1a1-42864319b3c3%7d/cms-criteria-do-not-accurately-identify-patients-at-risk-for-opioid-use-disorder-overdose The CMS opioid overutilization criteria may not accurately identify patients at risk for opioid use disorder or overdose, according to a research letter published in JAMA. “Based on the CMS opioid overutilization criteria, the majority of the Medicare Part D patients diagnosed with opioid use disorder or overdose were not identified as ‘opioid overutilizers,’ […]

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