Another Vet left being tortured by the VA & the govt that promised to take care of him

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

It’s OFFICIAL the VA has now fully tapered my dad. His last RX is coming and that’s the end. Their intentions were all along to kill my father, even after the family begging them not to take away his pain medication. It was the VA who put my father on the pain program now they […]

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A Federal Court Says Your Prescription Records Aren’t Really Private. The Supreme Court Might Have Something to Say About That.

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

A Federal Court Says Your Prescription Records Aren’t Really Private. The Supreme Court Might Have Something to Say About That. https://www.aclu.org/blog/privacy-technology/location-tracking/federal-court-says-your-prescription-records-arent-really When you fill a prescription at your local drug store, you would surely bristle at someone behind you peeking over your shoulder — but in a decision issued last week, a federal court in […]

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Opioid bill ignores real problem, creates host of new ones, critics argue

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.watchdog.org/minnesota/opioid-bill-ignores-real-problem-creates-host-of-new-ones/article_6f73481c-4c18-11e9-bc8c-9b551bb84e55.html A Minnesota bill seeking to establish an Opioid Stewardship Fund doesn’t address the root cause of the opioid crisis – the illegal sale of narcotics – and will only increase costs to taxpayers, insurance companies and their customers, critics argue. And while well-intentioned, it potentially could drive pharmaceutical companies out of the state, they […]

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Dr Mark Ibsen : unhappy about how a cancer survivor veteran loosing his pain meds

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

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Under treatment of pain – ELDER ABUSE – plaintiff awarded 1.5 million by jury

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.mywhatever.com/cifwriter/library/eperc/fastfact/ff63.html Title: Fast Fact and Concept #63: The legal liability of undertreatment of pain Author(s): Warm, Eric; Weissman, David E It is well recognized that physician’s fear of fear of regulatory scrutiny (DEA, state medical boards), is a major contributor to the problem of under treatment of pain. A recent landmark lawsuit should be a […]

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