fentanyl — a synthetic opioid — is now killing more Americans than any other drug.

Posted on March 3, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

DEADLY MYSTERY DRUG THAT SICKENED HUNDREDS HAS BEEN DISCOVERED www.wcluradio.com/deadly-mystery-drug-that-sickened-hundreds-has-been-discovered/ LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A deadly mystery drug sickened hundreds of people in the summer of 2016, ripping a destructive path down Interstate 71 from Cincinnati to Louisville. Many collapsed, struggling to breathe. Doctors sprinted outside emergency rooms to cars, yanking out those left motionless […]

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A Visitor from the Past

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

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Health Insurance Is Not Assurance Of Healthcare

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Health Insurance Is Not Assurance Of Healthcare https://www.news-line.com/PH_news28a250_enews Because of high out-of-pocket expenses, Ohioans who purchase subsidized health-exchange insurance often can’t afford the care they need when they need it. That is a central finding of a new study from researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Examining a total of nearly 43,000 […]

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Watch John Oliver Reveal Scams of America’s $35 Billion Rehab Industry

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Watch John Oliver Reveal Scams of America’s $35 Billion Rehab Industry www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/watch-john-oliver-reveal-scams-of-americas-35-billion-rehab-industry-627776/ Rehab centers are cripplingly expensive, are often unscientific – most frightening – are “dangerously unregulated,” John Oliver said on Sunday’s Last Week Tonight. The comedian exposed a frequently obscured dark side of the $35 billion industry, which encompasses over 14,500 drug treatment facilities […]

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Opioid crisis — Since when does the government write prescriptions?

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/since-when-does-the-government-write-prescriptions Opioid-related deaths nationwide jumped four-fold in the last two decades, and the epidemic has made major inroads in the Eastern states, according to a new study by a U.S.- Canadian research team. The team found that “the life expectancy lost at age 15 years from opioids is now greater […]

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Chris Cornell’s Widow Implores Congress to Act on Opioid Crisis: His ‘Death Was Not Inevitable’

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Chris Cornell’s Widow Implores Congress to Act on Opioid Crisis: His ‘Death Was Not Inevitable’ https://people.com/music/chris-cornell-congress-opioid-crisis/ Though Chris Cornell’s death in 2017 was ruled a suicide, his wife, Vicky, has said she believes the effects of a prescription drug may have played a role in the tragedy By Brianne Tracy February 26, 2019 03:09 PM Vicky […]

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Never Let an Opioid Crisis Go to Waste

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Never Let an Opioid Crisis Go to Waste www.spectator.org/never-let-an-opioid-crisis-go-to-waste/#.XHoQbpuLcZw.facebook When the Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis advised the President to declare a national emergency to deal with the overdose epidemic, HHS Secretary Tom Price wisely suggested that this step wouldn’t be particularly useful: “[T]he opioid crisis at this point can be […]

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Jury delivers $25.5 million ‘statement’ to Aetna to change its ways

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Jury delivers $25.5 million ‘statement’ to Aetna to change its ways https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/01/health/anthem-insurance-payments-patients-eprise/index.html A woman received nearly $375,000 from her insurance company over several months for treatment she received at a California rehabilitation facility. A man received more than $130,000 after he sent his fiancée’s daughter for substance abuse treatment. Those allegations are part of a […]

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FDA warns Canadian company about distributing drugs in US

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

FDA warns Canadian company about distributing drugs in US https://www.local10.com/health/fda-warns-canadian-company-about-distributing-drugs-in-us The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to the Canadian company CanaRx for playing a role in “the introduction of unapproved new drugs and misbranded drugs” to the United States, according to the letter. “These drugs are potentially dangerous to U.S. […]

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The Profiling System in Every State You Never Signed Up For Part TWO

Posted on March 1, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

www.medium.com/@heatherzamm/the-true-motivation-behind-the-opioid-crisis-profit-off-pdmps-and-profiling-private-data-theft-4b0ffb10e9d3 The True Motivation Behind the Opioid Crisis-Profit off PDMPs and Profiling, Private Data Theft Part II of Profiling & Data Theft — Our “Clueless” Elected Officials are Filling Their Pockets at The Expense Of Patient Misery States and their Statutes If one stops to peruse the state laws on the books regarding PDMPs (prescription drug monitoring programs), there is […]

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