PHARMACIST STEVE

Why Alcohol Misuse May Be the Forgotten Addiction https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/addiction-recovery-101/201812/why-alcohol-misuse-may-be-the-forgotten-addiction In recent years, Americans have begun, justifiably, to recognize the complex public health problem of opioid misuse and associated overdose deaths as a national crisis. Unfortunately, as is often the case when a tidal wave of worry about a particular health issue engulfs the nation, other […]

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There are people who make things happen, those people who watch things happen, & there are those who wonder what happened. In the face of pain, there are no heroes. ~ George Orwell, 1984 There are people who make things happen, those people who watch things happen, & there are those who wonder what happened.  […]

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PDMP do not work mailing because healthcare professionals (prescribers and Pharmacists) have no way of verifying who they are really dealing with… because they have not been granted access to some sort of on line official database to be able to validate a driver’s License or SSN. There is a federal database for verifying SSN […]

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Study Finds 90% of Medicare Patients Have Little Risk of Opioid Overdose www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2019/3/22/study-finds-90-of-patients-have-negligible-risk-of-opioid-overdose-nbsp Current methods used to identify Medicare patients at high risk of overdosing on prescription opioids target many people who are not really at high risk, according to a team of researchers who found that over 90% of patients have little to no […]

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This message is for the Mothers & Fathers of our nation’s youth. It contains graphic images of what could happen to your child returning home from our Armed Forces. It demonstrates the sad truth for your son or daughter, for you and for your loved ones that to die on the battlefield is better than […]

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Risky Painkillers Commonly Prescribed for Osteoarthritis Nearly one-third of patients in one large health system get opioids, benzodiazepines https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aaos/78645 LAS VEGAS — Published guidelines warn that treating osteoarthritis (OA) with opioids and benzodiazepines can boost patients’ risk of falling. Nevertheless, physicians in a large health system were prescribing those drugs for the condition nearly a […]

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Fewer Opioids, More Pay: New Tack on How Doctors Prescribe Them https://news.bloomberglaw.com/pharma-and-life-sciences/fewer-opioids-more-pay-new-tack-on-how-doctors-prescribe-them Some doctors in Michigan are prescribing as few as four opioid pills for pain relief after a common gall bladder surgery. And, in return, they are paid 35 percent more for doing the surgery in tandem with patient education. The plan is an […]

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Tying (commerce) There is this seldom recognized part of the Sherman Antitrust Act called tying commerce.  The basics of this law is that it is ILLEGAL for any entity to force someone to purchase a product/service that person doesn’t want in order to purchase something that they do want. Think all those pain clinics that […]

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Free Lance Journalist Wants CPP stories Bill Myers is putting together a proposal for editors of mass media in which his work has appeared.  To support a future series of articles, he wants to talk with patients or caregivers of patients        (a) whose doctors have told them that they must taper down on opioid therapy […]

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Arcsology is Looking for Some Help  Arcsology is a non profit organization (pending 501c3) made up of volunteer patients, clinicians and researchers dedicated to preventing and treating arachnoiditis and diseases of the arachnoid mater. They  are recruiting new members to fulfill a few key roles. Below is the list of needed expertise. Please share on […]

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