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Pharmacists, state chamber at odds over prescription benefits https://www.tulsaworld.com/news/pharmacists-state-chamber-at-odds-over-prescription-benefits/article_2f79d3b4-23c0-50de-b20b-f0bd11b889fb.html Independent pharmacists and the integrated behemoths that account for as much as 85 percent of the prescription drug business are fighting it out be proxy this week in the Oklahoma Legislature. The pharmacists are hoping at least one of two similar bills — Senate Bill 841 […]

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Local veteran says nationwide push against opioids is hurting some of those who served https://kfor.com/2019/04/04/local-veteran-says-nationwide-push-against-opioids-is-hurting-some-of-those-who-served/ OKLAHOMA CITY – For 20 years, Don White bravely served our country and put himself in harm’s way. “There’s two Purple Hearts,” White said, showing his accolades. “I could have had three but I didn’t want to argue about it. […]

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Woman given Narcan for asthma attack now being treated for brain injury http://www.fox8live.com/2018/10/31/woman-given-narcan-asthma-attack-now-being-treated-brain-injury/ CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) – A wife and mother is being treated for a brain injury stemming from an asthma attack and now the family is blaming the Pierce Township Police Department. The family says instead of responding to her respiratory issues they […]

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http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/05/republican-sick-people-dont-deserve-affordable-care.html Republicans usually defend their health-care position with an array of buzzwords like choice, patient-centric, or competition. In a CNN interview, Representative Mo Brooks, an Alabama Republican, makes the case for Trumpcare in much starker terms: It will free healthy people from having to pay the cost of the sick. “It will allow insurance companies […]

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Tennessee Quietly Kicks 128,000 Kids Off Medicaid www.gritpost.com/tennessee-kicks-kids-medicaid/ Are your kids insured? Parents in Tennessee might want to double-check. Over the last two years, at least 128,000 kids have been removed from Medicaid coverage through TennCare or CoverKids, many without their parents’ knowledge. “What we are seeing now is massive numbers of people being dropped […]

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FDA Confirms ‘Dangerous’ Levels of Heavy Metals in Some Kratom Products https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/911370 Final results of tests performed by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on 30 kratom products confirm the presence of heavy metals, including lead and nickel, at concentrations not considered safe for human consumption, the FDA said Wednesday. The FDA first warned […]

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Chinese Fentanyl has been flooding the U.S. market for years and now China says its changing its policy on the highly addictive painkiller. NBC’s Jacob Soboroff joins Ali Velshi and Stephanie Ruhle to discuss if this is a game-changer for the opioid epidemic in the U.S. or just a good political move by China.

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https://www.democracynow.org/2019/3/27/are_federal_guidelines_for_prescribing_opioids As Oklahoma and Purdue Pharma reach a landmark settlement, we look at an underreported result of the opioid crisis: the underprescribing of opioids for patients who rely on them for pain management. This month, more than 300 doctors and medical researchers sent an open letter to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning […]

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https://youtu.be/KOBFVnbsvoI Chronic Pain Patients Are Dying Because Of Restrictions On Pain Medication (RIP Dawn Anderson)

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