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Montana has become a wasteland for pain management https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/montana-has-become-a-wasteland-for-pain-management/article_e567f3fa-a8dc-5f69-aa83-16d37394d496.html#comments Why would we be sycophants for the Attorney General, who misrepresents the facts for political gain, so he can claim a “victory” in a drug war (against people) that is 50 years old, costing $2 trillion? AG Fox is featured in the Montana Medical Association bulletin […]

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Hello, Let me take this time to introduce myself and give a little background of who I am and what I believe. First, my name is Sarah Yerxa. I am a pain patient and advocate. I have been an advocate for different reasons for most of my life. I’m an event planner, a researcher and […]

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https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2019-04-02%20CEG%20RW%20to%20CVS%20Health%20Corporation%20(Insulin).pdf   This letter is signed by Senators Grassley & Wyden who are chair and co-chair of the Senate Committee On Finance Within the letter they are quoted as “We want to ensure that patients are able to acquire prescription drugs necessary for them to enjoy a happy and healthy life, and ensure that those […]

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Walgreens, which has already angered store managers by slashing their bonuses, plans more cost-cutting https://www.pantagraph.com/business/walgreens-which-has-already-angered-store-managers-by-slashing-their/article_01f7bf03-4382-5754-8b40-e00d7c191c23.html Walgreens reported what it called its most difficult quarter in years on Tuesday, saying it will aim to cut another $500 million in costs annually by 2022, hitting workers and managers who are already feeling the pinch and spurring a […]

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Naloxone should be coprescribed to high-risk patients, say federal agencies https://www.pharmacytoday.org/article/S1042-0991(19)30239-7/fulltext The U.S. Surgeon General wants naloxone to be in the hands of more people and has openly urged physicians to prescribe it. Now, federal agencies are following this lead with their own calls to action. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently […]

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https://youtu.be/T2mhmLsd79E https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/fentanyl/risk.html On March 27, the Centers for Disease Control, in collaboration with the Fredericksburg, Virginia Police and Fire Departments, released this video (above) to “help emergency responders understand the risks and what they can do to protect themselves from exposure to illicit drugs,” according to its description. Introduced with a crime-drama soundtrack announcing a “real-life” scenario, […]

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The CDC is winning, my friends! And why is that? Monetary payoffs — especially to hospitals to NOT prescribe necessary pain medications!! I for one, know of this first hand! ! I just got a 7 level neck/thoracic fusion surgery yesterday & by last night the hospital ABSOLUTELY REFUSED TO TREAT ME PROPERLY WITH THE […]

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Safety concerns with the Centers for Disease Control opioid calculator https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5739114/ Morphine milligram equivalence (MME) and other comparable acronyms have been employed in federal pain guidelines and used by policy makers to limit opioid prescribing.1–5 On March 18, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released its Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain.1 The […]

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Doctors hope to fight substance abuse by limiting opioid prescriptions, but it may cause another crisis for those with chronic pain. Kate Snow speaks with a patient struggling to manage her pain with less than half of her old prescription for opioid pills and patch tonight on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. https://www.facebook.com/C50Advocacy/

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I find this article very interesting, if you notice all the references/foot notes have to deal with mostly only one conclusion about substance abuse/addiction. There is not one mention if the CDC really had statue authority of even being able to generate/publish such opiate dosing guidelines. I suppose that could be because that was not […]

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