Study Finds Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Ineffective at Curbing Overdoses

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Study Finds Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Ineffective at Curbing Overdoses https://www.ajmc.com/newsroom/study-finds-prescription-drug-monitoring-programs-ineffective Prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) are now in place in response to rising levels of overdoses involving opioids and synthetic opioids. But a new study that sought to clarify the relationship between PDMPs and their effectiveness in attacking the nation’s drug problem found limited […]

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Investigation: Chronic pain patients denied life-saving medicine because of opioid crackdown

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Investigation: Chronic pain patients denied life-saving medicine because of opioid crackdown https://www.wtae.com/article/investigation-chronic-pain-patients-denied-life-saving-medicine-because-of-opioid-crackdown/27377991 PITTSBURGH — Action News Investigates has learned the war against opioids is causing collateral damage — chronic pain patients who are being denied life-saving medicine. Watch the investigative report by @VanOsdol_WTAE in the video player above. Medical experts said the government crackdown on […]

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Dr Bill Bennett “drug czar” under Bush (43) says that war on drugs – going the wrong way now

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Dr Bennett is still not really “with it” they were asking him about the bribery charges against the head of insys therapeutics and claim that “if they were pushing pills”… Insys was “pushing” Subsys whicquh is a sublingual Fentanyl spray – currently no solid opiate/controlled substance products.  Also is quoting the 72 K deaths… when […]

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Hallelujah

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

 

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