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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 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 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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International Stakeholder Community of Pain Experts and Leaders Call for an Urgent Action on Forced Opioid Tapering https://academic.oup.com/painmedicine/article/20/3/429/5218985 We, the undersigned, stand as a unified community of stakeholders and key opinion leaders deeply concerned about forced opioid tapering in patients receiving long-term prescription opioid therapy for chronic pain. This is a large-scale humanitarian issue. Our […]

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Sen. Caleb Rowden is interviewed by liberty guru Gary Nolan. Caleb explains that the new reason for passing a 2019 PDMP bill is keep the St. Louis County PDMP from passing your personal information on to the federal government, which could use it to infringe on your right to bear arms. What else could he […]

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Can the Damage Done by the CDC’s Opioid Guidelines Be Reversed? The agency’s acknowledgment of the suffering caused by its prescribing advice may be too little, too late. www.reason.com/2019/05/01/can-the-damage-done-by-the-cdcs-opioid-guidelines-be-reversed/ When the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published its opioid prescribing guidelines in 2016, the American Medical Association worried about “unintended consequences,” including “the potential […]

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Big Red-Flag Study on Telemedicine Should we be worried? https://www.medpagetoday.com/resource-centers/ms-resource-centertime-start-treating-ms-earlier/1652 Can telemedicine replace a traditional visit to the doctor? Dr. Mike doesn’t think so. He’s worried that the drive for profits will take center stage, shoving proper healthcare to the rear. Following is a transcript of his remarks in the video: To summarize, a study […]

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The Secret Government Study that Leveraged the Opioid Crisis- THE TRUTH Part II It was NEVER about ADDICTION. Congress decided to throw the American People under the bus www.medium.com/@heatherzamm/the-secret-government-study-that-leveraged-the-opioid-crisis-the-truth-part-ii-124ea4dfec91 Calls were ignored. Politicians sent back form letters. Specifically, I will never forget Senator Bob Casey sending me a form letter about immigration when I sent him a […]

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The Violation of a Nation Part I The Secret Government Study that Leveraged the Opioid Crisis www.medium.com/@heatherzamm/the-violation-of-a-nation-part-i-953f189ce0f0 Just about every patient I advocate for in the incurable painful disease patient community has asked me one question I was never able to answer. Because it also danced in MY mind. Why are they doing this to us? Why […]

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