PHARMACIST STEVE

Morris & Dickson Settle for $22 Million for Failing to Report (allegedly) Suspicious Opioid Orders https://www.drugtopics.com/latest/morris-dickson-settle-22-million-failing-report-suspicious-opioid-orders Morris & Dickson Company, LLC, will pay the United States $22 million in civil penalties to settle charges that it violated controlled substance laws by “failing to report suspicious orders of hydrocodone and oxycodone.” The settlement agreement is the […]

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Pharmacists’ role in promoting patient safety through deprescribing http://exclusive.multibriefs.com/content/pharmacists-role-in-promoting-patient-safety-through-deprescribing/pharmaceutical Pharmacists are obviously key players in prescribing medications. Now, as medication-related harm impacts aging populations, these same pharmacists are being called to take on an equally crucial role in the deprescribing process. Deprescribing — the planned and supervised identification and reduction or discontinuation of unnecessary, inappropriate […]

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Report: DEA Agent Funded His Son’s Spring Break Trip With Taxpayer Dollars https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/06/11/report-dea-agent-funded-his-sons-spring-break-trip-with-hundreds-of-thousands-of-taxpayer-dollars-n2547965 While many spring break goers try to avoid the fuzz on their wild and crazy excursions during college, one attendee apparently was paid by the Drug Enforcement Administration while on his trip in what the Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector […]

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I have had my medications restored!! I was losing hope that I would ever get to post this update, but here we are! I finally reestablished my care with an incredible physician who not only see and believes I’m in pain, but trusts that I am not seeking a high. She restored the medication that […]

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Did the crackdown on opioid prescriptions go too far? Here’s why doctors are reconsidering https://amp.indystar.com/amp/1287864001   Johnna Magers suffers from chronic pain and worries about pain medication guidelines that keep opioids from those who really need it. Kelly Wilkinson, kelly.wilkinson@indystar.com About two years ago, Johnna Magers’ health insurer abruptly announced it would stop paying for […]

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Why these employees are the most opioid-prescribed feds https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/watchdogs/2019/06/10/why-postal-employees-are-the-most-opioid-prescribed-feds Nationwide efforts to address the opioid epidemic have resulted in a reduction in the number of opioids prescribed to patients and the length of time a physician can prescribe such medication to a patient without extenuating circumstances. But a June 6 report by the U.S. Postal […]

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https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/sites/default/files/Lawhern.ResponseHHSPainManagementTaskForce_June2019.pdf   Abstract:   This paper offers a response by medical professionals and patient advocates to the May 2019 final draft report recommendations of the HHS Inter-Agency Task Force on Pain Management. The authors propose that urgent changes in public policy on pain management are needed to repair the widespread damage done to pain patients, […]

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Smithers Family Defense March 7th 2017 wаѕ a dark, painful day іn mу family’s life. Mу wife, оur fоur young children, mу patients аnd staff аt Thе Center fоr Integrative Health, hаd little idea іt wоuld оnlу bе thе beginning оf a vеrу lоng, exhausting struggle tо соmе. Thаt cloudy Spring Tuesday іn March thе […]

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U.S. Attorney in Colorado Jason Dunn Navigates Federal Drug Policy And States’ Rights https://www.cpr.org/news/story/for-us-attorney-jason-dunn-part-of-the-job-is-balancing-colorados-more-liberal-drug Colorado’s drug laws live up to its wild, wild west past, at least in the eyes of the federal government. Weed is legal, Denver decriminalized psychedelic mushrooms and the city also teased the idea of opening a supervised injection site. The job […]

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Could you become an opioid addict? We may soon have a test for that. https://www.nj.com/healthfit/2019/03/could-you-become-an-opioid-addict-we-may-soon-have-a-test-for-that.html The only way we know how to deal with opioid addiction is after the fact — only after a person has become hooked. But what if one day there were a genetic test that could spot whether a person was […]

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