As Wyoming tries to control supply of opioids, patient, prescriber complications emerge

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

As Wyoming tries to control supply of opioids, patient, prescriber complications emerge https://www.cowboystatedaily.com/2019/09/05/as-wyoming-tries-to-control-supply-of-opioids-patient-prescriber-complications-emerge/ Through decades of numerous, unpredictable illnesses, pain has become a constant for Cody resident Dawn Scott. But with the opioid epidemic raging in Wyoming and throughout the U.S., obtaining painkillers has become as unpredictable as epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, the rare cancer she fought […]

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AARP in 2017 collected $627 million from UnitedHealth.. in royalties for using AARP’s name and access to AARP’s member mailing lists

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

JIM WATERS: Will the Real AARP Please Stand Up? https://www.surfky.com/index.php/179-news/kentucky/143349-jim-waters-will-the-real-aarp-please-stand-up KENTUCKY (9/5/19) — “To tell the Truth,” a popular TV game show from the annals of history, featured a panel of celebrity judges who would try to correctly identify contestants with unusual jobs or life experiences. The twist was that while one of the contestants […]

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changing the definition of pain … means that it is no longer exists or treatable ?

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Who is really behind a proposed new definition of pain? https://www.statnews.com/2019/09/05/pain-new-definition-proposed/ A new definition of pain is out for comment from the International Association for the Study of Pain, an influential global alliance of researchers. When I heard about it, my hair stood on end. Some people think a new definition could lead to new […]

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Death Certificate Project Accuses 64 Calif. Doctors

Posted on September 5, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Death Certificate Project Accuses 64 Calif. Doctors https://www.medpagetoday.com/painmanagement/opioids/81954 The so-called Death Certificate Project initiated by the Medical Board of California that began in 2015 has now resulted in formal accusals of wrongdoing filed against 64 physicians related to their drug prescribing, primarily involving opioids, newly updated records show. Five of the 64 have surrendered their […]

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