National Voter Registration Day Sept 24, 2019

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

September 24, 2019 — Mark Your Calendars About National Voter Registration Day National Voter Registration Day is a national holiday celebrating our democracy. It was first observed in 2012 and has been growing in popularity every year since. Held on the fourth Tuesday of September, National Voter Registration Day will take place on September 24, […]

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Suboxone: The New Popular Prison Contraband

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Suboxone: The New Popular Prison Contraband https://www.northpointwashington.com/blog/suboxone-new-popular-prison-contraband/ Suboxone is a combination of buprenorphine (a narcotic) and naloxone. Naloxone is used to help withdrawal symptoms in opioid addicts and should keep users from becoming addicted. It is commonly used for patients in opioid recovery. Suboxone is often taken in a dissolvable strip that looks like a […]

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Wisdom from a Chronic Pain Patient Presentation

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

https://youtu.be/knSKV0QSusQ University of New England student Samantha Shephard offers a few simple suggestions for working with chronic pain patients. Recorded at the Maine Chronic Pain Collaborative learning session, May 28, 2015.

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Is the DEA Branching Out Into Regulating Medicine?

Posted on September 23, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Is the DEA Branching Out Into Regulating Medicine? https://www.cato.org/blog/dea-branching-out-regulating-medicine The Drug Enforcement Administration, having virtually eliminated the diversion of prescription pain relievers into the underground market for nonmedical users, appears to be setting its sights on regulating the medical management of pain, a mission not suited for law enforcement. Acting under the authority of the […]

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