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CDC Opioid Guideline Mobile App https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/prescribing/app.html *MME Calculator Disclaimer: This calculator is not intended to replace clinical judgement or to guide opioid dosing for patients receiving active cancer treatment, palliative care, end-of-life care, or for patients younger than 18. The application is not intended to provide guidance on dosing of opioids as part of medication-assisted […]

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Remdesivir Safety Forecast: Watch the Liver, Kidneys https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/86582 The adverse event profile for remdesivir as a treatment for COVID-19 remains murky, although liver and kidney risks are emerging. “Because we’re kind of moving at warp speed, the reporting on that has some unusual aspects,” noted Barbara Young, PharmD, of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists […]

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Government Waging War on Doctors with Prosecutorial Tricks https://aapsonline.org/government-waging-war-on-doctors-with-prosecutorial-tricks/ Under the U.S. Constitution, the federal government has jurisdiction over only three crimes: treason, counterfeiting, and piracy, writes Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) General Counsel Andrew Schlafly in the summer issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons. “The Founders would be shocked […]

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FDA Bureaucrat Brags He Blocked Physician Prescribing of Hydroxychloroquine in Early COVID-19 https://aapsonline.org/fda-bureaucrat-brags-he-blocked-physician-prescribing-of-hydroxychloroquine-in-early-covid-19/ FDA Bureaucrat Brags On Blocking Physicians Prescribing Hydroxychloroqine in Early COVID-19 By Elizabeth Lee Vliet, M.D. How could a cheap, effective drug, FDA-approved and in use worldwide since 1955, suddenly be restricted for outpatient use by American physicians? On March 28, 2020, […]

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