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Hip and knee replacements bolster marriages, study finds https://www.foxnews.com/health/hip-and-knee-replacements-bolster-marriages-study-finds Orthopedic surgeons are well aware that joint replacement surgeries can reduce patients’ pain and emotional distress, however a recent study explored how hip and knee replacements can improve marriages, too. “It started with a thank you note,” Dr. Michael Tanzer, lead author and orthopedic surgeon at McGill University […]

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19 Detroit Healthcare Professionals Indicted for Unlawful Prescribing https://www.healthcaredefenseblog.com/post/19-detroit-healthcare-professionals-indicted-for-unlawful-prescribing The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan indicted nineteen healthcare professionals today, June 11, 2020. See Indictment Below. United States v. Rankinpdf The indictment alleges that between September 2017 and June 2020 the Defendants engaged in a scheme involving the unlawful distribution of […]

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Pain-Warriors – the movie -to be released May 25th – pre-order now from Amazon Dear friends , We DID it ! Pain Warriors is officially released , and available for viewing worldwide . A big thank you for everyone’s belief in us . We need your support , at this crucial time of programming Pain […]

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those in our legal system seems to be getting some of their “own medicine” … there is data after data that shows that <1% of those prescribed opiates for chronic pain will become addicted.  How the media and “black lives matters” have turned on ALL POLICE FORCES… and now they are claiming that <1% of […]

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Welcome to The Rapp Report Chronic Pain Crusade blog. Here I will post podcast episodes, general information, statistics, and news on the opioid crisis and the negative effects it has on the chronic pain community. Our goal is to spread the information around to as many people as possible in order to educate and inform […]

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People Rarely Die After Using Opioids Prescribed for Them https://reason.com/2020/01/23/people-rarely-die-after-using-opioids-prescribed-for-them/ Although prescription pain medication is commonly blamed for the “opioid epidemic,” such drugs play a small and shrinking role in deaths involving this category of psychoactive substances. A recent study of opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts underlines this crucial point, finding that prescription analgesics were detected without heroin or fentanyl […]

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almost weekly we are hearing more stories of pharmacists using one of 40 excuses that twitter is giving us. pharmacists have a duty and a right to interfere with prescriptive instructions and stop any prescription for cause, AKA not out of their own prejudge and fears. the courts have ruled that pharmacists can not refuse […]

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Scientists retract study that found antimalarial drugs dangerous for coronavirus patients https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/scientists-retract-study-that-found-antimalarial-drugs-dangerous-for-coronavirus-patients Three authors of a large study that last month found antimalarials provided no benefit to treating Covid-19 infections, while increasing the risk of heart problems and death, retracted their findings. The authors said in a statement Thursday provided by The Lancet, the medical […]

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