FDA is not in a position to “regulate the practice of medicine

While Stephen Hahn says the FDA is not in a position to “regulate the practice of medicine,” a group of researchers oppose doctors prescribing the anti-malarial drug for COVID. The Hill: FDA Chief: Hydroxychloroquine Use A Decision Between Doctor And Patient  Stephen Hahn, the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on Thursday declined […]

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In the rear view mirror: hindsight is 20/20

My blog – this blog – is now in its NINTH YEAR and trying to put things into perspective that is a similar time frame that I spent going thru HIGH SCHOOL and COLLEGE. Going from grade school to becoming a licensed Pharmacist  would suggest is a substantial amount of progress and advancement. During a […]

Pennsylvania uses ‘weighted lottery’ to distribute lifesaving remdesivir in favor of low-income patients

Pennsylvania uses ‘weighted lottery’ to distribute lifesaving remdesivir in favor of low-income patients https://www.foxnews.com/media/pa-hospitals-use-weighted-lottery-to-distribute-lifesaving-remdesivir-in-favor-of-low-income-patients South Carolina doctor says they will also use a similar system if faced with shortages The antiviral drug remdisivir has been effective in treating COVID-19, reducing risk of death for severely ill patients by 62 percent. It is also scarce, leaving […]

Rapp Report: The Prosecution of Doctors and Propaganda Campaign

The Prosecution of Doctors and Propaganda Campaign https://therappreportpodcast.podbean.com/e/e18-the-prosecution-of-doctors-and-propaganda-campaign/ In this episode we discuss the witch hunt against pain doctors in the United States, particularly that of Dr. Steven Henson of Wichita, Kansas, who is now serving a life sentence. We also discuss the propaganda campaign being used against doctors and pain patients that fuels this […]

Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds of U.S. stores

Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds of U.S. stores https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-riteaid-software/ In the hearts of New York and metro Los Angeles, Rite Aid installed facial recognition technology in largely lower-income, non-white neighborhoods, Reuters found. Among the technology the U.S. retailer used: a state-of-the-art system from a company with links to China and its authoritarian […]

Rapp Report: Cathy Kean, Chronic Pain Warrior

Cathy Kean, Chronic Pain Warrior https://therappreportpodcast.podbean.com/e/e17-cathy-kean-chronic-pain-warrior/ In this episode, we interview Cathy Kean. Cathy is a chronic pain warrior and a very active and outspoken member of the chronic pain community. Not only does she deal with her own pain, but she advocates for others suffering from excruciating pain, and whose lives have been devastated […]

Dr. Thomas Kline, MD, PhD: Medical Myths Revealed: THREATS OF TAPERING YOUR OPIATE PAIN MEDICINES? FIGHT BACK, IT IS MEDICAL MALPRACTICE and CRUEL

  Even CDC says if you do want to taper, and then only if the medicine is not working or is causing serious side effects, you have to taper slowly at 10% a month! NEVER ABRUPTLY if doctors or pharmacists try to to do so, report them to the medical or pharmacy boards. This is […]

Dr. Thomas Kline, MD, PhD: Medical Myths Revealed: MORE ON AMA LETTER TO CDC SHREDDING THE GUIDELINES. TIME TO ACT – REPEAL THE GUIDELINES

Over the past 4 years the job of caring for people in pain has collapsed. Less that 20% of previously controlled long term rare painful diseases, 10 million all together, are still being treated. The agony and horror of living an adjusted but normal life taking opiate pain medicine to have the rug jerked out […]

Masks: the cure could be worse than the disease

I have posted something like this before based and some came out of the “woodwork” and attempted to discredit me…. my experience with over ONE THOUSAND PTS using oxygen supplementation and the potential risk of people re-breathing the CO2 that they have just exhaled.  When you have a pt on nasal cannula their normal flow […]