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I am getting out of this mess
Posted on January 31, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
I have had it with all those “little boys” in Silicon Valley. First it was President Trump and many around him Now they are trying to protect HEDGE FUNDS because some “kids’ on the RobinHood stock trading system… outsmarted those running hedge funds.. these “kids” found out stocks that the hedge funds had huge short […]
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More than 100 pets died, over 200 sickened from recalled pet food, FDA says
Posted on January 29, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
More than 100 pets died, over 200 sickened from recalled pet food, FDA says https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/more-than-100-pets-died-over-200-sickened-from-recalled-pet-food-fda-says 19 products that still may be on stores shelves have been recalled Hundreds of pets have died and others have been sickened after eating recalled pet food manufactured by Midwestern Pet Foods, according to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) updated […]
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Biden urged not to give top FDA job to official over her role in opioid crisis
Posted on January 29, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
Biden urged not to give top FDA job to official over her role in opioid crisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/28/fda-janet-woodcock-opioids-biden Dr Janet Woodcock is accused of presiding over ‘one of the worst regulatory agency failures’, say groups fighting opioid epidemic Groups fighting the US opioid epidemic have called on Joe Biden to appoint a new head of the […]
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Biden EO caused this mother not to afford to buy her son’s insulin prescription because it’s now $1,000
Posted on January 29, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
Biden EO caused this mother not to afford to buy her son’s insulin prescription because it’s now $1,000.. pic.twitter.com/AGVIPg59CF
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IV Tylenol Bombs For Post-Op Pain Control – In a Randomized Controlled Trial
Posted on January 29, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
IV Tylenol Bombs For Post-Op Pain Control – In a Randomized Controlled Trial https://www.acsh.org/news/2021/01/28/iv-tylenol-bombs-post-op-pain-control-randomized-controlled-trial-15307 IV Tylenol is commonly used to control pain following surgery. But, should it be? A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial – the gold standard – of patients who underwent abdominal surgery gave us a very clear answer. Take a wild guess. Image: […]
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Generic Prescription Drug Prices in the U.S. Are 16% LOWER than other nations
Posted on January 28, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
Prescription Drug Prices in the U.S. Are 2.56x Higher Than Other Nations – Brand-Named Drugs 3.44x Higher https://scitechdaily.com/prescription-drug-prices-in-the-u-s-are-2-56x-higher-than-other-nations-brand-named-drugs-3-44x-higher/ Prescription drug prices in the United States are significantly higher than in other nations, with prices in the U.S. averaging 2.56 times those seen in 32 other nations, according to a new RAND Corporation report. The gap […]
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Another Biden campaign promise – expanding OUD MAT treatment – appears to be broken
Posted on January 28, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
Biden Administration to Reverse Trump’s HHS Directive Expanding OUD MAT Prescribing Policy https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=476bb89e-15c5-4a3e-bbcf-10a23200393d&utm_source=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed&utm_medium=HTML+email+-+Body+-+General+section&utm_campaign=Lexology+subscriber+daily+feed&utm_content=Lexology+Daily+Newsfeed+2021-01-28&utm_term= We last alerted you on the Trump administration’s last-minute directive on reducing the “X-waiver” mandate which limits prescribers’ ability to prescribe medications aimed at battling the opioid use disorder (OUD) epidemic. According to the American Medical Association, the OUD epidemic has seen […]
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Opioid Deaths Fall When Cannabis Stores Rise, Analysis Suggests
Posted on January 28, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
Opioid Deaths Fall When Cannabis Stores Rise, Analysis Suggests Can legal marijuana ease the opioid crisis? https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/opioids/90922 Access to legal cannabis stores was linked with fewer opioid deaths in the U.S., a new analysis suggested. The number of marijuana dispensaries in a county was negatively related to log-transformed opioid mortality rate, adjusted for age (β […]
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Moderna’s vaccine is less potent against one coronavirus variant but still protective, company says
Posted on January 27, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
Moderna’s vaccine is less potent against one coronavirus variant but still protective, company says https://www.statnews.com/2021/01/25/moderna-vaccine-less-effective-variant/ Moderna is studying adding booster doses to its vaccine regimen after finding its Covid-19 vaccine was less potent against a coronavirus variant that was first identified in South Africa, the company said Monday. In lab research that involved testing whether […]
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