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Navy vet shot himself after doc cut off opioid prescription, mom claims https://nypost.com/2020/03/14/navy-vet-shot-himself-after-doc-cut-off-opioid-prescription-mom-claims/ The mother of a decorated Navy vet who committed suicide in the parking lot of a VA Hospital last year is seeking $8.25 million from the beleaguered agency — alleging her son became suicidal when a VA-affiliated doc cut off his opioid […]

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just what is needed is just another opinion from an ATTORNEY about suicides and chronic intractable pain… and how people dealing with intractable chronic pain – especially those not getting adequate pain management — WOULD NOT CONSIDER COMMITTING SUICIDE.  The article has no place to place a comment and there was no web link to […]

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when it was first announced that Pfizer & Moderna Covid-19 vaccinations were be approved with (EUA) emergency use authorization and the process of making these vaccines was a BRAND NEW PROCESS dealing with mRNA… I was skeptical, especially since Dr Fauci had been so adamant about the use of Hydroxychloroquine use in treating Covid-19. Hydroxychloroquine […]

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            Kill Shot: A Shadow Industry, a Deadly Disease An award-winning investigative journalist’s horrifying true crime story of America’s deadliest drug contamination outbreak and the greed and deception that fueled it. Two pharmacists sit in a Boston courtroom accused of murder. The weapon: the fungus Exserohilum rostratum. The death count: […]

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Overworked, understaffed: Pharmacists say industry in crisis puts patient safety at risk https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-care/overworked-understaffed-pharmacists-say-industry-crisis-puts-patient-safety-risk-n1261151 “We’re going to have a fatal error somewhere,” said a pharmacy technician in New York, “because we’re doing too many things at once.” From the moment Marilyn Jerominski walks into her pharmacy every morning, her time is in demand. As pharmacy manager […]

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I made this post about one year ago What a Narxcare score means to chronic pain/subjective disease pts at the time, I had concerns about how the processes that https://apprisshealth.com/  Appriss health was going to use to compile the information on pts and come up with some sort of “OD risk score” was going to […]

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https://wreg.com/investigations/delayed-mail-order-prescriptions-could-lead-to-serious-health-risks/ MEMPHIS, Tenn. — If your mail or deliveries are still running behind, you’re not alone. It’s been a big problem throughout the pandemic, but as the WREG Investigators uncovered, that’s especially the case for people waiting on packages containing potentially, life saving prescriptions. It all started at the end of January, Alexis Luttrell says. […]

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The show on NBC tonight is partially based on a new opiate dosing guide lines that was imposed by Dr Max – head of the hospital – last season. And his new policy comes back to bite him in the ass in this episode Worth your time to watch It may show up on this […]

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After 7 years at Duke and treatment since 1997 everywhere Duke has decided that it wants a MME level of 90 for its( dare I say patients). Mine is 300. Screwed again. Just fyi Duke University dominates the Durham/Raleigh NC area. I would suggest that you get a CYP-450 opiate metabolism test https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/treatments/pharmacological/opioids/cytochrome-p450-testing-high-dose-opioid-patients this will […]

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Covid-19 masks ‘cause plastic fibre inhalation – but we should still use them’ https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/covid-19-masks-cause-plastic-fibre-inhalation-but-we-should-still-use-them/ar-BB1cpFr9 Wearing a face mask has become a way of life during the coronavirus pandemic, but it can also cause us to inhale harmful plastic fibres, according to a new study by Chinese scientists. The researchers tested a wide range of mask […]

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