call the Supreme Court to share your public opinion of the mandates and freedom, ahead of the hearing on Friday

call the Supreme Court to share your public opinion of the mandates and freedom, ahead of the hearing on Friday. Call one of these Supreme Court of the United States phone numbers to leave your message: Clerk’s Office: 202-479-3011 or Public Information Office: 202-479-3211 Choose to leave ONE of these messages (or make your own […]

There has been SEVERAL COVID-19 mutations between Delta & Omicron – that NEVER GOT TRACTION

Another Variant – This Time With a Self-Aggrandizing Name https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/01/06/another-variant-time-self-aggrandizing-name-16044 Yay! We have another variant. But this time, the scientists who isolated it named it after themselves. Shameless? I say yes. Original photo: Wikimedia Commons It cannot be the least bit surprising that there is another Covid variant in the news. I wrote about this […]

Another day in the life – discussing (QOL) quality of life issues 01/06/2020

Here is a link to download a free package of different programs including a word processor and spread sheet https://www.openoffice.org/download/ here is an example of a graph these sorts of software can created from a column of data

Could the COVID-19 pandemic change the conversation about the bureaucracies legal right to mandate/deny the use of various medications?

In 1992, Jim Gray, a conservative judge in conservative Orange County, California, held a press conference during which he recommended that we rethink our drug laws. Back then, it took a great deal of courage to suggest that the war on drugs was a failed policy. Today, more and more Americans are coming to the […]

The agony of opioid withdrawal — and what doctors should tell patients about it

The United States accounts for five percent of the world’s population but consumes almost 70 percent of the total global opioid supply, creating an epidemic that has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths each year. How did we get here, and what can we do about it? In this personal talk, Travis Rieder recounts […]

Starting a conversation about Quality of Life for chronic pain pts – part one 01/05/2022

is COVID-19 shots for adolescents – MOSTLY BASED ON POLITICAL SCIENCE ?

Critics question Biden FDA’s approval of COVID boosters for children: ‘Slap in the face to science’ https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/joe-biden-backlash-fda-process-booster-shots-children One health expert says it’s ‘unconscionable’ that the FDA’s advisory panel is not being consulted on boosters President Biden is yet again facing backlash over the FDA’s booster approval process, which recommended boosters for children this week without […]

New Report Shows that 68% of Most Expensive Drugs in Medicare Are Imported, Implications for Savings and Safety

New Report Shows that 68% of Most Expensive Drugs in Medicare Are Imported, Implications for Savings and Safety https://www.pharmacychecker.com/news/mediare-brand-name-drugs-not-made-in-usa/ White Plains, New York – January 4th, 2022 – A new report published by PharmacyChecker entitled “Not Made in the USA” shows that 68% of the top 100 highest dollar finished drug formulations (FDFs) paid through Medicare […]

The big-ticket drugs that have higher prices in 2022

The big-ticket drugs that have higher prices in 2022 https://www.axios.com/drug-prices-increase-2022-pfizer-gilead-756945d8-3aaa-463e-b93e-9ba3ab47159f.html Drug companies raised the prices on hundreds of medications on Jan. 1, with most prices up 5% to 6% on average. Why it matters: The start of the new year is the most popular time for drug companies to hike prices, and even though high […]

Another day in the life -01/04/2022 – when the pharmacist states they are out of inventory for your pain meds

Links to Board of Pharmacies