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Dr. Bailey: prescribing less medicine has not curbed the overdose death rate
Posted on August 13, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve
Opioid Prescribing Is Down, Yet Alternative Pain Treatments Remain Underused https://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/news/opioid-prescribing-is-down-yet-alternative-pain-treatments-remain-underused New study confirms reduction in opioid prescribing for cancer pain and non-cancer pain but, surprisingly, no matching increase in opioid alternatives. So how is chronic pain being treated? New study confirms reduction in opioid prescribing for cancer pain and non-cancer pain but, surprisingly, no […]
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My story of how state medical boards can end careers and the Ruan Court decision
Posted on August 12, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve
My story of how state medical boards can end careers and the Ruan Court decision https://youtu.be/yy2rj82fABU Because I choose to treat pain refugees who were refused pain care by 10+ doctors, I came up as an overprescriber, which scared the North Carolina Medical Board. (see future youtube video on overprescribing). The only doctors send to […]
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Posted on August 11, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve
Extending the list to others in the field of pain advocacy and research Professors and Doctors, and Medical Researchers (Please distribute this redacted version w/o names) This is an email to my doctor who is wanting to taper me off all opioids because he thinks I have Opioid Induced Hyperalgesia, so sorry […]
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Walgreens ‘Helped Fuel’ Opioid Crisis in San Francisco, Says Judge
Posted on August 11, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve
This appears to another “bench trial – no jury “, in a FEDERAL COURT – where historically anyone taken to a federal court – 90+% are found guilty. It is also odd that they claim that Walgreens “shipped” 1 out of every 5 Oxycodone & Hydrocodone doses nationally and yet Walgreen has/had about 10,000 community […]
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CVS upper echelon Disney World Bash: John Legend entertainment – costs up to ONE MILLION DOLLARS
Posted on August 10, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve
CVS/Aetna’s $9 billion in profits paid for a lavish party and stock buybacks. Not patients’ medical claims. https://wendellpotter.substack.com/p/cvsaetnas-9-billion-in-profits-paid CVS/Aetna’s spending included trips to Disney and a John Legend concert for employees. A few days after executives of CVS/Aetna won a resounding thumbs up from Wall Street last week, they headed south (many undoubtedly on private […]
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Life saving & liver sparing therapy given to few insured pts on a timely basis ?
Posted on August 10, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve
CDC: Few Insured Patients With Hepatitis C Get Timely Treatment — Not even one-third received curative drugs within a year of diagnosis https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/hepatitis/100158 Although hepatitis C infection is a highly curable disease, few insured patients diagnosed received direct-acting antiviral (DAA) treatment during 2019-2020, while disparities contributed to treatment delays, according to new CDC data appearing […]
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Zoom meeting: 08/11/22 12PM (noon) EDT Attorneys discussing using ADA to help addicts get harm reduction drugs & paraphernalia
Posted on August 9, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/advancing-syringe-services-in-the-us-the-untapped-role-of-the-ada-tickets-339958243257 Please join us to discuss “Advancing Syringe Services in the United States: The Untapped Role of the Americans with Disabilities Act”. About this event The United States is facing an unprecedented set of public health challenges. Now killing nearly 1000 people daily, the COVID-19 pandemic is also compounding the ongoing crisis of addiction […]
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Here’s who Democrats’ drug pricing bill will actually help
Posted on August 9, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve
Here’s who Democrats’ drug pricing bill will actually help https://www.statnews.com/2022/08/09/democrats-drug-pricing-bill-will-help-medicare-patients/ WASHINGTON — Millions of patients in the Medicare program could eventually see lower prescription drug costs if Democrats pass their latest drug pricing plan into law. The plan, which cleared a major hurdle Sunday when the Senate very narrowly approved it, has four major policies — […]
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While pts can’t get their Rxs in a timely manner at CVS ..this is how they help upper management unwind at DISNEY WORLD
Posted on August 8, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve
Disney Epcot. LOTS of Disney photos floating around social. Reddit says some CVS ‘leadership experience’ attendees were given spending money for Epcot because it was a ‘team building exercise’. 🤔 pic.twitter.com/R5Iev9RIAp — Beth Joyner Waldron (@BethWaldron) August 8, 2022 The most recent quarter CVS reported abt a 3 BILLION net profit (pretax)… the above apparently […]
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