BCBS takes steps to respond to opioid abuse

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

This article is from Aug 2017, and according to this .. their timetable for and contributing factors to opiate epidemic. Once again Congress gets a pass on their passing of the Decade of Pain Law that became law in 1999-2000. That was a significant cause of the creation of “the fifth vital sign” and the […]

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Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.): we don’t only try to prevent people from taking up a drug

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Is Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) suggesting that opiates should not be prescribed to treat pain and/or all opiate prescribing creates addicts ? Senators Press HHS Chief on Alzheimer’s Drugs, Opioids at Budget Hearing https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/healthpolicy/103674 WASHINGTON — Alzheimer’s disease treatments, the opioid epidemic, and funding for rural healthcare were all in the spotlight during a Senate […]

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