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Walgreen’s stock price has dropped ~ 80% over the last 5 yrs. The DOJ has been “going after” these large chains for BELIEFS that they were filling controlled Rxs for pts without a valid medical need. As I remember this all started around 2011 – just after the Decade of Pain Law expired and not […]
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abdominoplasty –commonly known as a “tummy tuck bunionectomy — surgically reduce a bony bump that forms at the base of the big toe all participants in the trials with inadequate pain control were permitted to use ibuprofen as needed for “rescue” pain medication Both trials demonstrated a statistically significant superior reduction in pain with Journavx […]
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I have read – or someone told me – that the DEA/DOJ when they RAID a practitioner’s office. They ask the practitioner how did they know that the pt was suffering/dealing with chronic pain. They ask for the “tests” to prove that the pt was dealing with pain, but we all know that there are […]
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NCPA warns CMS that many independent pharmacies won’t carry MDPN drugs https://ncpa.org/newsroom/news-releases/2025/01/27/ncpa-cms-third-independent-pharmacies-wont-carry-drugs-negotiated The National Community Pharmacists Association today submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with a stern warning that more than 90 percent of independent pharmacies may decide, or have already decided, to not stock drugs in the Medicare Drug Price […]
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Is this just another PREMATURE DEATH caused by inappropriate care, denial of care, or just “writing off” another high acuity chronic pain pt? Another death that will not show up on any statistical database as an intentional failure of our health care system? Gretchen’s Pain Journey and Death I write this on behalf of one […]
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Online advertising of compounded GLP-1 receptor agonists often doesn’t meet federal advertising rules Online advertising of compounded GLP-1 receptor agonists often doesn’t meet federal advertising rules Researchers investigated whether online sellers of compounded formulations of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) — popular diabetes control and weight loss agents — adhere to federal advertising rules. […]
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FTC sues, chides CVS and Cigna as part of PBM probe https://ncpa.org/newsroom/qam/2025/01/23/ftc-sues-chides-cvs-and-cigna-part-pbm-probe Word is circulating that Lina Khan—who served as the chair of the Federal Trade Commission under former President Joe Biden—will soon resign from the commission, but her tenure at the agency comes to a close with yet another swipe at PBMs. The FTC […]
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With this law, the actual who/what is guilty is what asset is confiscated. How does a house/boat/stack of money defend themself? With the majority of the currency forfeited is < $500, the cost of trying to retrieve the asset by proving it is not ill gotten gain, what is the cost of hiring an attorney […]
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At the top of this article published in 2024 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc and www.psychiatrist.com had this posted at the top of the article Posting of this PDF is not permitted. | For reprints or permissions, contact permissions@psychiatrist.com. | © 2024 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. So I copied ONE PARAGRAPH from the article that seems […]
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I have very mixed emotions over this whole concept. I am a firm believer that any/all addictions have a significant underlying mental health issues. Recently U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared that alcohol causes CANCER. Some self-declared opioid experts wants to declare that anyone being prescribed any controlled substance should be diagnosed with a […]
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