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I made this blog post a couple of days ago and today got around to watching the video that I shared in the blog post. The 10 minute video is made by a non-profit that seems opposed to these guidelines. UPDATED:Proposed tapering guideline by American Society of Addiction Medicine some well-thought-out suggestions in commenting, like […]
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https://downloads.asam.org/sitefinity-production-blobs/docs/default-source/guidelines/bzd-cpg-narrative-draft-for-public-comment.pdf?sfvrsn=6d96408_1 Above is the link that shows in the graphic – may have to click on the graphic a couple of times to get it to resize properly Link to make comment https://bit.ly/BZDCPG I went back and did a few word searches. I really didn’t feel like reading 146 pages. The words I searched for […]
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Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of rare form of blindness https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/03/health/ozempic-wegovy-blindness-rare-risk/index.html People who take Ozempic or Wegovy may have a higher risk of developing a rare form of blindness, a new study suggests. Still, doctors say it shouldn’t deter patients from using the medicines to treat diabetes or obesity. Last […]
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Pain Doesn’t Belong on a Scale of Zero to 10 https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/110926 The real answer is long, complicated, and not measurable in this one-dimensional way Over the past 2 years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.” I trained […]
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Optum to pay $20M to settle improper prescription allegations https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/legal-regulatory-issues/optum-to-pay-20m-to-settle-improper-prescription-allegations.html OptumRx will pay $20 million to settle allegations it improperly dispensed some opioid medications, the Justice Department said June 27. The settlement resolves an investigation into if OptumRx improperly filled certain opioid prescriptions between 2013 and 2015. The Justice Department alleged the pharmaceutical benefit manager […]
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It is easy to see from this graphic why independent pharmacies are going out of business and why the insurance/pbm industry wants to get all pts to move their Rxs over to their mail-order pharmacy. According to the graphic the mail-order pharmacy got paid as much as $4,000+ more than the community pharmacy got paid […]
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I have been waiting for this to happen! This is the last part of various entities that have “touched” opioids in some manner that have not been sued for “contributing” to our fabricated opioid crisis. By suing Express Scripts, they are indirectly suing Cigna – the insurance company that owns Express Scripts. In suing Optum, […]
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Top Law Firms in US Opioid Lawsuits to Get Hundreds of Millions in Fees https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-06-07/top-law-firms-in-us-opioid-lawsuits-to-get-hundreds-of-millions-in-fees A court-appointed panel on Friday recommended how to divvy up a pool of $2.13 billion in legal fees from nationwide drug industry settlements over the U.S. opioid crisis, with top firms set to receive hundreds of millions of dollars. The […]
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WHO and Eli Lilly caution patients against falling for fake versions of popular weight-loss drugs https://apnews.com/article/wegovy-zepbound-ozempic-mounjaro-counterfeit-8302657de25a0c9c343abe20802d35a7 The World Health Organization and drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. are warning people to be wary of fake versions of popular weight-loss and diabetes medicines. WHO said Thursday that it has fielded several reports of fake semaglutide — the […]
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US Drug Shortage Reaches a Decade High: US Pharmacopeia Reports There were 125 drug shortages by the end of 2023 https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/us-drug-shortage-reaches-a-decade-high-us-pharmacopeia-reports-5665830 Drug shortages are the highest in a decade, with 2023 topping the charts, according to United States Pharmacopeia’s first annual Drug Shortage Report (USP). “The number of drug shortages has increased over a decade, […]
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