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Mr Steve

Please don’t stop your video Facebook we have to use code words we can’t say the name of the pain meds on Facebook it’s criminal to them. I hope u continue .

Well I’m at the finish line. All the words you just spoke are about me. I’m still alive but am I going to be the statistic..? Am I going to end my life because I couldn’t handle the withdrawals. Feb 2021 they cut me down I calculated 33% I went insane I wanted to die. I went to 3 ER rooms and my primary doctor begging for help. I got painful injections in my hips that helped me one week just to buy time. My pain doctor has never once told me they were taking me down I only learned when I got the scrip. Laws say any changes they have to let you know. They have never once told me I was being cut down and are why. On the 5 month I made a special appt n ask my doctor why are you cutting me down. She said YOU TOLD US YOU WANTED OFF YOUR MEDS !! She says it’s in the notes. Than why have I made 100,s of calls since to ask why did you cut my meds??! Phone calls can be verified. My last appt they told me we are sending you to physical therapy if u miss one we will cut you down. I got strep throat so I called therpy to let them know I’m under doctors care . They still cut my scrip.

On 5 m g s now

Today I will try 2 of them a day. I can only pray I survive. In terrified as I text what my life will be like in the next 48 hours . Had my pain doctor been open n honest n let me know they were taking me down I could have prepared earlier but I really didn’t know, now I do. God help me. Im 65 never a drug abuser on meds for documented health issues.

I still hear those words from the first doctor who told me Roselee this will give you a quality of life.

Lololololol

My family has cut ties with me tired of hearing I’m suffering I have spouse who said I messed his life up because I’m in pain I have almost no one. I use to rescue homeless animals now my legs don’t even want to work. From the first taper a year ago my legs stop working they don’t want to move.

My pain doctor lied n said I had Siatica no I don’t have Siatica no shooting pains no numbness no tingle.why did he do that? Because he wants to make money doing Epidural injections. At a $1000 each times three.

I’m sorry I can talk all day about what they have done to me. If they had been honest n just said we are taking you off n gave me time I would have done it. This has been the year from hell. I have been abused n belittled fear put in my soul. Begging to get out of pain begging to stop withdrawal. Oh no Rose your lying if we take one pill away n you still have three u won’t withdrawal THATS A LIE!

What I felt was horror I even researched assisted suicide. Now I’m at the last hours of the end I lay here severe pain in my legs do to the taper not because of of Siatica.

But because of the restless leg my legs want to hit the ceiling I’m suffering bad. I haven’t slept all night. By 6 am I got an hour sleep.

I have no support I have no one. My life I can journal it in my mind all the suffering I relive it. Every month I go to that pain appt.

I’m sorry for others who are going thru this. I don’t know what we did wrong. I feel so shamed n I blame myself for allowing it to make me suffer. I’m weak I should be strong . I got Covid this past July and of course my body has much more pain all my joints are worse. I’m sorry for the rant I have no life I have no one so I rant n vent the onlything on my body wants to work is my fingers to text . And that’s getting slower I’m giving up.

So much pain so much feeling Emotional to physical. I found my bio dad n three sisters buy because I’m going thru this they think she’s a nut case n refuse to have anything to do with me. I waited all my life. My dad is 2400 miles away I just want one earthly hug just one n my body can’t go. Friday I will do physical therapy push my self out in the freezing cold on the ice to go in a Covid hot bed to do therpy they don’t work. Prays for comfort n peace for everyone. I can’t fix you but I can pray. Please today the next three days will show if I can survive this horror please pray for me. I’m suffering so bad. I thought I survived thru severe Covid maybe I’m meant to be alive. Maybe there’s a reason. 7 adult children 20 grandchildren n great grandchildren . I want to tell them story’s about our family history n life. Who we are who they were. I just found our my great grandma passed age 38 during child birth but my great great aunt lived her name was Catherine.

We are more than just the pain we feel we are very special even with defects in our body. We have alot to give others if we weren’t suffering we could do just that . See I ranted again.

Just remember WE ARE STRONGER THAN WE THINK WE ARE

I hope to prove that to who ever is listening and suffering.

God have mercy

“The moral test of a government is how it treats those who are at the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the aged; and those who are in the shadow of life, the sick and the needy, and the handicapped.” – Hubert Humphrey

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Orally Dissolving Buprenorphine Tied to Severe Tooth Decay, FDA Warns

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/966562

Orally dissolving medications containing buprenorphine are linked to severe dental problems, including total tooth loss, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns in a safety communication.

The oral side effects of these medications, which are used to treat opioid use disorder (OUD) and pain, include cavities/tooth decay, including rampant caries; dental abscesses/infection; tooth erosion; fillings falling out; and, in some cases, total tooth loss.

Multiple cases have been reported even in patients with no history of dental problems.

The FDA is adding a warning about the risk of dental problems to the prescribing information and the patient medication guide for all buprenorphine-containing medicines dissolved in the mouth.

The FDA emphasizes, however, that buprenorphine remains “an important treatment option for OUD and pain, and the benefits of these medicines clearly outweigh the risks.”

More Than 300 Reported Cases

Buprenorphine was approved in 2002 as a sublingual tablet, and in 2015 as a film to be placed inside the cheek to treat pain. Both delivery methods have been associated with dental problems.

Since buprenorphine was approved, the FDA has identified 305 cases of dental problems associated with orally dissolving buprenorphine, including 131 classified as serious.

There may be other cases, the FDA says, as these represents only cases reported to the FDA or published in the medical literature.

The average age of the patients who developed dental problems while taking buprenorphine is 42 years, but those as young as 18 years old were also affected.

Most cases occurred in patients using the medicines for OUD; however, 28 cases of dental problems occurred in patients using it to treat pain.

In 26 cases, patients had no prior history of dental problems. Some dental problems developed as soon as 2 weeks after treatment began; the median time to diagnosis was about 2 years after starting treatment.

Among all 305 cases reported, 113 involved two or more teeth.

The most common treatment for the dental problems was tooth extraction/removal, which was reported in 71 cases. Other cases required root canals, dental surgery, and other procedures such as crowns and implants.

Recommendations

The FDA says healthcare providers should counsel patients that severe and extensive tooth decay, tooth loss, and tooth fracture have been reported with the use of transmucosal buprenorphine-containing medicines and emphasize the importance of visiting their dentist to closely monitor their teeth.

Patients should be counseled to continue taking buprenorphine medications as prescribed and not stop suddenly without first talking to their healthcare provider as this could lead to serious consequences, including relapse, misuse or abuse of other opioids, overdose, and death.

Patients are also being advised to take extra steps to help lessen the risk of serious dental problems.

Patients should also be educated on strategies to maintain or improve oral health while taking transmucosal buprenorphine medicines.

After the medicine is completely dissolved, the patient should take a large sip of water, swish it gently around the teeth and gums, swallow, and wait at least 1 hour before brushing their teeth, the FDA advises. This will allow time for the mouth to gradually return to oral homeostasis and avoid any mechanical damage that may occur due to brushing.

The FDA also advises that patients tell their provider about any history of tooth problems, including cavities, and schedule a dentist visit soon after starting the medicine.

Dental problems related to transmucosal buprenorphine-containing medicines should be reported to the FDA’s MedWatch program.

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My Dear Pain Brothers and Sisters,

I write you this in my last stages of lung cancer. I want to thank all of you for your friendship and support. I wanted to give you a heads up that I will unable to respond to your wonderful sharing once I enter my coma, but I will carry our cause with me. All I’ve ever wanted is to get the laws changed to where no one has to suffer in needless pain again. After 29 years of pain, it’s hard to wrap my head around the fact I’ll finally be out of pain in just a week or so, but I pray you will be also by some of the work I’ve done. I go to our Creator to pray and beg for mercy for all of you. You have my love always.

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Delaware top court says Rite Aid can’t get insurance coverage for opioid cases

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/delaware-top-court-says-rite-aid-cant-get-insurance-coverage-opioid-cases-2022-01-10/

The Delaware Supreme Court on Monday ruled that insurance company Chubb Ltd is not required to provide coverage and defend Rite Aid Corp in lawsuits accusing the pharmacy chain operator of fueling the opioid epidemic.

The ruling came in one of several disputes nationwide involving pharmaceutical companies, drug distributors and pharmacies suing insurers in order to recoup the costs of defending against and settling thousands of opioid lawsuits.

A lower-court judge in 2020 found that various Chubb subsidiaries were required to defend Rite Aid against bellwether lawsuits by two Ohio counties in the federal multidistrict litigation over the epidemic.

But Delaware’s top court reversed, concluding that policies covering personal injury cases did not require Chubb to defend Rite Aid against lawsuits seeking only economic damages.

Rite Aid and its lawyer, Gerald Konkel of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, did not respond to requests for comment. Chubb and its lawyers, including Jonathan Hacker of O’Melveny & Myers, had no comment.

More than 3,000 lawsuits have been filed nationally by largely state and local governments seeking to hold the companies responsible for an opioid abuse crisis that has led to hundreds of thousands of overdose deaths.

The lawsuits accuse Rite Aid of negligently distributing addictive prescription pain pills. The company denies wrongdoing, and in 2019 sued Chubb to recover the costs of its defense and future settlements.

In Monday’s ruling, Chief Justice Collins Seitz, said that for Rite Aid to receive coverage, the lawsuits needed to be brought by people injured by opioids – individuals suing on their own behalf or anyone who cared for or treated them.

But in the case of Ohio’s Summit and Cuyahoga counties, which brought opioid claims similar to other local governments, they specifically said they were not seeking recovery for any residents’ personal injuries, Seitz said.

They instead sued to recover for injuries the counties suffered by being saddled with the economic burden of higher demands for medical treatment and impacts on their criminal justice systems, Seitz wrote for the 4-1 court.

“This claim is not directed to an individual injury but to a public health crisis,” Seitz said.

Justice James Vaughn dissented, saying Chubb’s policy language should be interpreted broadly to cover all damages an organization could bring against Rite Aid for the care, loss of services or death of someone due to opioid addiction.

The case is ACE American Insurance Co, v. Rite Aid Corp, Delaware Supreme Court, No. N19C-04-150.

For Chubb: Jonathan Hacker of O’Melveny & Myers

For Rite Aid: Gerald Konkel of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius

Read more:

State supreme court overturns broad bar against insurers suing over opioid coverage

Pharmacy chains including CVS helped fuel opioid epidemic, U.S. jury finds

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At home-covid tests won’t be covered by Medicare

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/personalfinance/at-home-covid-tests-wont-be-covered-by-medicare/ar-AASFCPH

But millions of people—including the uninsured and those on Medicare—are not eligible to get tests reimbursed under this latest measure.

Medicare won’t cover at-home covid tests

Under the plan announced yesterday, people covered by private insurance or a group health plan will be able to purchase at-home rapid covid-19 tests for free or submit receipts to their insurer for reimbursement. US president Joe Biden’s administration also wants to incentivize insurers to work with preferred pharmacies and retailers to cover the costs of the tests up-front, rather than require patients to pay out of pocket.

 

The new measure doesn’t include the estimated 31.1 million uninsured people living in the US, nor most of the 61.5 million (pdf) Americans enrolled in Medicare, the federal health insurance plan for seniors and people with disabilities. For now, they will have to rely on other types of covid testing covered by the government. Some Medicare Advantage plans, which are more comprehensive, may cover the cost of at-home tests.

Over the past two years the US government has offered covid-19 laboratory testing to most individuals—including the uninsured (pdf) and those on Medicare—at no cost. But even as more pharmacies began stocking rapid at-home covid tests, the federal government was slow to make them widely available. Though frequent testing is seen as an effective measure to contain coronavirus spread, rapid at-home covid tests in the US typically cost anywhere from $9 to $24, and have been going for as high as $80 as pharmacies battle supply-and-demand issues.

More people in the US should have access to free at-home rapid tests later this month, when the Biden administration has said it will make 500 million test kits available to anyone who wants them. The Department of Health and Human Services also says it’s providing up to 50 million at-home tests to community health centers and Medicare-certified health clinics to distribute to patients free of cost.

By the time these tests reach everyone who needs one, though, the first wave of the omicron variant will likely have already peaked. But at the very least, manufacturers and public health officials may now be better prepared for the next coronavirus variant.

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from Shasta

It is with great sadness that I have to share with all of you that our good friend and fellow activist, Lisa Pray has passed on. I was asked to let everyone know.
Lisa was always such a fun person to talk with, had a wonderful spirit and cared so very much about our community. Even though she struggled with her health, she never stopped working to raise awareness. She loved making her videos on TikTok and many of us learned so much from her. Her quest for the truth and her joy for activism was a joy to be around. I always appreciated her for giving us all a voice in her room she created “The Painful Truth”. She stood by her friends and her passion really shined through.

I miss you Lisa Pray. I can’t believe that I will never hear your voice again. Thank you for always being such a good friend to me.

RIP Gravestone

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