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Eli Lilly Introduces New Lower-Priced Versions of Humalog Insulin Products https://www.drugtopics.com/diabetes/eli-lilly-introduces-new-lower-priced-versions-humalog-insulin-products Insulin manufacturers are continuing efforts to provide more cost-savings options to patients with diabetes. Today, Eli Lilly announced new plans that include 50% lower list prices for certain insulin products that will be available by mid-April, according to a company press release. This will […]

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Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Lamotrigine Tablets USP, 100 mg, 100 Count Bottles https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/taro-pharmaceuticals-usa-inc-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-lamotrigine-tablets-usp-100-mg-100 Summary Company Announcement Date: January 10, 2020 FDA Publish Date: January 10, 2020 Product Type: Drugs Reason for Announcement: Cross contamination with another drug substance, Enalapril Maleate Company Name: Taro Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc. Brand Name: Taro Pharmaceuticals […]

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https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/chronic-pain-patients-concerned-about-proposed-federal-law PUNTA GORDA, FLA. — For Debra Alleig, this is the best way she can describe the chronic pain she’s lived with for 17 years. “It’s like for me a huge toothache. Like a dull, burning, constant, gnawing, nerve-ending root pain kind of,” said Alleig, “If I want to make soup, let’s say I’ll come […]

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Prescription-Drug Policing: The Right To Health Information Privacy Pre- and Post-Carpenter This Article operates at the intersection of privacy law, Fourth Amendment doctrine, and prescription-drug surveillance instigated by the U.S. drug-overdose crisis. Reputable reporting sources frequently frame that ongoing crisis as a prescription-drug-overdose “epidemic.” Current epidemiological data, however, indicate that the majority of American overdose […]

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https://local12.com/news/local/delhi-township-police-investigates-deaths-of-couple-cincinnati DELHI TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WKRC) – Delhi Township Police are investigating the deaths of a man and a woman found inside a home Tuesday. The Hamilton County Coroner identified them Wednesday as Harvey and Patricia Sander. Harvey Sander called 911 from the home on Pontius Road at about 7 a.m. He told the call-taker that […]

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Pharmacist files whistleblower suit www.ellsworthamerican.com/featured/pharmacist-files-whistleblower-suit/ BUCKSPORT — A pharmacist is suing his former employer, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., alleging whistleblower retaliation, age discrimination and defamation after the company allegedly fired him when he wouldn’t fill a prescription for fentanyl patches for a customer who had been arrested on a drug trafficking charge. A civil complaint […]

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Alcohol-related deaths in US have more than doubled over past 20 years, study finds https://www.foxnews.com/us/alcohol-related-deaths-us-more-than-doubled-20-years The number of alcohol-related deaths in the U.S. has more than doubled since the turn of the century, according to a new government report. “Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research” found alcohol-related deaths per year shot up from 35,914 in 1999 […]

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Myth 8: Overprescribing  Over prescribing: Dr. Thomas Kline, MD, PhD: Medical Myths Revealed

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