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https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/blood-pressure-drug-recalled-for-possible-cross-contamination/ar-AA1RQr2x Thousands of bottles of a commonly used prescription drug to treat hypertension has been recalled for possible contamination with another drug. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Inc., which has U.S. headquarters in Elmwood Park, New Jersey, has recalled multiple lots of bisoprolol fumarate and hydrochlorothiazide tablets (brand name Ziac), because the tablets may have been cross contaminated […]

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“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, Pharmacist,VP Nursing home providers praised […]

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Former DEA agent charged with agreeing to launder millions of dollars for Mexican drug cartel https://www.bastillepost.com/global/article/5430623-former-dea-agent-charged-in-alleged-deal-to-launder-millions-of-dollars-for-mexican-drug-cartel NEW YORK (AP) — A former high-level agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and an associate have been charged with conspiring to launder millions of dollars and obtain military-grade firearms and explosives for a Mexican drug cartel, according […]

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New research from JAMA Neurology just dropped, and the numbers are staggering. According to this national analysis, more than half of American adults meet criteria for disorders of the nervous system. And this count does not even include many major psychiatric conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD, or substance use disorders. That means the true burden […]

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Below is a good example why NO ONE should believe the first answer that one would get when asking a AI program a question. I first asked the AI program about the safety of a person taking both a opioid and Benzo concurrently and if at some point if the pt has no problem taking […]

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The note below IN RED I got today from a 60 y/o disabled female and on abt 90 MMEs of opioids for some 10-15 yrs. A couple of months ago, her pain doc decided to cut her oral opioids down to 15-20 MME/day and put a buprenorphine patch on her without any attempt to give her body […]

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7 deaths, hundreds of injuries may be linked to glucose monitor errors https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/7-deaths-hundreds-of-injuries-may-be-linked-to-glucose-monitor-errors/ar-AA1RDKn5 Patients are being warned to stop using some glucose monitors made by Abbott Diabetes Care after the company found malfunctioning sensors may be linked to hundreds of adverse events and several deaths, the Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday.  Internal testing by […]

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According to perplexity.ai the USA’s population was 318 million in 2014 and 340 million in 2024, a 7% INCREASE in our population. If one come to the conclusion that the percentage of our population is going to need opioids for acute/chronic pain and the DEA decreases the available Oxycodone by 6%. This law – 42 USC […]

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