PHARMACIST STEVE

Source: Ibsen re-opens clinic despite fears of potential criminal charges for treating pain patients The BULLIES WITH BADGES – who have no medical training – are winning… prescribers suffers, pts suffer… and the BULLIES ???

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            For the last two days, I attended  number of presentation at the Indiana Pharmacists Alliance’s annual convention..  This particular presentation, like many others were presented by PharmD’s who are in or completed 1-2 (yrs)  different residences. So these are the academically the brightest of the brightest. This particular presentation […]

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Top 10 Most Dangerous U.S. Government Agencies http://www.activistpost.com/2013/01/top-10-most-dangerous-us-government.html Activist Post We have chosen to highlight United States agencies; however, this top 10 list has global impact, as the U.S. has now proven to be the enforcement division of the overarching globalist agenda of centralized control. One could argue that every government agency serves the purpose […]

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State Looks At Pill Mill Regs Causing “Pharmacy Crawl” http://miami.cbslocal.com/2015/09/16/state-looks-at-pill-mill-regs-causing-pharmacy-crawl/ TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami) – Chris Young is a lifelong gun enthusiast, but his wife Lesley got rid of his rifles not long after the couple moved back to Florida nearly two years ago. She was afraid of what her wheelchair-bound husband might do to himself once the […]

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Steroid Injections for Low Back Pain Looking Worse http://www.rheumatologynetwork.com/arthritis/steroid-injections-low-back-pain-looking-worse#sthash.1D2XCgLM.dpuf The use of steroid injections for low back pain is increasing, even though the evidence supporting it is declining. A newly published review and meta-analysis of the evidence for epidural corticosteroid injections for radiculopathy has found some early improvements in patient outcomes, but the effects were […]

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The scare tactics of the law enforcement lobby just won the day. After the Drug Policy Alliance spearheaded a huge civil asset forfeiture reform victory in New Mexico earlier this year, we set our eyes on California. Civil asset forfeiture is the barbaric practice of seizing cars, cash, and other property from people without even […]

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In States With Medical Marijuana, Painkiller Deaths Drop by 25% http://www.newsweek.com/states-medical-marijuana-painkiller-deaths-drop-25-266577 America has a major problem with prescription pain medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. Overdose deaths from these pharmaceutical opioids have approximately tripled since 1991, and every day 46 people die of such overdoses in the United States. However, in the 13 states that passed […]

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“Addiction is still running rampant” http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/news/ci_28805332/addiction-is-still-running-rampant Politicians, parents, teachers, medical professionals, police, fire and many others are rightly concerned about the opiate epidemic. But so are the drug dealers. After all, it’s bad for business. In a 93-page affidavit submitted by Drug Enforcement Administration special agents that contained transcripts of recorded conversations among five high-level […]

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Current Access to Opioids—Survey of Chronic Pain Patients http://www.practicalpainmanagement.com/treatments/pharmacological/opioids/current-access-opioids-survey-chronic-pain-patients Results of a pain medication survey of people with chronic pain found that 18% of patients were unable to fill prescriptions by pharmacists on at least one occasion. Due to new rules and concerns about preventing drug abuse and misuse, many pharmacies have smaller quantities of […]

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Arthritis Has More Impact on Younger Patients Young and middle-aged adults report more pain, sleep disturbance, impaired mental health http://www.medpagetoday.com/Rheumatology/Arthritis/53526?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-09-14&eun=g578717d0r In contrast with widespread misperceptions, Canadian research published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders has found that older adults with arthritis are less likely than their younger counterparts to report worse outcomes. Noting adverse effects on well-being […]

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