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‘What are we supposed to do?’ opioid patients ask after feds shut down doctor http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/what-are-we-supposed-to-do-opioid-patients-ask-after-feds-shut-down-doctor-20160505 Senator Chas Schumer and 27 from the House of Representatives from New York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Representatives_from_New_York  are up for reelection this Nov.  These are the people who fund and oversee the DEA… The BUCK STOPS WITH THEM…  Don’t send them a letter, […]

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About that Johns Hopkins study on medical errors (podcast) Interview_with_Frank_Federico_-_Institute_for_Healthcare_Improvement.mp3 By now, you’ve probably heard about the Johns Hopkins study, published in BMJ, that called medical errors the third leading cause of death in the U.S. That works out to slightly more than 250,000 unnecessary deaths annually, or about 9.5 percent of all fatalities in […]

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Rx Drug Abuse Not Just a Campaign Slogan | NCPA Executive Update | May 6, 2016 Rx Drug Abuse Not Just a Campaign Slogan Dear Colleague, Next week has been nicknamed “Opioid Week” in Congress as more than a dozen opioid abuse-related bills will be considered by House committees. The epidemic of prescription drug abuse […]

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Physicians warn mandatory opioid prescription training could have unintended effects http://upnorthlive.com/news/nation-world/physicians-warn-mandatory-opioid-prescription-training-could-have-unintended-effects WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) — As deaths and medical costs associated with opioid painkiller addiction and abuse continue to rise in the U.S., the Obama administration is considering a recommendation to mandate new training for doctors who prescribe the drugs. Following two days of […]

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The FDA Is Hiding Reports Linking Psych Drugs to Homicides http://www.madinamerica.com/2016/05/the-fda-is-hiding-reports-linking-psych-drugs-to-homicides/ In my wildest dreams, I could never have imagined being drawn into a story of intrigue involving my own government’s efforts to hide, from the public, reports of psychiatric drugs associated with cases of murder, including homicides committed by youth on the drugs. But […]

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https://youtu.be/FFroMQlKiag?t=15s If you look at the most recent comment period on the CDC proposal on limits on opium prescribing as typical of what goes on in Washington DC.  First of all you are dealing with UN-ELECTED BUREAUCRATS/REGULATORS… their ONLY job is to create regulations from the 300 odd new laws that Congress pass every year […]

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Using the last Presidential election as a gauge… where 126 million votes were cast and 106 million eligible voters — DID NOT VOTE ! .. and FIVE MILLION votes separated the winner from the loser.. It is estimated that this Presidential election that there were be 2.5 billion dollars will be spent to win a […]

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Prince did not die from pain pills — he died from chronic pain http://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/prince-did-not-die-from-pain-pills-he-died-from-chronic-pain The media can’t seem to get its stories about Prince right. As the news feed overflows with stories with the word “Prince” and “addiction” in them, very few of them feature the word “chronic pain.” Multiple reports mention that Prince had suffered […]

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Our PDP (Prescription Drug Program) Silver Scripts … part of CVS Health … that we have used since Jan 1, 2006… IMO.. is starting to “play games” with how medications are classified in the various pricing “TIERS”. Apparently with the 2016 formulary and tiers.. there was a lot of upward shifting of most generic medications […]

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Does Patient Privacy Trump Hospital Security? http://www.medpagetoday.com/HospitalBasedMedicine/RiskManagement/57723?xid=NL_breakingnews_2016-05-05&eun=g578717d0r A San Diego Hospital’s hidden cameras may have captured too much information by Cheryl Clark Contributing Writer, MedPage Today Surveillance cameras track people scurrying along urban sidewalks, driving on highways, and shopping in convenience stores, but what about hidden cameras in operating rooms? A San Diego area hospital […]

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