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Unintentional Prescription Opioid Deaths in the Oklahoma Medicaid Population http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170906005319/en/Purdue-Pharma-L.P.-Present-Data-Research-Studies Reports suggest that the Medicaid population is uniquely vulnerable to opioid overdose; however, little is known about patterns of pharmacy and medical utilization prior to death in this population. This study was designed to describe demographic and clinical characteristics in the year prior to overdose […]

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Surescripts and Allscripts Join Forces to Make Patient Medication History Data Available to Pharmacists in the Wake of Hurricane Harvey http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170906006529/en/Surescripts-Allscripts-Join-Forces-Patient-Medication-History ARLINGTON, Va. & CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In the wake of the devastating impact of Hurricane Harvey, Surescripts and Allscripts (NASDAQ:MDRX) are collaborating to provide free access to patient-specific medication history data for pharmacists in Texas and […]

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Hi Steve my name is Sxxxxx… I am on disability I am on Social Security I am on Medicare and I also have freedom Health as a subsidiary… anyways I’m not sure how to go about this so please bear with me… we have a hurricane coming our way I am in Florida and right […]

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Emerging Drug Threats and the Whac-a-Mole Theory https://www.thefix.com/emerging-drug-threats-and-whac-mole-theory “What does it mean if there are more seizures of fentanyl? … The metric that should be used is, are we reducing overdose deaths? By that metric, law enforcement and the DEA are failing.” As soon as one drug is made illegal, another similar chemical pops up […]

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Gov. Rick Scott asks POTUS to declare pre-landfall emergency http://www.wtxl.com/news/gov-rick-scott-asks-potus-to-declare-pre-landfall-emergency/article_5bb7c316-9260-11e7-95e4-37e7647882bb.html INSURANCE The Department of Financial Services and the Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) has activated its internal Incident Management Team (IMT) for coordination of activities related to Hurricane Irma and is preparing to respond to deployments as needed, and prepared to order property insurers to […]

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President Trump Appoints Anti-Marijuana Congressman as New Drug Czar https://www.civilized.life/articles/trump-appoints-anti-marijuana-drug-czar/ President Donald Trump has appointed a lot of questionable officials to major posts in his administration. Whether it’s someone who’s against environmental regulations to lead the EPA or appointing a guy who said he wanted to eliminate the Department of Energy to be the Secretary […]

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Here’s Everything You Need To Know About The Patient’s Bill Of Rights https://www.forbes.com/sites/amino/2016/03/21/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-patients-bill-of-rights/#33d8d99a6d01 This is the first in a series of articles that focuses on your rights as a patient—both inside the hospital and out. First up, we explore the “Patient’s Bill of Rights” (yes, that’s a thing!). If you’ve ever been hospitalized and felt […]

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THIS IS TOTAL ADULT POPULATION OF UNITED STATES. WHEN YOU THROW AROUND WILDLY EXAGGERATED FIGURES, LIKE 100 MILLION PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC PAIN IN UNITED STATES, IT MAKES YOU AS SPOKESPEOPLE LESS TRUSTWORTHY: ADULTS:249,485,228 Percent77%77%77%77%77% Total 323,127,513 CAUTION: DON’T PICK UP A FIGURE/STAT  FROM SOME BLOG OR OTHER PAIN ADVOCATE WEBSITE  OR FACEBOOK PAGE THAT DOESN’T COME […]

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CDC Ignored Warning About Opioid Guidelines www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2017/9/5/cdc-ignored-warnings-about-opioid-guidelines September 05, 2017 By Pat Anson, Editor A consulting company hired by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned the agency last year that many doctors had stopped prescribing opioid pain medication and that chronic pain patients felt “slighted and shamed” by the CDC’s opioid guidelines. “Some […]

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  Dr. Andrew Kolodny: Opioid crisis ‘not an abuse crisis, it’s an addiction epidemic’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/postlive/dr-andrew-kolodny-opioid-crisis-not-an-abuse-crisis-its-an-addiction-epidemic/2017/06/21/789fa53c-568a-11e7-840b-512026319da7_video.html VIDEO ON ABOVE LINK Dr. Andrew Kolodny, Co-Director of Opioid Policy Research at The Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University says that the crisis of opioid addiction was originally “misframed” as a problem that only affected […]

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