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https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/10/12/opioid-epidemic-6-charts-designed-deceive-you-11935 I do not know Dr. Andrew Kolodny, personally, and, aside from one brief phone call last year, I have had no contact with him. Therefore I cannot know his motivation for becoming a driving force behind “opioid reform”— a concept which would border on hysterically funny if not for the tragedy that it is […]
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A huge step backward on opioids https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/24/opinions/opioid-health-prison-opinion-collins/index.html How to fix the opioid crisis 04:51 Michael Collins is the deputy director of Drug Policy Alliance‘s Office of National Affairs, an organization that advocates to end the war on drugs. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. (CNN)The latest statistics on the overdose crisis — […]
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidkroll/2018/02/09/fda-weaponizes-opioid-label-against-kratom-consumers/#778d17ac4536 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released a statement on Tuesday afternoon from Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, declaring that kratom, a southeast Asian herbal medicine, contains naturally occurring plant alkaloid chemicals that are predicted by unpublished computer models to be opioids. The agency has also collected 44 fatal adverse reaction reports where kratom components […]
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https://www.adhereforhealth.org/medciationadherence/ What is Medication Adherence? Medication adherence occurs when a patient takes their medications according to the prescribed dosage, time, frequency, and direction. A breakdown in any one of these elements has the potential to result in unanticipated side effects and complications. Studies show that: Half of all patients do not take their medications as […]
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www.nationalpainreport.com/film-on-chronic-pain-nearing-release-8835451.html Many of our readers have recommended that more needs to be done to educate people about the chronic pain issue. An ambitious effort is nearing completion. It is a documentary called Pandemic of Denial that has been in production for several years and is being reading for release this year. Tina Petrova, a Canadian […]
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https://m.chron.com/news/medical/article/Insulin-quality-questions-have-diabetes-experts-12558865.php TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Preliminary research suggesting that some diabetes patients may be injecting medicine that has partially disintegrated is causing concern even as serious questions are raised about the research itself. The study author, a pharmacist, bought vials of insulin at a number of pharmacies and found that on average the vials […]
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/scientists-warn-trump-administration-that-banning-kratom-will-result-in-more-opioid-deaths/article/2648561 A group of scientists who have studied kratom are warning the Trump administration that banning the drug would worsen the opioid epidemic, following a declaration from the Food and Drug Administration that kratom has “opioid properties” and is associated with 44 deaths. The drug, a Southeast Asian tree leaf, is legal under federal law, […]
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http://investigations.blog.ajc.com/2018/02/07/secrecy-rules-at-the-georgia-composite-medical-board/ Shoddy care by doctors. Sexual misconduct. Malpractice cases that led to $1 million settlements. Violations involving prescription drugs. Those are among the serious allegations made against Georgia doctors last year in formal complaints. But the public will never know the details of how the Georgia Composite Medical Board handled the vast majority […]
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Death investigation highlights problematic coroner system in state https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/death-investigation-highlights-problematic-coroner-system-in-state/article_e1e4b5f0-0b98-11e8-897b-7fa32d65f210.html FAYETTE — Missouri’s coroners don’t have many requirements to get the job. Some do not even attend training sessions, according to the coroners’ professional association. Some county coroners are concerned cases are being mishandled, deaths are going under-investigated, and too few autopsies are being ordered. They […]
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South Dakota lawmaker looks to rein in opioid painkiller prescriptions http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/06/south-dakota-lawmaker-looks-reign-opioid-painkiller-prescriptions/306626002/ PIERRE — Doctors would only be able to prescribe seven days’ worth of opioid painkillers to children or patients taking the drugs for the first time under a bill up for consideration Wednesday in the Statehouse. Under Senate Bill 176, physicians would be required to consider […]
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