PHARMACIST STEVE

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Wednesday announced a recall of dietary supplements that contain kratom, a herb the agency has classified as an opioid. There is one dietary supplement that is safe for your health and it is the alpilean, you can check alpilean reviews and complaints and there you will find all […]

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http://fibrowomen.com/fda-warns-about-dangers-of-epidural-steroid-injections-for-back-pain/ The Food and Drug Administration has just issued what’s called a  “Medwatch Alert” warning that Epidural steroid injections or “ESIs” for back and neck pain can be extremely dangerous. The alert says: “Injection of corticosteroids into the epidural space of the spine may result in rare but serious adverse events, including loss of vision, stroke, […]

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I have been watching/listening to the “tube” today… here we are one week later since those 17 students were shot/murdered in FL.   The news showed students protesting at Tallahassee, FL and the White House and numerous other places… shouting #NEVERAGAIN…  unlike the two groups of handicapped/disabled people that protested on the hill a number of […]

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https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2018/02/02/chronic-pain-patients-war-opioid-epidemic-could-kill-us/1081785001/ Many chronic pain patients, who don’t suffer from cancer or other fatal diseases, worry they will become the casualties in the battle against the opioid epidemic. “It’s like a war on chronic pain patients,” said Jaqueline Schneider, a 56-year-old Pittsburgh woman who suffers from two rare spine diseases. “Nobody mentions legitimate pain patients. It’s like […]

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  The House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold its first hearing on Feb. 28 to address opioid abuse in the U.S. Lawmakers noted the committee will likely require additional funding from Congress to draft legislation to focus on law enforcement, insurance coverage issues and public health and prevention programs. “It’s my top priority as […]

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http://www.wjhl.com/news/veterans-file-formal-complaints-after-va-cuts-back-on-opioids_2017120104022247/871629252 JOHNSON CITY, TN (WJHL) – In the months since Mountain Home VA started weaning veterans off opioids, many of those patients filed formal complaints, according to federal records. A breakdown of complaints, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, identified nearly 300 complaints since October linked to opioids. “They have every right to […]

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Dear Steve, I found your info while trying to figure out WHY/HOW,I was denied by the Pharmacy, inside Gelson’s market in Calabasas, CA!  I have multiple health issues that are excruciating!  I had been with Dr. Brown in Woodland Hills, well….. after over 8 years, she decided (with no notice), to stop treating folks!!!  I […]

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Has anyone ever noticed that every state has a Medical Licensing Board and Pharmacy Board… whose primary charge is to protect the public’s health and safety and yet it is the judicial/legal system that goes after those prescribers and pharmacies for failing to protect the public’s health and safety… Is it appropriate that law enforcement […]

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