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http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/veteran-kills-self-in-john-cochran-va-medical-center-waiting/article_98b297b8-1ed2-52f9-8301-dc49c23fe2ea.html A veteran committed suicide inside the John Cochran VA Medical Center at 915 North Grand Boulevard early Monday Authorities have not identified the victim. The hospital said he was a veteran. “We are grieved to confirm that a Veteran was found deceased in our medical center early this morning,” spokeswoman Marcena C. Gunter said […]

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As this reads, it would appear that the state’s medical board has instructed  all prescribers in the state to reduce the number of opiates prescriptions. So the medical board is denying/discriminating against all pts who are covered by the Americans with Disability Act and Civil Rights Act appropriate care. So bureaucrats at the STATE LEVEL […]

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DEA adds 250 more task force officers to fight opioid crisis http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/380543-dea-adds-250-more-task-force-officers-to-fight-opioid-crisis The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is deploying 250 additional task force officers and dozens more analysts across the U.S. in an effort to crackdown on the opioid epidemic. The additional manpower will be in areas the epidemic has hit the hardest, the DEA […]

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Hi, I apologize for not reading thru your web site. But I am in pain since CVS has made my doctor decrease my pain medicines in half to the dose that gave me relief. Right now I am in pain. Please tell me where to turn. I am a 56 yr old with multiple spinal […]

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‘Gun-shy’ doctors and the second opioid crisis: patients in chronic pain The addiction epidemic has led to a clampdown on legit prescriptions. www.billypenn.com/2018/03/27/gun-shy-doctors-and-the-second-opioid-crisis-patients-in-chronic-pain/ Growing up, Amie was always double-jointed. Compared to her peers, she could extend her joints far past what was normal. For some kids, double-jointedness is like a party trick. But as Amie […]

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http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2018/03/26/princes-toxicology-report-indicates-had-excessively-high-levels-drug-fentanyl-in-his-system.html A newly-discovered report gives a much clearer picture as to Prince’s cause of death in 2016. According to a toxicology report obtained by the Associated Press from Prince’s autopsy, he had what experts call an “exceedingly high” concentration of fentanyl in his body at the time of his death. For those unfamiliar, fentanyl is […]

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www.topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/839849-cvs-class-action-lawsuit-says-6000-hiv-patients-exposed/ A class action lawsuit claims that CVS violated patient privacy by exposing the HIV status of 6,000 Ohio residents. A number of anonymous Ohio residents allege that CVS had a practice of mailing out information related to patients’ involvement in Ohio’s HIV Drug Assistance Program, and those mailings were labeled clearly with a patient code […]

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States: Federal money for opioid crisis a small step https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/nation/2018/03/25/opioid-crisis-funding/33273481/ Cherry Hill, N.J. — The federal government will spend a record $4.6 billion this year to fight the nation’s deepening opioid crisis, which killed 42,000 Americans in 2016. But some advocates say the funding included in the spending plan the president signed Friday is not […]

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http://www.toledoblade.com/Medical/2018/03/26/State-officials-announce-new-campaign-against-opioid-abuse.html As the high rate of opioid abuse continues in northwest Ohio, state and federal officials unveiled proposals Monday they hope stop addiction before it starts. The day’s three events in Toledo included a visit by directors from the state departments of mental health and addiction services; department of health; medical board, and pharmacy board. […]

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