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Some pharmacies and clinics are offering flu shots in August. But should you get one that early? www.denverpost.com/2018/08/20/flu-shots-august/ The sunny days of summer are not yet over, but flu season has already weaseled its way into drug and grocery stores, where pharmacies and clinics are administering vaccines to ward off influenza. Stores such as Safeway […]

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https://www.seedandspark.com/fund/pain-warriors-the-movie#story Inclusion Statement Our story brings to light a deadly suppression of facts & figures. Chronic Pain does not discriminate against age, sex, or race; suicides in all groups due to under managed pain are on the rise. We are, all of us, only one car accident or one surgery away – from a life […]

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Chronic Pain Patients Says They’re ‘Treated Like Criminals’ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/virginia/articles/2018-08-19/chronic-pain-patients-says-theyre-treated-like-criminals FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — When the former nonprofit director_a woman with a master’s degree in social work_moved from North Carolina to Spotsylvania County last fall, she brought detailed medical records about her chronic pain and the opioids she takes to treat them. As she searched for […]

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Please Let Me Know If You Are Able To Make The RULES PROCESS MEETING IN OLYMPIA ON WEDS. 8/22 @2PM IN THE RED LION INN. And/Or Thurs & Friday In TUMWATER AT CAPITOL CENTER ON 8/23 & 24. And, Can You Please HELP Us Get The Word Out!!! Or, Have You Already???  

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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/why-a-patient-paid-a-285-copay-for-a-40-drug Two years ago Gretchen Liu, 78, had a transient ischemic attack — which experts sometimes call a “mini stroke” — while on a trip to China. After she recovered and returned home to San Francisco, her doctor prescribed a generic medication called telmisartan to help manage her blood pressure. Liu and her husband Z. […]

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What the media gets wrong about opioids https://www.cjr.org/covering_the_health_care_fight/what-the-media-gets-wrong-about-opioids.php After Jillian Bauer-Reese created an online collection of opioid recovery stories, she began to get calls for help from reporters. But she was dismayed by the narrowness of the requests, which sought only one type of interviewee. “They were looking for people who had started on a […]

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Wanna tell the government how their restrictions are hurting you? Here’s how: the FDA has asked for our input- a forum where you can tell them how you’ve been affected. And you can do it anonymously. Please, do it for yourself and do it for all of us. https://www.regulations.gov/docket?D=FDA-2018-N-1621 We only have about two weeks […]

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Oregon Opioid Forced Taper Debate Continues http://nationalpainreport.com/oregon-opioid-forced-taper-debate-continues-8836964.html Oregon’s Health Evidence Review Commission’s (HERC) Value based benefits Subcommittee heard testimony from national pain leaders, Oregon physicians and nurses and pain patients during a day long meeting on Thursday. At issue is the controversial proposal that HERC is considering to force taper Oregon Medicaid patients off opioids […]

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