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Parents want ban on energy drinks for minors after son’s death https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/parents-want-ban-on-energy-drinks-for-minors-after-sons-death/ar-BBWmmAV A bill that would ban the sale of energy drinks to those under 18 years of age passed a subcommittee of South Carolina lawmakers Friday.  The bill, H.4352, was filed by Representative Leon Howard (D-Richland) and Representative Chip Huggins (R-Lexington. It’s also being […]

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Joint Meeting of the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee and the Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments https://www.regulations.gov/document?D=FDA-2019-N-1646-0001 Summary The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces a forthcoming public advisory committee meeting of the Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee […]

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CVS Introduces Limit on Glucose Strips www.nbcnewyork.com/on-air/as-seen-on/CVS-Introduces-Limit-on-Glucose-Strips_New-York-509231382.html According to this report… CVS has decided to only allow 3 glucose test strips for Insulin dependent pts and it is being billed to Medicare Part B. Even though Medicare Part B will reimburse for 4 tests strips a day. According to this article, the news reporter reached […]

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PRESS RELEASE from Nealy Tynes, President, International OPERATION PAIN RELIEF www.nationalpainreport.com/press-release-from-nealy-tynes-president-international-operation-pain-relief-8839697.html PRESS RELEASE 4-28-19 In 2010 the Department of Defense told us there were 18 vets of foreign wars dying by suicide everyday in Washington state.  That is approximately 6,570 per year. Now, it’s 2019 and the suicide rate is increasing dramatically in Washington state […]

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Oregon Pain Action Group Published on Apr 3, 2019 Shorter version. HERC Meeting March 14th 2019. HERC members talking about chronic pain patients after they left the meeting. What was expected to be the final vote on the chronic pain task force proposal for medicaid, was paused they say, to investigate a possible conflict of […]

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Express Scripts won’t cover Eli Lilly’s new generic insulin https://www.axios.com/express-scripts-wont-cover-eli-lilly-insulin-lispro-37c347da-9383-425c-b3f2-8af755f7a1ae.html Eli Lilly’s new “authorized generic” of its pricey Humalog insulin, called Lispro, is excluded from the 2019 national list of covered drugs from pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts. The big picture: So much for all the fanfare when Eli Lilly unveiled the insulin last month. […]

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What Is Your State Doing About Pain? www.nationalpainreport.com/what-is-your-state-doing-about-pain-8839662.html The Federation of State Medical Boards is meeting in Fort Worth, Texas this weekend—and the “opioid” crisis is on the agenda. “The State Medical Boards must lead the effort on regulation of the opioid crisis. The DEA and other federal agencies must work with the Medical Boards […]

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FDA issues the rules all other agencies must follow. No agency outranks FDA AMA welcomes CDC’s revised view on opioids guidelines After posting these last night and pulling the title of the posts from the article itself…  I started reviewing the “whole game” that is being played out between the DOJ/DEA, FDA, CDC  and countless […]

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CDC Officially Begins Issuing Corrections to Opioid “Guidelines” Guideline Corrections Issued Three Years after Catastrophic Damage Wrought on Chronic Disease Community www.medium.com/@heatherzamm/cdc-officially-begins-issuing-corrections-to-opioid-guidelines-3d79b68993f5 The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released an official statement to the mainstream media on Wednesday, April 24, 2019, with “clarification” regarding their 2016 Guidelines for Opioid Prescribing for Treatment of Chronic Non […]

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