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Heart-Drug Suppliers for Millions Faulted Over Data, Bugs and Dirt https://www.supplychainbrain.com/articles/29738-heart-drug-suppliers-for-millions-faulted-over-data-bugs-dirt A pair of drugmakers in India that the U.S. is counting on to produce generic blood-pressure pills after a far-reaching recall have been faulted by regulators for quality-control issues. Cadila Healthcare Ltd. and Alkem Laboratories Ltd. both won approvals in March from the Food […]

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North Dakota to Appeal Ruling in Suit Against Opioid Maker www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/05/15/us/ap-us-opioids-lawsuit-north-dakota.html BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said the state will appeal the dismissal of the state’s lawsuit against the maker of OxyContin over opioid abuse. South Central District Judge James Hill on Friday threw out the state’s claim that Connecticut-based Purdue […]

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They have already in the process of changing from using the term opiate EPIDEMIC to opiate crisis – because  the term  epidemic suggests that we are dealing with a contagious disease and neither pain nor substance abuse is contagious. They have also seemed to be in the process of getting rid of the term dependency […]

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https://www.gofundme.com/f/retired-navy-chief-chris-fowler-funeral-fund From Valorie Hawk: I am in a state of shock. Chris Fowler was a good man, and no one should have to raise money to do this. His wife Nicole Howe Fowler was one of my first ‘mom friends’ in Hawaii, as we were in a baby hui together. Nicole was/is (we haven’t seen […]

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AARP accused of fighting Trump proposal that could help seniors with more affordable prescriptions www.bizpacreview.com/2019/05/14/aarp-accused-of-fighting-trump-proposal-that-could-help-seniors-with-more-affordable-prescriptions-754466 AARP is reportedly opposing a proposal by the Trump administration that could help seniors better afford their prescription drugs. Practicing Physicians of America co-founder Dr. Marion Mass told The Daily Caller that AARP has aligned itself with “being for kickbacks […]

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https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/Fraud-Abuse-MLN4649244.pdf https://www.cms.gov/Outreach-and-Education/Medicare-Learning-Network-MLN/MLNProducts/Downloads/Fraud-Abuse-MLN4649244-Print-Friendly.pdf What Is Medicare Fraud? Knowingly ordering medically unnecessary items or services for patients What Is Medicare Abuse? Abuse describes practices that may directly or indirectly result in unnecessary costs to the Medicare Program. Abuse includes any practice that does not provide patients with medically necessary services or meet professionally recognized standards of care. […]

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Pain Patients Like Me Are Rising Up Against Discrimination and Suffering www.filtermag.org/2019/05/13/pain-patients-like-me-are-rising-up-against-discrimination-and-suffering/ If it were up to me, it’s unlikely I would be sitting down to write about my life with chronic severe pain, or the government policies and the social attitudes government encourages that generate unnecessary suffering for far too many Americans. I’d rather […]

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