CHRONIC ILLNESS & RELATIONSHIPS
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Having HEALTH INSURANCE is NO GUARANTEE of actually getting HEALTHCARE SERVICES
Posted on July 21, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Study: 40% of Doctors Refuse New Chronic Pain Patients Using Opioids . Many/most of the people who are running in the Democratic primary claim that healthcare is a RIGHT…. They are promoting “Medicare for all” but what they are describing is “Medicaid for all” because they are talking about services covered from […]
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Study: 40% of Doctors Refuse New Chronic Pain Patients Using Opioids
Posted on July 21, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Study: 40% of Doctors Refuse New Chronic Pain Patients Using Opioids https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-07-12/study-40-of-doctors-refuse-new-chronic-pain-patients-using-opioids “Insurance status and whether the clinic provided for treatment of (opioid use disorder) were not associated with willingness to accept the new patient taking opioids,” according to the study, published in the online Journal of the American Medical Association. In the national fight […]
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FDA warning: non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase the chance of a heart attack or stroke
Posted on July 21, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
FDA Drug Safety Communication: FDA strengthens warning that non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) can cause heart attacks or strokes https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-drug-safety-communication-fda-strengthens-warning-non-aspirin-nonsteroidal-anti-inflammatory The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is strengthening an existing label warning that non-aspirin nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase the chance of a heart attack or stroke. Based on our comprehensive review of new […]
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Calling all civil rights and personal injury attorneys
Posted on July 20, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
This office practice seems to be making a public statement that they are going to segregate the care that all pts with chronic health issues are dealing with.. EXCEPT those who are dealing with chronic pain. So are the prescribers in this practice … when dealing with a pt that has a health issue where […]
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Not all criminals are alike – some carry BADGES
Posted on July 20, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
DEA Agents Sold Opioids, Stole Cash, and Falsely Identified Drug Suspects, Say Feds Seize the drugs. Sell the drugs. Arrest the buyers. Repeat. www.reason.com/2017/10/04/dea-agents-sold-opioids-stole-cash/ Four former Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) operatives face federal corruption and conspiracy charges after allegedly engaging in all sorts of shady behavior, from selling drugs themselves to lying under oath, falsifying […]
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What TWO DRUGS have killed 12 million people since 1996 – answer at end of post
Posted on July 20, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Internal drug company emails show indifference to opioid epidemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/internal-drug-company-emails-show-indifference-to-opioid-epidemic-ship-ship-ship/2019/07/19/003d58f6-a993-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html In May 2008, as the opioid epidemic was raging in America, a representative of the nation’s largest manufacturer of opioid pain pills sent an email to a client at a wholesale drug distributor in Ohio. Victor Borelli, a national account manager for Mallinckrodt, told Steve […]
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I Will Not Be Shamed for Using Opioids to Manage My Cancer Pain
Posted on July 19, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
I Will Not Be Shamed for Using Opioids to Manage My Cancer Pain https://www.healthywomen.org/content/article/i-will-not-be-shamed-using-opioids-manage-my-cancer-pain by April Doyle The pain starts in my sit bones, radiates into my pelvic area and moves up and down my spine. When I’m having a good day, my pain is a 5 or 6 out of 10 on the pain […]
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when the “facts presented” only represents PART OF THE TOTAL TRUTH ?
Posted on July 19, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Does the drop in US drug deaths mean the opioid crisis is ending? https://www.newscientist.com/article/2210550-does-the-drop-in-us-drug-deaths-mean-the-opioid-crisis-is-ending/ For the first time since 1990, the number of annual drug overdose deaths in the US has declined. The 5 per cent fall reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is almost entirely due to a drop in […]
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$57.1 Million Lyme Disease Lawsuit Filed Against CDC
Posted on July 19, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
$57.1 Million Lyme Disease Lawsuit Filed Against CDC “Unprecedented” lawsuit claims CDC wrongfully terminated agreement to evaluate guaranteed “no false-positive” DNA based Lyme test utilizing superior technology. Washington, D.C. – Dr. Sin Hang Lee, pathologist, founder and owner of Milford Molecular Diagnostics, a CLIA-certified diagnostic laboratory in Milford, Conn. (www.dnalymetest.com), today filed a lawsuit with […]
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