Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Sues FDA for “Irrational” Interference of Access to Life-Saving Hydroxychloroquine

Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Sues FDA for “Irrational” Interference of Access to Life-Saving Hydroxychloroquine https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/association-american-physicians-surgeons-sues-fda-irrational-interference-access-life-saving-hydroxychloroquine/ The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (https://aapsonline.org) filed a lawsuit against Department of Health and Human Services and the FDA for “irrational interference” by the FDA with timely access to hydroxychloroquine. Never in history have we seen […]

My doc’s office needed to answer some questions before the pharmacist considered refilling my prescription(s) ?

I really am hoping I can reach out to you. I’m feeling embarrassed about my visit to cvs pharmacy . The pharmacist tore me down emotionally in public today. I don’t know who to ask for help. I see an addiction doc who’s also my primary. I Needed to get back on my medicines to […]

Watchdog report slams DEA’s money-laundering operations

Watchdog report slams DEA’s money-laundering operations https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/06/17/watchdog-report-dea-money-laundering-325723 Findings that DEA-handled funds may have fueled crime echo the furor over Operation Fast & Furious. The Drug Enforcement Administration laundered tens of millions of dollars in the course of drug trafficking investigations over the past decade without complying with laws governing such operations, according to a newly […]

Coronavirus can still pass between face mask wearers — even when they’re 4 feet apart: study

Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Coronavirus can still pass between face mask wearers — even when they’re 4 feet apart: study COVID-19 can be transmitted between people who are standing more than four feet apart, even if they are wearing a mask, a new study has found. The research, published in Physics of Fluids, notes […]

Finally: Common Drug Improves COVID-19 Survival in Trial

Finally: Common Drug Improves COVID-19 Survival in Trial https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/87086 Dexamethasone, the familiar glucocorticoid, reduced deaths in hospitalized COVID-19 patients with severe disease by one-third compared to those receiving usual care, according to topline interim results from the RECOVERY trial released early Tuesday. Deaths in the dexamethasone arm were reduced by one-third (RR 0.65, 95% CI […]

should the chronic pain community be ashamed of itself ?

I am a member of this private group  Shih Tzu Lovers https://www.facebook.com/groups/shihtzuloverus/members There is 57,000 members in this private group Within the last week a woman made a post about having to euthanize her 16 y/o Shih Tzu after becoming suddenly ill…  Those of us who have had pets understand how she feels… we are […]

The Rapp Report: Interview With Shasta Rayne Harner, Vice President of CIAAG 06/15/2020

E07: Interview With Shasta Rayne Harner, Vice President of CIAAG 06/15/2020 https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-3rs7a-dfd3c9 In this episode, we interview Shasta Rayne Harner of Chronic Illness Advocacy and Awareness Group, Inc. (CIAAG). Shasta is the Vice President and Dir ector of CIAAG. She is also a chronic pain patient herself, suffering from Dermatomyositis.  The Chronic Illness Advocacy & […]

local police stop cars and seize cash and property to pay for local law enforcement efforts

The War on Drugs spurred the nation’s current policing crisis http://https://www.ocregister.com/2020/06/12/the-war-on-drugs-spurred-the-nations-current-policing-crisis/ SACRAMENTO – While growing up around Philadelphia in the 1970s, I had a number of interactions with police – none of which were particularly harrowing. On the night before Memorial Day, for instance, a friend and I were drinking beer (yes, we were underage) […]

Your Pain, Your Rights: Dealing With Your Physician And Your Hospital

Your Pain, Your Rights: Dealing With Your Physician And Your Hospital https://rsds.org/your-pain-your-rights-dealing-with-your-physician-and-your-hospital/ Although I had concentrated on legal issues relating to pain in terminal illness, I had never even heard of CRPS until I got a call from a young mother in  California with the crippling syndrome. She had gone from being an athletic, employed, confident woman to one […]

Seattle man, 70, beats coronavirus — then gets $1.1M hospital bill- almost $18,000/day

Seattle man, 70, beats coronavirus — then gets $1.1M hospital bill https://www.foxnews.com/health/seattle-man-70-beats-coronavirus-then-gets-1-1m-hospital-bill-report-says Coronavirus nearly killed Michael Flor. After he got out of the hospital following a 62-day stay, the bill he received nearly killed him too. “I opened it and said, ‘Holy (expletive)!,” the Washington state resident recalled, according to the Seattle Times. The 181-page […]