September is Chronic Pain & Suicide Awareness month

‘Make America free of addicts’ campaign launches to help Trump lower overdose deaths

Make America free of drug addicts Another article and another group that is not  smart enough to find out that there is more that just one Fentanyl analog. Article and group that if their kid, friend, relative that is not smart enough to question that buying drugs on the street and they are upset because […]

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I am sorry that this got a little long. The cliff notes version is: 45+/- state AGs sued the 3 major drug wholesalers – that control about 85% of the wholesaler Rx med business. They got those wholesalers to agreed to ration the amount of controlled meds that they sell to community pharmacies. No concern […]

the Trump administration has been floating the idea of merging the ATF with the DEA:What could go wrong?

What should be asked is why back in 1973, that Congress put two legal drugs (Nicotine & Alcohol)  Into a separate and distinct sub-agency under the DOJ while putting all the other potentially abused/addicting drugs in and under the control of the DEA? Could we see some sort of tracking (PDMP) and daily limits (Ounces […]

UPDATED 08-27-2025: I NEED/WANT YOUR OPINION

you will need either a laptop computer or desk top computer to do this This blog post will be my 11,011 blog post since I started in 2012 and my blog is approaching THREE MILLION PAGE VIEWS. I have been around the chronic pain community since 2012. There are a few things that have remained […]

What is Patient Abandonment? this is a old blog post from 2016

What is Patient Abandonment? https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-patient-abandonment.html What is Patient Abandonment? When a doctor doesn’t end the provider-patient relationship properly, it could amount to malpractice. Need Professional Help? Talk to a Lawyer. Please answer a few questions to help us match you with attorneys in your area. Injuries from medical malpractice     Injury from malpractice can […]

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Could find some stats on I read that the production quotas established on controlled substance by the DEA has dropped > 50% over the last 10 yrs +/- can you find actual stats on this how much has the lawsuit by the 45 state AG’s against the 3 major drug wholesalers reduced the availability of […]

Interesting concept – opioid free surgery – pt’s choice & can always drop out of the program

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This is a good example of BUYER BE WARE!

Lilly has a mail order pharmacy that will fill prescriptions for all strengths of Zepbound in vials for < $500 for 4 weeks. https://www.lilly.com/lillydirect/medicines/zepbound You only have one LIFE and one QOL!  As soon as the lawsuits start stacking up because they are basically selling an illegal compound product. They will file bankruptcy and close […]