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https://www.change.org/p/urge-media-to-highlight-harm-of-opioid-therapy-restrictions The Issue Chronic pain patients (CPP) are facing dire consequences due to excessive restrictions on opioid therapy. With regulations limiting access to essential pain relief, thousands are left with no option but to undergo unnecessary procedures like epidurals and nerve ablations, which not only fail to address their pain but can also cause significant […]
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This medical startup uses LLMs (Large Language Model) to run appointments and make diagnoses https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/22/1123873/medical-diagnosis-llm/ Imagine this: You’ve been feeling unwell, so you call up your doctor’s office to make an appointment. To your surprise, they schedule you in for the next day. At the appointment, you aren’t rushed through describing your health concerns; instead, […]
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A pt reached out to me with the follow issue, what is the responsibility of a large hospital system. Having several hospitals in two states and a large number of physician offices, employing 1000+ physicians. I asked perplexity.ai? Question: I had a chronic pain pts that reached out to me and the pt’s PCP is […]
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Much to my surprise this AM, I found this graphic on another FB page that I am an administrator on. I don’t even know who created this FB page, but they made me an administrator. It is a “private FB page” and it has 2.1K members. WAR ON PAIN PATIENTS PRIVATE GROUP Bob Sherrin has […]
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House Republicans probe CVS for alleged HIPAA violation https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/house-republicans-cvs-louisiana-lobbying-probe-hipaa/759427/ In June, CVS sent a mass text to pharmacy customers in Louisiana urging them to contact their representatives to oppose a PBM reform bill. Dive Brief: Two Republican congressmen are investigating CVS over concerns that the company used confidential patient information to lobby against a Louisiana […]
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Pt’s statements in RED: My words are in Green Remember she is doing speech to text This disabled female pt reached out to me Aug 4th and her doc had just abruptly cut her oral opioids she had been taking for ~ 10yr from 90 MME/day to 30 MME/day and put a Buprenorphine patch on […]
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Back in pharmacy school, we were expected to memorize just about everything. Just one of our reference books. I don’t remember the title of the book but everyone referred to it as Goodman & Gilman – it was the size of a New York City phone book – medical students used the same book. The […]
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I ran across this on the web, I don’t know who is speaking and/or what group is at this meeting. You can just the video for yourself! David Martin PhD, CEO and chairman of Mosaic Collateral Asset Management aka M·CAM, is the man speaking if anyone is interested.
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About HALF of the <D> in the House voted either against or “present” on this bill. I guess that there is no issue so benign that some in the House can agree upon ? Congressional Action The House passed the resolution with a bipartisan vote on September 19, 2025. Vote breakdown: 310 in favor, 58 […]
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Ever couple of days, I may ask perplexity.ai a questions about something and he/she/it will come back with a answer that I believe is mostly from the HEADLINES of the FAKE NEWS. So I typically ask questions that challenges the answer given and “it” is forced to defend the original answer and typically will get […]
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