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Aren’t politicians suppose to work in the best interest of their constituents ? The Senate has basically shut the federal government down. Apparently there is some 2-3 million federal works that are expected to work and not being paid. Of course the 535 members of Congress continue to get paid while the government is “shut […]
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The True Story of Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME) https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/03/01/true-story-morphine-milligram-equivalents-mme-16154 By Chuck Dinerstein, MD, MBA — March 1, 2022 They are the foundation of the CDC’s 2016 opioid guidelines, resulting in legislation that limits opioid prescribing in 36 states. Morphine milligram equivalents, or MMEs, are used to set arbitrary prescribing limits for opioids by physicians, since many state […]
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Notice that this article doesn’t talk about people who are on Medicare and/or Medicare disability. The average retired couple gets ~ 37,000.00/yr in social security. I went back and looked at what we paid for Medicare Part B & Part B supplement and since 2020. The premiums have only increased $5,300/yr. THREE to FOUR times […]
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FDA sent warning letters to six companies selling compounded retatrutide https://www.medpagetoday.com/popmedicine/cultureclinic/117942 The FDA has warned six online companies for selling compounded retatrutide, an unlicensed weight-loss drug that has gained traction among social media influencers. Five U.S. firms and one in Germany received similarly worded letters in September for selling products labeled as retatrutide, a compound […]
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I asked perplexity the following: I find in FDA max dose – on long term – high intensity pain pt – to be 1600 mg/day and for Oxycodone being 400 mgs/day. But using the MME system ratios that 1 mg of Oxycodone is equal to 1.5 mg of Morphine. Does this suggest that the MME […]
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A deadly new wave of fentanyl-stimulant overdoses is claiming the lives of older adults at unprecedented rates. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251012054606.htm Summary:Overdose deaths from fentanyl mixed with stimulants have skyrocketed among seniors, increasing 9,000% in just eight years. Once thought to affect mainly the young, the opioid epidemic’s fourth wave now engulfs older adults too. Cocaine and methamphetamine […]
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MA plan design may steer patients to specific centers, researchers suggest https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicare/117949 Key Takeaways Enrollment in Medicare Advantage among those undergoing cancer surgeries increased from 32% in 2016 to 46% in 2022. Medicare Advantage enrollees were less likely to undergo cancer surgery at high-quality hospitals versus traditional Medicare beneficiaries. These findings suggest the Medicare Advantage […]
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