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If a chronic pain pt’s practitioner’s office is raided by DOJ/DEA and shut down, what percentage of the chronic pain pts are able to find a new practitioner that will continue the pt’s pain management at the dose level the pt was stable on? When a chronic pain patient’s practitioner is raided and shut down […]
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PHARMACOGENOMICS This test was not even around when I was in pharmacy school, nor when I graduated from pharmacy school in 1970. In fact, it is based on our DNA system,m and our DNA was not fully mapped until around 2000. In 2000, I was already 4 years into my FIRST RETIREMENT. By the time […]
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FDA sends warning letters to Amazon, three OTC drugmakers, and a drug compounder https://www.raps.org/News-and-Articles/News-Articles/2025/4/FDA-sends-warning-letters-to-Amazon,-three-OTC-dru The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent another warning letter to online retail giant Amazon for distributing unapproved new drugs. Additionally, three manufacturers of over-the-counter (OTC) medications received warnings for good manufacturing practice (GMP) violations, and a drug compounding […]
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A pt made a statement to me about a practitioner falsifying their blood pressure in the pt’s medical records, The pt claimed that the practitioner put the BP as LOWER than the practitioner measured it during an office visit. This was just another chronic pain pts who had their opioid reduced and their blood pressure […]
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It is obvious that the PBM industry is feeling the pressure from bureaucrats, politicians, and those who pay premiums for healthcare. It is interesting that in this advertisement, CHASE, who claims to be the Prescription Benefit Manager (PBM). States that the patient will pay ~ 50% less than what they would have paid cash for […]
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What does MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN really mean? Is a person’s QOL (Quality of Life) part of a person being HEALTHY? Technically, our President is the head of the LAW ENFORCEMENT branch of our government The three branches of government are the legislative branch, which makes laws; the executive branch, which enforces laws; and the […]
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Last night I was contacted by a chronic pain pt. This pt is a chronic pain pt, but what she described to me was that she had a shattered patella. In seeing her PCP, her BP was 220/110 and her PCP told the pt that he could not prescribe any more pain meds. He was […]
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It is FED AG Pam Bondi who is in charge of seeing that all of our laws are enforced. RFK Jr wants to make America Healthy Again. Yet Bondi seems to be out of step with MAHA. Can anyone be HEALTHY and have their QOL that is in the gutter and/or circling the drain? This […]
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Here are two inquiries and responses from Grok, which can be found within the X/Twitter website. The first was fairly factual. IMO, most of the opioid deaths were from Pharma opioids that were diverted. People would go to a “Oxy doc” and get some meds and sell half of what they got, to help pay […]
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The United States Files False Claims Act Complaint Against Three National Health Insurance Companies and Three Brokers Alleging Unlawful Kickbacks and Discrimination Against Disabled Americans https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-files-false-claims-act-complaint-against-three-national-health-insurance The United States filed a complaint today under the False Claims Act (FCA) against three of the nation’s largest health insurance companies — Aetna Inc. and affiliates, Elevance Health Inc. […]
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