Trump signs HALT Fentanyl Act with 10-year minimum sentence for traffickers

  Trump signs HALT Fentanyl Act with 10-year minimum sentence for traffickers https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/07/trump-signs-halt-fentanyl-act-with-10-year-minimum-sentence-for-traffickers.html WASHINGTON, D. C. – Flanked by parents holding photos of loved ones who died from drug overdoses, President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that will boost penalties for fentanyl trafficking. The “Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act” co-authored by Bowling […]

How you can make yourself one of your pharmacy’s favorite customers

I know that everyone – both Pharmacists, technicians and pts would like for things to run smoother. A Pt might be amazed if they took a few minutes to talk to the lead tech or the Pharmacist and just ask them is there anything that I can do that will make YOUR JOB easier so […]

What’s chronic patient suppose to do?

Why not pray for the poppy crops-if they still exist!! In the pharmacy OptumRx just told me they have around 100 pcs.of each type of pain drugs,or C-2’s.WTH???? that’s a full blown crisis.!! tomorrow I get a 1-wk.supply,no eta on inventory restock.Do I use it,or save it to take all at once,and END the anxiety […]

How many chronic pain pts have died because of these people?

 

We are all STRUGGLING – ONE DAY AT A TIME!

From: Shirley Buck I don’t usually do these things, but right now knowing so many are suffering right along with me, with us… I asked myself yesterday How long will I struggle and be in so much pain? Its worse than when my neck, back and sacrum/coccyx were fractured…I understand… I’ll keep on trying to […]

When PUSH comes to SHOVE in getting proper pain management

Usually when I ask a AI prgm a question, the answer it provides causes me to have another question. This is just one such situation that I asked the AI prgm a question and ended up asking two more questions. This started by asking what should/could a pt do when the practitioner reduced/stopped the pt’s […]

The HYPOCRITE OATH

Many state that it is stated in the Hippocratic Oath that it says “to do no harm” here is a hyperlink to the original oath and the last revision. I have done a word searched in both versions and the word “harm” does not appear.  https://doctors.practo.com/the-hippocratic-oath-the-original-and-revised-version/ I think that most would agree that various practitioners […]

VOTE as if your LIFE DEPENDED ON IT!

If you pay attention to the talking heads in the media, at least once a week, they talk about how MUCH or how LITTLE money a particular party has amassed to help one party or the other will control the House and the Senate, because they are in the majority. In a typical U.S. midterm […]

Regain your quality of life – VOTE THE BUMS OUT

The prevalence of chronic pain in the United States increases significantly with age, with the highest rates seen in older adults. According to the most recent CDC National Health Interview Survey data from 2023: Among adults age 18–29, about 12.3% report chronic pain. For those age 30–44, it rises to approximately 17% (exact 2023 data […]

Who is going to save us from all the “DO-GOODERS”?

Below is a post I made this AM, where Trump told Bondi.  Now here is Dr Oz with an email this afternoon with his new email series to help you stay healthy. With a recommendation of start walking 30 minutes a day.  Bondi wants to take pain meds away from an estimated 100+ million chronic […]