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Utah man arrested for murder after telling police he killed his wife at her own request https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-man-arrested-after-telling-police-he-killed-his-wife-at-her-own-request ROY, Utah — A man was arrested Saturday for allegedly shooting and killing his wife in Roy, claiming she asked him to do so because she was in extreme pain. He also told police that he killed […]
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I wonder if this letter represents the mindset of many of those in the Senate. — These new rules/guidelines do not prevent any physician from prescribing pain medications outside the normal prescribed dose as long as the physician can support the decision to do so, through documentation. Just who defines “normal prescribed dose”– the FDA— […]
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There is a term in pharmacology – LD50 – it is the dose that 50% of the animal/human taking such a dose – 50% would die ! https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB00813 Fentanyl has an intravenous LD50 of 2.91mg/kg in rats1, an oral LD50 of 18mg/kg in rats and 368mg/kg in mice.MSDS The LD50 in humans is not known. […]
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This is a basic ROAD MAP of the major players in our healthcare system and who “owns” who and who “controls ” who
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I am not sure what this means, it is around the change of practitioners treating pts who are addicted or diagnosed with Opiate Use Disorder. What interpretations that the DEA generates in the future – one can only guess –
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WARNING LETTER Optum Infusion Services 308 LLC https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/optum-infusion-services-308-llc-647842-12132022 Delivery Method: Via Email Delivery Confirmation Product: Drugs Recipient: William J. Kottmer, PharmD General Manager Optum Infusion Services 308 LLC 2555 West Fairview Street Suite 104 Building D Chandler, AZ 85224-4708 United States bkottmer@optum.com Issuing Office: Division of Pharmaceutical Quality Operations IV United States WARNING LETTER December […]
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Singer Is Paralyzed After Delay in Care; Hospital Must Pay https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/986937 Delay in Treatment Will Cost Hospital Millions A Texas hospital must pay a multimillion-dollar judgment for failing to treat a woman’s spinal injury in time to prevent paralysis, according to a report on WFAA.com, among other news sites. On March 21, 2019, Judy “Jessie” […]
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$189 charged, $15 collected: The life and death of a local independent drugstore https://vtdigger.org/2023/01/16/189-charged-15-collected-the-life-and-death-of-a-local-independent-drugstore/ BRATTLEBORO — Eye all the photos, postcards and news clippings that paper Mary Giamartino’s office, and you’ll see how the Hotel Pharmacy opened at downtown’s Brooks House in 1940, then kept its name when it moved to the old fire […]
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VA to pay for all emergency mental health care starting Jan 17, 2023 https://www.legion.org/veteranshealthcare/257959/va-pay-all-emergency-mental-health-care-starting-next-week Starting Jan. 17, veterans in acute suicidal crisis will be able to go to any VA or non-VA health care facility for emergency health care at no cost – including inpatient or crisis residential care for up to 30 days and […]
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