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The Devil You Know – Neurontin’s Massive Flop as an Opioid Alternative https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/09/16/devil-you-know-neurontins-massive-flop-opioid-alternative-16551 Wanna hear something sickening? Neurontin, a drug developed for epilepsy and used off-label for neuropathic pain, had its sales grow 350% between 2004 and 2019. Why? We don’t have 350% more epileptics. No, it’s because the drug is being forced down the […]

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Provider Alert: Your Urine Drug Testing Program May Not Be Compliant, Here’s Why…   https://ccghealthcare.com/2022/09/13/elementor-2836/ Urine drug testing is commonly used in healthcare practices to ensure patients are compliant with their medication and not diverting or abusing medication and illicit substances. Many states have implemented drug testing requirements that providers must follow. Additionally, there has […]

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For those chronic pain pts who have had their pain meds reduced or eliminated all together… and have become bed, chair, house confined…  those pts may end up suffering from one more potential health issues that could contribute to a premature failure.  At the bottom of this post, I have included a chart of all […]

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****Attention Pharmacy Technicians **** Hey guys!!!!! I am partnering with a well known national publication for this piece. At this time, I can’t reveal the name yet as the project is under development! But I need your help getting the stories out! This particular piece focuses specifically on Technicians!! If you are interested, please contact […]

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It was the CALF Medical Board that starting going after what prescribers wrote for up to TEN YEARS AGO…  Even going after some prescribers that had been retired for a few years. Remember the Biden’s Admin attempt to create a dis-information czar in the Dept of Homeland Security ?  That job lasted about 2 weeks […]

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Some believe our country is on the verge of a Civil War, they may be right, but it won’t be a bilateral war like our last Civil War..  Our society has voluntarily divided itself in – for lack of a better description – TRIBES. The chronic pain community is not all that different from our […]

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This was written by Bob Sheerin’s wife (Amanda)… this particular hospital – because of some – at best – half-truths from a tribe of malcontents – who claim to be chronic pain pts and advocates – sent to someone at this hospital.  Bob was told that he was no longer going to be able to […]

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Majority of retail pharmacists fear losing Medicare-eligible patients https://drugstorenews.com/majority-retail-pharmacists-fear-losing-medicare-eligible-patients Seventy percent of pharmacists who responded to EnlivenHealth’s survey said that a third or more of their pharmacy’s revenue comes from Medicare-eligible patients. A majority of retail pharmacists fear losing their high-value, Medicare-eligible patients when those patients choose a Medicare plan that is out of the […]

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