Biden Opioid Plan Puts Pharmacies On Notice

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Biden Opioid Plan Puts Pharmacies On Notice https://www.law360.com/articles/1323869/biden-opioid-plan-puts-pharmacies-on-notice By Emily Field Law360 (November 8, 2020, 5:16 PM EST) — President-elect Joe Biden will enter office with a plan to curb the nation’s opioid crisis by increasing federal investigations into distributors of the drug, signaling that smaller companies should be aware that it’s not just big […]

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DOJ: new guidelines on ADA on which disabled people can/can’t be discriminated against being Rx’d controlled meds

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

It would seems that the Federal bureaucracy gets more and more contradictory… a number of years ago our Supreme Court ruled that the 8th Amendment only applies to prisoners The Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal government from imposing excessive bail, excessive fines, or cruel and unusual punishments. Now our Dept […]

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Some kids in pain need opioids. For doctors, that means walking a tightrope

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Some kids in pain need opioids. For doctors, that means walking a tightrope https://www.statnews.com/2019/11/04/kids-pain-opioids-pediatricians-tightrope/ As a physician who works in a pediatric emergency department, I see the downsides of trampolines, monkey bars, coffee tables with sharp corners, and even hot soup — all common sources of children’s injuries. No matter what the trauma, many of […]

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As a pain specialist, I may have caused more harm by under prescribing opioids

Posted on April 12, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

As a pain specialist, I may have caused more harm by under prescribing opioids+ https://www.statnews.com/2022/04/12/underprescribing-opioids-can-also-cause-harm/ A reporter recently asked me about what harm I may have caused as a pain management physician who prescribes opioids. As I reflected on my last 10 years in this field, my response was that the harms I may have […]

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UPDATED: Heaven’s newest ANGEL

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

This is a little 12 y/o (Jennie) that Bob Sheerin started  advocating for at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville… a few months ago, unfortunately she recently died from her Leukemia.  Vanderbilt is one of those DAMN  NON-OPIATE hospital corporation.  After Bob got involved, Jennie started getting some opiates to help her deal with her pain.  Here […]

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Please PAY ATTENTION – this is VERY IMPORTANT !

Posted on April 10, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.acsh.org/news/2022/03/01/true-story-morphine-milligram-equivalents-mme-16154 The True Story of Morphine Milligram Equivalents (MME) 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 […]

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Many boards of pharmacy are putting out surveys, complaint forms and such in order to have the basis to investigate and yet, we pharmacists are refusing to fill those reports

Posted on April 9, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Bled Tanoe, PharmD, Bled Tanoe, PharmD, • Following Founder at #PizzaIsNotWorking 1w • Edited • 1 week ago Dear Pharmacists, please help them help you : I have been pretty about the need to fight intimidation and retaliation from employers or even the fear of pharmacy entities . There is a huge demand of such […]

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HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra : Americans are entitled to receive healthcare services

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra : Americans are entitled to receive healthcare services https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-hhs-becerra-suggests-support-taxpayer-funded-gender-altering-procedures-children “Well, Americans are entitled to receive healthcare services. They are entitled to receive any of the case you just mentioned,” Becerra responded. Later in the exchange, Boebert asked Becerra about a document suggesting removing children from homes is “on the table” if […]

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A Victory for “Off-Label” Prescription Drug Coverage

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

A Victory for “Off-Label” Prescription Drug Coverage https://medicareadvocacy.org/a-victory-for-off-label-prescription-drug-coverage/ On February 11, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed a lower-court decision and found that Medicare must provide coverage for a beneficiary’s off-label use of a medication in Dobson v. Secretary of Health & Human Services, No. 20-11996, 2022 WL 424813 (11th […]

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Pushed to Their Limits, 1 in 5 Physicians Intends to Leave Practice

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Pushed to Their Limits, 1 in 5 Physicians Intends to Leave Practice https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2790791 On the same day in March 2020 that President Donald Trump declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, researchers at the Larry A. Green Center in Virginia launched an ongoing survey of COVID-19’s effects on primary care practices. Over the past 2 […]

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