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Cannabis Linked to Less Opioid Use in Back Pain, Osteoarthritis Usage fell by almost 40% in 6 months, although it’s not clear if medical pot was the reason https://www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcoverage/aaos/97887 Medical cannabis can greatly reduce or eliminate the need for opioid painkillers in patients with chronic back pain and osteoarthritis, a pair of studies found. The […]

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This is what no pain management looks like in the state of Washington call their bluff with a letter from attorney ?   I am hearing from more and more pain pts whose pain is under managed or not managed at all.  Because many large healthcare corporations have adopted a “no opiate pain management policy” […]

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“CVS Ousts Executives After Probe” http://pharmacistactivist.com/2022/March_2022.shtml As if CVS pharmacists and pharmacy technicians did not already experience enough anxiety, panic attacks, and other mental health challenges from the management-imposed metrics and policies that result in understaffed, stressful, and error-prone workplaces, the occurrence and mishandling of sexual harassment complaints has now become public. The title for […]

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A couple of things that remain the same when comparing the 2016 guidelines and the 2022 proposed guidelines…  neither carries the weight of a law and the CDC has no legal authority to challenge any entity that refuses to honor any specific carve outs in treating chronic pain pts.  They also reference the MME system… […]

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House Members Divided on Response to Opioid Crisis Republicans stress border issues, Democrats talk treatment $$ https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/opioids/79782 WASHINGTON — A House Oversight Committee hearing on the opioid crisis revealed a partisan split over its main drivers and how best to address them. A Republican member identified drug supply and border security as the main problem. […]

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Pfizer Recalls BP Drugs Because of Potential Carcinogen https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/970748 Pfizer is voluntarily recalling some antihypertensive medications because of unacceptable levels of a potential carcinogen, the company announced.  The affected products are quinapril HCI/hydrochlorothiazide (Accuretic) tablets that Pfizer distributes, and two authorized generics, quinapril plus hydrochlorothiazide and quinapril HCI/hydrochlorothiazide, distributed by Greenstone. The drugs have been withdrawn because of the […]

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While I am normally PRO-VACCINATIONS – when it came to the COVID-19 vaccinations, I waited until we could get the J&J/Jansen vaccine.  I felt that the mRNA process that was used to produce the Moderna & Pfizer vaccine, was too new and too unproven.  As a pharmacists I can recall all too many new meds […]

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Please share this message with any medical professionals you know.  We need to show AUI that we are a group that they need to focus on.  Please come to this meeting of the minds.   Wednesday night, March 23, at 8:00 PM.  Get signed up to come at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMudOioqjwtE9MeMi8Ie6M98lWmjrhfaO2k?fbclid=IwAR3wusAPNjxhzGOASJ2Wf2DUuR02B_C5LQ1EKq4pbk40kULaOr29C3sCBko Please share this message with any medical […]

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CDC reports fewer COVID-19 pediatric deaths after data correction https://news.yahoo.com/cdc-reports-fewer-covid-19-204027980.html (Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 966,575 deaths from COVID-19 on Friday after it corrected the data earlier this week, which reduced the death tallies in all age-groups, including children. The health agency, in a statement to Reuters, said it […]

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JetBlue, American, Southwest pilots sue CDC over federal mask mandate https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/jetblue-american-southwest-pilots-sue-cdc A group of commercial airline pilots filed a lawsuit against the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in an attempt to lift the federal transportation mask mandate. In court paperwork, the 10 commercial airline pilots – who work for American JetBlue and Southwest […]

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