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According to the article – The AvertD test is intended to be used before patients who are being considered for a 4- to 30-day prescription for acute pain (e.g., for a planned surgical procedure) are first exposed to oral opioids. Does this suggest that anyone taking opioids > 30 days should be diagnosed with SUD […]
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IT IS NOW TIME FOR HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS TO UNITE! TO PUT AN END TO THE UNITED STATES DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION’S CRIMINALIZATION OF MEDICAL CARE, DIRECTOR ANN MILGRAM MUST RESIGN AND STEP DOWN:
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Who gets to decide which patients are worthy of pain treatment? Your doctor? Or any federal agent or attorney? The answer to this question will determine the soul of medical practice in this country. Tens of thousands of Americans are dying because of government interference in the practice of medicine, while thousands of doctors are […]
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This is like what happened to pharmacy around 1990. When the PBM’s passed the 50% of the mark of controlling/paying for all prescriptions. First, they started by reducing the “dispensing fee” that they paid pharmacies. Then they started making contracts with some pharmacy chains, and the pharmacy became the exclusive pharmacy for being able to […]
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“THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF MILITANT PROSECUTORIAL IGNORANCE OF PAIN HEALTHCARE”…SHAKEDOWN OF MEDICAL PROVIDERS LED BY DEA CHIEF ANN MILGRAM’S UNSPEAKABLE HISTORY OF CORRUPTION, FRAUD, AND DECEIT. SHE MUST RESIGN, STEP DOWN
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While this article starts talking about abortion. All of us have seen the impact of politicians/bureaucrats exercising their opinions or the opinions of others who have lobbied these bureaucrats/politicians who convinced them what they were being told were the correct FACTS, which should be used to create some legislation. It also demonstrates how attorneys are […]
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Experts, Lawmakers Explore Downside of Drug-Price Negotiation https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/medicare/107855 Stifled innovation, reduced access suggested as future challenges Potential unintended consequences of Medicare’s drug-price negotiation program were examined during a panel discussion hosted by The Hill and sponsored by the Alliance for Aging Research, an industry-funded nonprofit. Wednesday’s panelists raised concerns that drug-price negotiation under the Inflation […]
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I find it very interesting when one bureaucracy is going to sue another bureaucracy. Especially when one bureaucracy’s action interferes with the ability to generate some revenue by another bureaucracy. Could this be a “backhanded” process of the DEA’s wish to yank pharmacy’s DEA licenses so that there are few pharmacies in the state that […]
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Where is the logic/common sense is these statements? Since 2017, there has been a 26% reduction in daily opioid prescriptions 541 drug overdose deaths in Utah in 2022, opioid-involved fatal drug overdoses have remained relatively stable in recent years. 74% involved an opioid. I wonder what drugs were involved in the 26% of fatal drug […]
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I have heard from a number of attorneys that when a federal prosecutor takes someone to federal court, 90%-95% of the time they will be found guilty. After you watch this 17 minute video of a Federal Prosecutor, you will easily understand how that high conviction rate can be attained. What I suspect, that […]
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