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I got the email below on Jan 1, 2024. This pt’s story is not a unique issue. Another example of bureaucrats and politicians attempting to “solve” our fabricated opioid crisis by creating a “one size fits all” on pain management. After having this blog for 12-13 yrs, I have developed a fairly sizeable network of […]
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This is a very sad story about a 46 y/o female whose practitioner of 8 yrs who retired apparently because of his employer deciding how he was to practice medicine and treat pts. Eventually, she was “passed off ” to a mid-level practitioner who started her on a forced reduction of her opioids, and of […]
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https://americanpaindisabilityfoundation.org/ fund raiser for Emmalyn’s Journey
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Back in the day, in the typical chain pharmacy, 80%+ of the business was in the front end and the balance was in the pharmacy/prescriptions. Thanks to the likes of Amazon, the front end of most chain pharmacies is DYING and the gross profit margins are close to HALF of what they were back in […]
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EXHIBIT -27: (THE PHOTO -51) IN 2015, DOJ-DEA KNEW THE TRUTH, ALGORITHMS WERE PHONEY BY 2024, THOUSANDS DEAD, AND THOUSANDS OF WELL-MEANING DOCTORS ARE BEING IMPRISONED IN AMERICA. (PRT-2)
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Is this but JUST ONE OF THE FACES… that contributed to the beginning of our illegal Fentanyl poisoning crisis? He tells Congress that addiction is a DISEASE… He just won: Jelly Roll Wins New Artist at 2023 CMA Awards, Urges Fans to Keep Going in Rousing Speech Personally, I am not a big COUNTRY MUSIC LISTENER, […]
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If you read the hyperlink below, it concerns a practitioner in Calf that back in Nov 2022, his office practice was raided and shut down by the DEA… NOT THE MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA. One of this practice intractable chronic pain pts – 61 y/o – Danny Elliott, who was nearly electrocuted to death in […]
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Have You Been Overcharged for Prescription Drugs? We Want to Hear From You https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/09/us/overcharged-drugs-pharmacy-benefit-manager.html The New York Times is looking into pharmacy benefit managers, which play crucial roles in determining which medications your insurance covers and how much you pay. Credit…Philip Cheung for The New York Times By Reed Abelson and Rebecca Robbins Jan. 9, […]
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Planning to Stop That Benzodiazepine? Think Twice Patients who discontinued long-term benzodiazepines had a higher risk of death https://www.medpagetoday.com/psychiatry/generalpsychiatry/107959 Stopping long-term benzodiazepine treatment was tied to a higher risk of death, according to a comparative effectiveness study using claims data. An intention-to-treat analysis showed that among people who weren’t simultaneously taking an opioid, the adjusted […]
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