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Our next “health crisis” may be on the horizon. CMS is trying to save $$ on our national “medication cost”, which is admirable, but their apparent solution may cause a massive creation of “pharmacy desserts”. When we opened our independent pharmacy in 1976, about 45,000 pharmacies – abt 80% were independent pharmacies. I don’t remember […]
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Anti-Obesity Medicines Are Not All Created Equally https://thetimesweekly.com/2025/03/anti-obesity-medicines-are-not-all-created-equally/ The new FDA-approved weight loss medicines have changed the game for people with obesity, offering millions of people a chance to transform their health, prevent disease, and live longer lives. But as demand for these treatments soars, an illegal industry is growing alongside it. Criminal networks, counterfeiters, […]
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Novo Nordisk unveils DTC pharmacy NovoCare, offers discounted Wegovy https://www.mmm-online.com/news/novo-nordisk-dtc-pharmacy-novocare-discounted-wegovy/ The home shipments — which will be fulfilled by CenterWell Pharmacy — include Wegovy injections of 0.25 mg, 0.5 mg, 1 mg, 1.7 mg and 2.4 mg. Novo Nordisk has officially entered the direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform game. The Danish drugmaker unveiled NovoCare Pharmacy on Wednesday […]
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Senior citizens are rattled by news that Medicare telehealth coverage could expire next month https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/senior-citizens-medicare-telehealth-coverage-expiring-rcna193487 Advocates say the coverage has bipartisan support, but efforts to make it permanent have been unsuccessful. For Kaye Peterson, 67, the expansion of Medicare telehealth coverage during Covid-19 was a godsend. Peterson, who has Type 1 diabetes and lives in […]
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Why Reliable Opioid Death Data is Impossible https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/07/why_reliable_opioid_death_data_is_impossible.html If we’ve learned anything from our national COVID experience, it’s that science is not a collection of fixed, eternal declarations. Tools and terminology useful in the process of discovery can also be instruments of confirmation. A microscope can be a portal to the unexpected, or a prop […]
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Shots Fired!! Two of the most prestigious medical journals just came out fiercely against epidural injections / RFA. The British Medical Journal just published a “Practice Guideline” paper with these damning statements: “For people living with chronic radicular spine pain, the guideline panel issued strong recommendations against: epidural injection of local anaesthetic, steroids, or their […]
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Your Body, Your Health Care https://www.cato.org/events/your-body-your-health-care AVAILABLE APRIL 8TH. Pre-order at retailers now. January 2025 • Published By Cato Institute By Jeffrey A. Singer At a time when individuals feel increasingly disenfranchised by their health care choices, Dr. Jeffrey A. Singer’s groundbreaking new book, Your Body, Your Health Care, offers a compelling vision for a future […]
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Opioids – how forced tapers do more patient harm than just increased pain https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/opioids-how-forced-tapers-do-more-patient-harm-than-just-neen-monty-ugrwc Taking away my opioid pain relief is not only medically endorsed torture, it is taking away my ability to access treatment for my severe, late-diagnosed, long-standing disease, CIDP. I have been very sick lately. Why? Because I missed my fortnightly IVIG […]
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There’s Big Money in Withholding Pain Relief https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/02/there_s_big_money_in_withholding_pain_relief.html Pain is the most common reason for seeking medical care. Although pain is experienced only by individuals, under federal policy, pain is a public health challenge, even a global health priority. In a way, this isn’t surprising, as modern definitions of health and public health are expansive, even including […]
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A video diatribe attacking yours truly over something that I SHARED ? Bob Sheerin · Favorites · Admin Top contributor · onesdpSotrg853lgh9iucf7m17futih52i6t0c7m2h250a9h4h0ff877f0f3 · @everyone LOOK AT THIS IDIOT WHILE WERE GOING AFTER ALL THE LEGISLATION BILLS? WTF This is so sad! I fought and won 50 million dollars + plus for pain pump patients […]
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