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Some people (DOJ, DEA, Fed prosecutors, politicians, media, and others) believe and state that opioids are VERY ADDICTING. Many things in our day-to-day life can be dangerous or even kill us. Vehicles are/can be very safe – yet some 42K people die in vehicle accidents every year. Some 100K people die from using many alcohol […]
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“Our healthcare system should reimburse doctors and hospitals for patient’s health outcomes” Does this suggest that Kennedy is in favor of treating chronic pain patients to optimize a patient’s QOL? Could we bring back “pain is the 5th vital sign”? Could a lot of practitioners who are now “uncomfortable” in writing for opioids for pain […]
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Short-sighted: Why the administration’s opioid plan won’t work https://thehill.com/opinion/5247116-opioid-crisis-prevention/ by Chris Fox, opinion contributor chris@nonopioidchoices.org https://nonopioidchoices.org/ Last week, the Trump administration released a five-step plan to address the country’s opioid addiction crisis. The administration’s new drug czar’s plan focuses largely on attempts to prevent opioid-related overdose deaths. It won’t work. Here’s why: The plan continues a years-old […]
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Just imagine when a private equity company buys a company whose primary function is to provide medical care to mostly pts who are high acuity, complex, and most likely disabled. However, the primary function of private equity companies is to generate profits. One can only imagine what happens to the healthcare companies that they buy. […]
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It is claimed that there are some 50,000 new chronic pain pts every year – that is about 140/day… that is about SIX EVERY HOUR – 24/7/365! How many of your family, friends, or neighbors will become a chronic pain pt in the next day? Could you become a chronic pain pt in the next 24 […]
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The Era of Compounded GLP-1 Drugs Is Over. What Now? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/era-compounded-glp-1-drugs-over-what-now-2025a10008kq Now that the US Food and Drug Administration has removed both tirzepatide and semaglutide from its Drug Shortages List, the widespread compounding of these drugs is ending. Tirzepatide’s deadline has already passed, while physicians and pharmacies have until April 22 for semaglutide. An estimated […]
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I shared this article on April 7, 2025, referencing our Fed AG Jan 31, 2019 decision. This was during President Trump’s administration. It is typical for these things to take some time to reach a conclusion. But preceding this date, several people held the office of AG or acting AG, which led up to this […]
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Beyond Medical Paternalism: Restoring Control to the Individual https://www.cato.org/free-society/spring-2025/beyond-medical-paternalism-restoring-control-individual Heavy-handed government policies often undermine patient autonomy, restricting the medicines they can take, the doctors they can see, and the information they can access. rom the earliest days of their training, health professionals are taught the critical ethical principle of respecting their patients’ autonomy. But in […]
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According to this article, Selma Medical had a policy to not prescribe narcotic controlled substances to any pts. This was SIX YEARS ago, why has there not been a lot of lawsuits against practitioners that refuse/decline to treat pts whose health issues require the use of opioids? DOJ Considers Opioid Use Disorder an ADA Covered […]
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