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Category: September 2019
Is the DEA Branching Out Into Regulating Medicine?
September 23, 2019 10:22AM By Jeffrey A. Singer The Drug Enforcement Administration, having virtually eliminated the diversion of prescription pain relievers into the underground market for nonmedical users, appears to be setting its sights on regulating the medical management of pain, a mission not suited for law enforcement. Acting under the authority of the Substance Use-Disorder Prevention…
Taking mom/dad out of the nursing facility for anything…make sure you know this first
Home For The Holidays: Leaving The Nursing Home During A Medicare-Covered Stay November 15, 2018 Late November begins a time for gatherings with family and friends – Thanksgiving, soon followed by the December holidays. Nursing home residents often want to participate in these gatherings but may worry that they will lose Medicare coverage if they…
If You’re Worried About Your Elderly Mother’s Pain You Should Be
By Josh Bloom — September 22, 2019 My mother is one of the “lucky ones.” She has a devoted family and caretaker, is able to live in her own home, and doesn’t have to worry about choosing between food and prescription medications. But she is also 92 and recently her chronic back pain has gotten severe enough…
The Opioid Risk Been Weaponized Against Pain Patients
September 21, 2019 By Dr. Lynn Webster, PNN Columnist I was surprised and deeply disappointed to learn this week that people have been denied opioid prescriptions due to their responses on the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT). As a guest on the DPP Rally Talk Show with Claudia Merandi, I heard from a caller who told…
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