AVMA responds to Reuters' special report – Vets face ...
atwork.avma.org/.../avma-resp...American Veterinary Medical Association5 days ago - Your article “Vets face conflicting loyalties to animals, farmers – and drugfirms” clearly questions the integrity of doctors of veterinary medicine and their motives.
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Sunday, December 28, 2014
AVMA responds to Reuters' special report – Vets face Conflicting Loyalties to Animals, Farmers, and Drug firms
Reuters:SPECIAL REPORT-Vets face conflicting loyalties to animals, farmers - and drug firms
(This runs with two sidebars: Connections between drug makers and educators abound and For vets association, transparency is an internal matter ID: For more Reuters Special Reports, double-click on )
By Duff Wilson and Mimi Dwyer
Dec 23 (Reuters) - In 2016, a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy will give veterinarians a key role in combating a surge in antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" that infect humans. For the first time, the agency will require veterinarians, not farmers, to decide whenever antibiotics used by people are given to animals.
Twelve of Medicare's top 20 prescribers of Schedule II drugs in 2012 have faced disciplinary actions by their state medical boards or criminal charges related to their medical practices.
Posted On: December 24, 2014 by Patrick A. Malone
Doctors Overprescribe Dangerous Drugs to Medicare Patients
Despite increasing awareness of prescription drug abuse over the last several years, too many Medicare patients have been prescribed potent controlled substances, and certain doctors regularly write these prescriptions even though they’ve been scrutinized by medical boards.
A study by the investigative news site ProPublica for 2012 found that Medicare covered nearly 27 million prescriptions for powerful painkillers and stimulants with the highest potential for abuse and dependence. That's an increase of 9% from 2011. In that period, Medicare prescriptions overall increased 5%.
The reporters found that:
- Twelve of Medicare's top 20 prescribers of Schedule II drugs in 2012 have faced disciplinary actions by their state medical boards or criminal charges related to their medical practices. (Schedule II drugs have a high potential for abuse and can lead to severe psychological or physical dependence. They are considered dangerous and include, methamphetamine, methadone, hydromorphone (Dilaudid), meperidine (Demerol), oxycodone (OxyContin), fentanyl, Dexedrine, Adderall, and Ritalin.)
- In 2012, 269 providers wrote at least 3,000 prescriptions for Schedule II drugs. (Florida led the country with 52 providers. Tennessee had 25, and North Carolina, Ohio, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Alabama and Kentucky each had more than 10.)
- About 1 in 5 doctors who wrote at least 3,000 prescriptions for Schedule II drugs have faced some kind of sanction or investigation.
- Medicare did not analyze its own data or take action against providers whose patterns were troubling, even if they had been charged with Medicare fraud or kicked out of state Medicare programs.
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