The Law of Compounding Medications And Drugs

Friday, December 29, 2017

On the Front Lines of the Opioid Epidemic

Inside Science News Service-32 minutes ago

The woman had suffered a microembolism when the undissolved bits of crushed prescription pills she had injected into her arms became stuck in her peripheral veins, blocking the blood flow. Last month at the Radiological Society of North America meeting in Chicago, Flores and his colleagues presented the results of a .

Killer Crisis: Changing prescribing behavior requires education for ...

Grand Forks Herald-4 hours ago

Dentists were the top prescribers of opioids to patients ages 10-19 in 2009, accounting for about 30 percent of prescriptions dispensed, according to a study published in the Journal ... To aid doctors and pharmacists in stemming prescriptio

Opioids become major Minnesota killer: 'It's a plague. It's going to be ...

Detroit Lakes Online-30 minutes ago

The good news for Minnesota is that it has the fifth lowest rate of opioid prescriptions. However, Dr. Rahul Koranne of the Minnesota Hospital Association said, there still are 47 prescriptions written for every 100 Minnesotans. Greater Minnesota trends are different than found in the Twin Cities, the Health Department

These Americans are most likely to receive opioid prescriptions

MarketWatch-22 hours ago

Opioid prescriptions were highest in places with lower median household incomes and higher unemployment rates and those aged 55 to 64 years old rather than younger Americans, according to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which analyzed data of almost 3.5 million adults younger than ...

These Americans are most likely to receive opioid prescriptions

MarketWatch-22 hours ago

These Americans are most likely to receive opioid prescriptions

MarketWatch-22 hours ago

Law limiting opioid prescriptions to go into effect Monday

WITN-6 hours ago

After that, it's up to the physician to refill the prescription as they see needed. The limits do not apply to cancer patients, nursing homes, or others that need long-term treatments. The Strengthen Opioid Misuse Prevent (STOP) Act was signed into law by Governor Cooper in June in an effort to reduce the chances of a patient ...

Nevada To Track Opioid Overdoses, Prescriptions Faster Thanks To ...
TheFix.com-3 hours ago

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North Dakota sees steep drop in opioid painkiller prescriptions

Bismarck Tribune-12 hours ago

... other practitioners are becoming more restrictive in prescribing opioid painkillers, and narcotic prescriptions and other controlled drugs are carefully tracked by pharmacists and others, some addicts are turning to street sources, said Michael Schwab, executive vice president of the North Dakota Pharmacists Association.

Another Detroit pharmacist has been suspended for allegedly over ...

Detroit Metro Times-20 hours ago

Court filings reveal that between Jan. 1 2017 and April 28 2017, nearly a quarter of prescriptions filled at Joe's Discount Pharmacy were paid for in cash, which is more than double the 10 percent state average. The above-average cash payments suggest prescriptions were filled for illegal purposes, according to the filings.

Detroit pharmacy and pharmacist summarily suspended over ...
Arab American News-16 hours ago

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