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  • Jul
    05
    2009
    1

    If 2 Painkillers Are Banned, What Next?

    Jul 05, 2009
    By: Amanda Gardner
    Health Day

    THURSDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) — Banning the popular painkillers Percocet and Vicodin, which a U.S. health advisory panel has urged, would not be as drastic as it sounds, some medical experts contend.

    The reason, they say, is that other options are available.

    A U.S.

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    Written by tami in: News |
    Jul
    04
    2009
    0

    Pain Relief Network’s Announcement On The Proposed FDA ban on Vicodin and Percocet

    Physicians duped yet again….
    DEA/FDA eliminating Schedule 3 opioids
    PRN Tells APF & NFTP: Get Out Of The Way! Your Leadership is Getting Patients Killed

    By: Siobhan Reynolds
    July 4, 2009

    “We were shocked to learn of the FDA panel’s recommendation to ban Vicodin and Percocet. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/01/health/01fda.html?_r=1&em

    The panel members who voted for this measure have been mislead.

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    Written by tami in: News |
    Jun
    30
    2009
    0

    FDA advisers vote to take Vicodin, Percocet off market

    Jun 30, 2009
    Author Unknown
    CNN.com

    (CNN) — A government advisory panel voted Tuesday to recommend eliminating prescription drugs that combine acetaminophen with narcotics — such as Vicodin and Percocet — because of their risk for overdose and for severe liver injury.

    The panel, assembled by the Food and Drug Administration, voted 20 to 17 to advise the FDA to remove such prescription combination drugs from the market.

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    Written by Admin in: News |
    Jun
    28
    2009
    0

    Michael Jackson, King of Pain?

    Jun 28, 2009
    By: Arthur Rosenfeld
    Huffington Post

    Details about Michael Jackson’s passing are still fuzzy, but already people are drawing conclusions about the superstar’s premature demise. One media thread has him using prescription medications in what may have been a troubling way http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-prescript_n_221178.html, railing http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deepak-chopra/a-tribute-to-my-friend-mi_b_221268.html against the so-called “enablers” who made sure he had access to them.

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    Written by Admin in: News |
    Jun
    27
    2009
    0

    Doctors As Terrorists-Take 2

    Jun 27, 2009
    By: Dan Clutter
    Mansfield News Journal

    GALION — A federal grand jury returned a 202-count indictment this week against a former Galion doctor accused of drug trafficking and related violations.

    The indictment, released Tuesday, also seeks a forfeiture of more than $500,000.

    Dr. Narendra Kumar Agrawal, 59, was indicted after a two-year investigation, said Galion police Chief Brian Saterfield.

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    Written by Admin in: News, U.S. DOJ vs. Medicine |
    Jun
    20
    2009
    0

    Obama’s Doctor Knocks ObamaCare

    By: David Whelan,
    Jun 18, 2009
    Forbes.com

    Dr. David Scheiner took care of Obama for 22 years. But they don’t see eye-to-eye on how to fix the health care system.

    David Scheiner, an internist based in the Chicago neighborhood of Hyde Park, has a diverse practice of lower-income adults from the nearby housing projects mixed with famous patients like U.S.

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    Written by Admin in: News |
    Jun
    20
    2009
    0

    An excerpt from They Thought They Were Free

    The Germans, 1933-45
    By: Milton Mayer

    “But Then It Was Too Late”

    “What no one seemed to notice,” said a colleague of mine, a philologist, “was the ever widening gap, after 1933, between the government and the people. Just think how very wide this gap was to begin with, here in Germany.

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    Written by Admin in: News, U.S. DOJ vs. Medicine |
    Jun
    09
    2009
    0

    APF URGES YOU TO READ THIS ALERT AND TAKE ACTION TODAY!

    To: All individuals and organizations who care about access to pain care in America.

    URGENT CALL TO ACTION!

    The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) may remove important pain medications from the market or could very likely limit access to certain pain medications that are currently legally prescribed to millions of Americans suffering from pain.

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    Written by Admin in: Action Alert, News |
    Jun
    08
    2009
    0

    Supreme Court won’t hear case of Naples doctor convicted of illegally prescribing pain killers

    Jun 8, 2009
    By: Liz Freeman
    Naplesnews.com

    NAPLES — The U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a case of a Naples doctor convicted and sentenced last year for illegally dispensing pain medications.

    The decision lets stand a conviction that a pain relief organization says harms the rights of doctors and patients alike and oversteps states’ rights.

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    Written by Admin in: News |

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