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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.