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Day: 01/29/2015
Swiss Heroin-Assisted Treatment 1994-2014: Summary
*Crime Issues: 60% drop in felony crimes by patients (80% drop after one year in the program). 82% drop in patients selling heroin.
*Death Rates: No one has died from a heroin overdose since the inception of the program. The heroin used is inspected for purity and strength by technicians…
NOTE: This summary was researched and written by Howard J. Wooldridge Co-Founder of LEAP.
6/4/2006, Treatment with methadone or buprenorphine has led to a decline…
in the number of new heroin users in Zurich
http://www.news-medical.net/news/2006/06/04/18227.aspx
Dr. Nordt says the harm reduction policy of Switzerland and its emphasis on the medicalisation of the heroin problem seems to have contributed to the image of heroin as unattractive for young people…
We’re Not Comfortable Talking About Our Denial Of Pt Care.
http://www.pharmaciststeve.com/?p=8897
1/29/2015 (Florida), Special report: Pharmacies denying legitimate prescriptions
http://www.wesh.com/health/pharmacies-denying-legitimate-prescriptions/30986442
Pete Giarrusso, who runs a Longwood motorcycle shop, is an expert at making things run better — except when it comes to his wife’s health. His wife’s doctor prescribed the muscle relaxer Soma after neck surgery, but he said Walgreens refused to fill it…
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Obaitan said he’s been told he cannot fill prescriptions from certain zip codes. He also isn’t supposed to dispense a large number of pills and can’t dispense certain drug combinations. The (Drug Enforcement Agency) is saying, ‘No, we don’t want you doing this,’ so who am I to go against the DEA?” Obaitan said…
Health insurers using drug coverage to discriminate
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2015-01-health-drug-coverage-discriminate.html
Jacobs and senior author Benjamin Sommers, assistant professor of health policy and economics, analyzed what they call “adverse tiering”—in which all drugs for certain conditions are placed in the highest cost-sharing tiers—in 12 states in the federal marketplace…
The researchers noted that insurers’ use of “adverse tiering” puts significant and unexpected financial strain on those with chronic conditions…
Your Next Doctor’s Visit Could Get Crowded
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-29/health-why-group-medical-visits-are-catching-on
There’s some evidence that group pain treatment may help manage such conditions as back pain or arthritis, according to a review by the Cochrane Collaboration, which synthesizes medical evidence…
He has since consulted around the world with doctors who want to try the idea, including at the Cleveland Clinic, hospitals on U.S. military bases, and the Veteran’s Health Administration…
When Cops Break Bad: Inside a Police Force Gone Wild
After Detective Trey Economidy shot Jacob Mitschelen, 29, during a traffic- stop in 2011… Media scrutiny of the incident turned up other troubling indicators of the culture within the APD: On his Facebook profile, Economidy listed his profession as “human waste disposal.” Economidy wasn’t alone in his sentiments. The same year, APD Detective Pete Dwyer listed his profession on MySpace as “oxygen thief removal technician.”
Early in his career, Costales says, he agreed to write a report saying that another officer had injured his ankle while chasing a suspect, not while kicking the suspect mercilessly in the ribs once he’d caught him…
One of the first was Kenneth Ellis III, a decorated 25-year-old veteran of the Iraq War who was suffering from PTSD and had been kicked out of his Veterans Affairs treatment program…
James Boyd
Alan Gomez
Jacob Mitschelen
Kenneth Ellis III
Christopher Torres
All Things Chronic 