Presidential Pill Mill?
I know something about how healthcare professionals are trained to manage medications, and this isn't it.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Mar 7, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
I know something about how healthcare professionals are trained to manage medications, and this isn't it.
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 26, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 5, 2024 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 28, 2023 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 21, 2023 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Sep 7, 2023 | In the News | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 27, 2023 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
…the research team said their finding “raises serious questions about the use of opioid therapy for acute low back and neck pain.” Such as, why risk it? If it isn’t effective, and for some, can make things worse.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 26, 2023 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
This in spite of the fact … that these drugs can and often do interact harmfully with one another. And regular users are at elevated risk for misuse, abuse, dependence, and/or addiction.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 15, 2023 | In the News | 0 |
So in addition to the upsurge in prescribing via telehealth, our current shortage relates to far more frequent use of the medication to treat the adult variant of ADHD.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 3, 2023 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Anybody concerned that some GHB-based prescribed meds will be diverted for illicit use?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 10, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
I was surprised to learn that the antidepressant effects of ketamine were completely blocked by naltrexone, an opioid antagonist. That certainly suggests ketamine is making use of the brain’s opioid systems…
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Aug 15, 2022 | Thinking About Addiction | 0 |
I did ask a veteran ER physician for one suggestion that he felt would actually help both doctor and patient in the ER setting. His answer: Peer Support services.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 9, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
It’s possible something similar is happening today, perhaps not with an opioid but with some other class of drug. Maybe we simply aren’t aware of it yet.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 14, 2022 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
A family physician in New Mexico mentioned having seen several new patients, all young, over the course of a few weeks – all of whom claimed to be on unusually high-doses of the drug, and seeking new prescriptions.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 31, 2022 | Treatment | 0 |
“How many fewer days?” was my question. Looks like about 10%.
So if the subject ordinarily drank every day, they eliminated one drinking day in ten?
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 7, 2022 | In the News | 0 |
A functioning pill mill can be extraordinarily lucrative for those who own or operate them. The profits go untaxed, remember.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Dec 13, 2021 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Originally developed to replace PCP as a fast-acting anesthetic, it quickly morphed into a party drug, then as another product sold in street drug markets.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 28, 2021 | Addictive Substances | 0 |
Some genuinely bad news: a larger-than-usual share of the fakes are likely to exceed the two-milligram threshold for a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl. As many as two in five, according to DEA.
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