Prescribers Say Hydrocodone Rescheduling Hurts Legitimate Pain Patients
Over two-thirds of healthcare practitioners in a new survey believe the rescheduling of hydrocodone will reduce access to the painkillers for a large number of…
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Pills for Breakfast: My Affair with Opioids
I’m at the doctor’s office. It’s the second week of February, 2013. She thinks the sharp pain in my ribs is from an ulcer. Probably…
Express Scripts Excludes Zohydro from Coverage
Express Scripts, the nation’s largest national Pharmacy Benefit Management Service (PBMS), has dropped Zohydro ER from its 2015 formulary of covered medications. Insured patients whose…
Ask the Pharmacist: What Will Hydrocodone Rescheduling Mean for Pharmacies?
On October 6th, all hydrocodone combination products will be reclassified in the U.S. as a Schedule II drugs under the Controlled Substances Act. For all…
Pain Experts Predict Problems with Hydrocodone Rescheduling
Pain management experts say the rescheduling of hydrocodone by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration could have many unintended consequences, including higher healthcare costs, as well…
Zogenix: No Overdoses or Diversion Caused by Zohydro
Six months after the introduction of Zohydro, there have been no confirmed cases of diversion, overdose or death caused by the controversial painkiller, according to…
A Pained Life: Is Rescheduling in Lieu of Better Pain Meds?
Estimates are that there are 100 million people in the U.S. with chronic pain. The numbers are not broken down into long term disabling pain…
Miss Understood: The DEA is Taking My Lifeline Away
Over the past few years I've become very knowledgeable when it comes to different types of pain medications. There is no cure for my constant…