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Rethinking Opioid Conversions: Mary Lynn McPherson and Drew Rosielle

GeriPal

I think part of it’s the math, but I think what really happened is, I think the story here is that in 2018, MD Anderson published this really landmark study by Dr. Reddy and her colleagues about going from IV Dilaudid to other to oral Dilaudid, oral hydromorphone, I should say, oral morphine and oral oxycodone. Is that right?

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Nurse Practitioners Critical in Treating Older Adults as Ranks of Geriatricians Shrink

Physician's Weekly

“It’s also often the family member or the person helping to manage them.” The Health Resources and Services Administration projects a 50% increase in demand for geriatricians from 2018 to 2030, when the entire baby boom generation will be older than 65.

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Drug Pricing Reform Gathers Steam (Part 1): White House Drug Pricing Plan Offers Laundry List of Existing Democrat Priorities

FDA Law

In 2018, Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released its Blueprint to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Costs , but the edifice envisioned by the Blueprint largely failed to materialize. Part D currently has no such cap.