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A Long Time Coming: DEA Regs Finally Authorize Schedule II Prescription Partial Fills

FDA Law Blog

Three years after that letter, DEA proposed a rule to amend its regulations consistent with CARA on December 20, 2020. After consulting with a pharmacist, a practitioner may also authorize a partial fill after the date the prescription was initially issued but the prescription cannot be filled later than 30 days after it was written.

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Senators to DEA: Consider Treaty Obligations In Marijuana Rescheduling

FDA Law Blog

The UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs removed cannabis and cannabis resin from schedule IV of the Single Convention in December 2020. marijuana manufacturers, importers, exporters, and distributors will be required to obtain DEA registrations, and prescriptions will be required for dispensing marijuana to individuals. 811(d) and U.S.

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Warning Letters: An Untapped Source for Understanding When Device Changes Require a New 510(k)

FDA Law Blog

Such assessments are highly individualized and difficult to map onto the few examples provided by FDA in its guidance. Notably, FDAs public WL database only goes back to 2020. Manufacturers should, therefore, welcome any additional source of examples of device changes to aid in evaluating their own.

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Caring for Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in the Emergency Department: A Problem-Based Approach

PEMBlog

Always review the latest care plans, assess longitudinal trends in cardiac biomarkers, and consult with specialists when needed to ensure that each patient receives individualized and optimal care. 2020 Jun 5;15(1):141. References Crisafulli S, Sultana J, Fontana A, Salvo F, Messina S, Trifirò G. Orphanet J Rare Dis.

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Should you have a coach? Greg Pawlson, Beth Griffiths, & Vicky Tang

GeriPal

A 2020 RCT of coaching for primary care physicians shows that coaching improves burnout well-being during the intervention and has a sustained duration at 6 months of follow up. Beth: Right now, I’m actually just doing individual coaching, but we are writing a grant to start group coaching next year. From Beth Israel and UNC.

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Diabetes in Late Life: Nadine Carter, Tamryn Gray, Alex Lee

GeriPal

When I’m on palliative care consults and attending in our hospice unit we have to counsel patients about deprescribing and de-intensifying diabetes medications. And my hypothesis is that’s because it’s no longer the individual managing their own diabetes, it’s the nursing home staff managing their diabetes.

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Episode 275: Anti-Racism in Medicine Series – Episode 19 – Reframing the Opioid Epidemic: Anti-Racist Praxis, Racial Health Inequities, and Harm Reduction

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Pearls: In 2020, American Indian and Alaska Native (Indigenous) communities experienced the highest drug overdose mortality rate of any racial or ethnic group, also surpassing rates among the non-Hispanic white population. The foundational literature in this area has furthered stigma and bias, especially towards Black birthing persons.