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A Decade of Blogging!

Aspiring Minority Doctor

Okay, now I'll admit I've done a horrible job of keeping up with the blog lately especially given that this is only my fifth post of the year, but today is still super special for me. This blog has helped a lot with some of my successes. When I started this blog she had just turned 7, and now my baby is 17!

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Prescribing Red Flags and Suspicious Controlled Substance Orders: Current Cautionary Tales

FDA Law Blog

Pharmacists’ Corresponding Responsibility A controlled substance prescription, to be valid, must be issued for “a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of [their] professional practice.” The government asserted additional allegations that are outside our scope. Complaint ¶ 57. (The

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CDC Proposes Updating Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, Warning Against Continued Misapplication

FDA Law Blog

Houck — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) issued a voluntary practice guideline on opioid prescribing for clinicians treating chronic pain five years ago. (We We blogged on the final 2016 guideline here on March 17, 2016). By Larry K. Proposed 2022 CDC Clinical Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, 87 Fed.

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CDC Emphasizes Opioid Guideline is Voluntary and Should Support, Not Supplant, Patient Care

FDA Law Blog

CDC received some 5,500 comments from patients, caregivers, clinicians and interested organizations to the proposed guideline update it issued in February. We blogged on the 2016 guideline here in March 2016, and the proposed guideline here on March 18th). MMWR Recomm Rep 2022;71(No. RR-3):1–95. 2022 Guideline”). DOI: [link].