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Negative Expectations

A Country Doctor Writes

So we talked about St John’s Wort and other nonprescription alternatives, all less studied but without foreboding government-mandated warnings. I, for one, always look to align my treatment plan with any potentially available placebo force, for lack of a better word. This is the age of informed consent.

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

FDA Law

The government asserted additional allegations that are outside our scope. Prescribing Red Flags The government alleged that from at least 2017 to April 2021 Defendants knowingly filled controlled substance prescriptions “that raised obvious ’red flags’ of potential abuse or diversion.” Zarzamora Press Release. Complaint ¶ 55.

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The importance of social connection: Julianne Holt-Lunstad, Thomas Cudjoe, & Carla Perissinotto

GeriPal

Julianne: I’ll also add I mean another potential approach is also integrating social connection into existing treatment plans. You can use it on one thing to either have government, individual providers, healthcare systems do one thing differently. Eric: I realize we’re almost out of time. What would it be?

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