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A study of dental patients who received opioid painkillers following a procedure recently was released. The study revealed that dental patients prescribed opioid painkillers following a procedure had an overdose rate upwards to two and a half times higher than similarly situated people who obtained another type of pain killing medication. The study was undertaken by researchers at the University of Michigan between 2011 and 2018. Basic Facts about Dental Patient Opioid Overdose Research Study Basic facts elucidated from the…

2020 ended and 2021 began with a breaking new story about a Wisconsin pharmacist that intentionally compromised hundreds of doses of the precious, vital coronavirus vaccine. Fortunately, what could have resulted in serious drug injury to multiple people was avoided in this case. For reasons yet to be disclosed (or perhaps even known), a pharmacist in Grafton (a suburb of Milwaukee) intentionally ruined hundreds of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine by removing the injectable drug from required refrigeration for two…

Although there is ample evidence that “legal” or “medical” marijuana can cause birth defects, marijuana dispensaries continue to sell such products without warning labels.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, FDA, announced a broad recall of the widely used type 2 diabetes medication Metformin. The agency issued the recall after multiple manufacturers of this medication advised the FDA that certain types of Metformin tablets were found to contain unacceptably high levels of what is known as NDMA. Scientifically, NDMA is also known as N-Nitrosodimethylamine or dimethylnitrosamine and is classified as a cancer-causing or carcinogenic substance. Metformin is used by individuals with type 2 diabetes…

Despite their popularity, contaminated “non-marijuana” hemp products containing “legal” CBD are being detected in the markets.