Prescription Drugs

California Senate Approves Mandatory Check of Prescription Drug Database

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 15:52

Today, the California State Senate approved legislation to require doctors to check a state prescription database before prescribing the most addictive medications to help prevent prescription drug addiction and thousands of overdose deaths.

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CURES Drug Database Bill Passes Out Of CA Senate

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Thu, 05/28/2015 - 15:00

Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court talks with Norman Goldman on his radio show about the news that the California State Senate approved legislation SB 482 to require doctors to check a state prescription database before prescribing the most addictive medications to help prevent prescription drug addiction and thousands of overdose deaths.

http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/resources/podcast_5-...

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Medical Board Unanimously Supports CURES

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 05/11/2015 - 15:00

The California Medical Board, in an unanimous vote, Thursday to support a bill that would require doctors to check a state prescription database before prescribing the most addictive medications – like OxyContin and other opioids – to help prevent prescription drug addiction and thousands of overdose deaths.

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CURES Prescription Drug Database Bill Moves Forward In California Legislature

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Thu, 05/07/2015 - 15:00

Norman Goldman talks with Consumer Watchdog President Jamie Court on the Norman Goldman radio show about the progress of a bill requiring doctors to check a state prescription database before prescribing the most addictive medications – like OxyContin and other opioids – to help prevent prescription drug addiction and thousands of overdose deaths.

http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/sites/default/files/resources/podcast_5-...

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Committee Passes Bill that Requires Physicians Check Prescription Drug Database Before Prescribing Powerful, Addictive Medications

Submitted by Eddie Barrera on Mon, 04/27/2015 - 15:02

A key California legislative committee passed a bill today that requires prescribers to check a state database before prescribing the most addictive medications – like OxyContin and other opioids – to help prevent prescription drug addiction and thousands of overdose deaths.

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State Should Release Psychotropic Medication Prescribing Information in Foster Care, Ban on Big Pharma Payments to Doctors

Submitted by Carmen Balber on Tue, 02/24/2015 - 14:02

 Saying the public has a right to know, Consumer Watchdog called upon Senators Mike McGuire and Jim Beall to subpoena Department of Health Care Services data on prescribing patterns of psychotropic medication by doctors to foster youth. Senator McGuire and Senator Beall are holding a joint legislative hearing today on the misuse of psychotropic medication in the foster care system.

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