Looking to Tackle Prescription Overload
Posted By: bamapreacher, 6/9/2021 11:49:00 AM
The last straw, for Leslie Hawkins, was her mother’s 93rd-birthday gathering in 2018. Her mother, Mary E. Harrison, had long contended with multiple health problems, including diabetes and the nerve pain it can cause; high blood pressure; anxiety; and some cognitive decline. She was prone to falling. Still, she had been a sociable, churchgoing nonagenarian until Hawkins, who cared for her in their shared home in Takoma Park, Maryland, began seeing disturbing changes. “She was out of it,” “She couldn’t hold a conversation or even finish a sentence (snip) Hawkins had brought a list of the 14 medications Harrison was taking
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Tennessee couple sues state after allegedly
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being denied foster services over Jewish faith 13 replies
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Massachusetts teen lifeguard stabbed,
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beaten after warning beachgoers
about alcohol, smoking rules 18 replies
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Looking to Tackle Prescription Overload
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The last straw, for Leslie Hawkins, was her mother’s 93rd-birthday gathering in 2018. Her mother, Mary E. Harrison, had long contended with multiple health problems, including diabetes and the nerve pain it can cause; high blood pressure; anxiety; and some cognitive decline. She was prone to falling. Still, she had been a sociable, churchgoing nonagenarian until Hawkins, who cared for her in their shared home in Takoma Park, Maryland, began seeing disturbing changes. “She was out of it,” “She couldn’t hold a conversation or even finish a sentence (snip) Hawkins had brought a list of the 14 medications Harrison was taking
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liberal judge’s order to block immigration laws 14 replies
liberal judge’s order to block immigration laws 14 replies
An Obama judge on Tuesday held Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier in civil contempt of court for not following her orders.
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Watch: Hank ‘Guam Might Capsize’ Johnson
Releases Anti-Trump Song and Good Lord,
Make It Stop 14 replies
Releases Anti-Trump Song and Good Lord,
Make It Stop 14 replies
Representative Hank Johnson (D-GA) - he of 'Oh noes, Guam might capsize' fame - put out an anti-Trump song on social media for reasons known only to him.
It's genuinely an injustice that his staff didn't stop him from releasing it. I mean, tackle the guy out of his chair before he hits the 'post' button if you have to. Just make sure this never sees the light of day.
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Judge Orders Trump Admin to Release Anti-Israel
Activist Mahmoud Khalil from Immigration Detention 14 replies
Activist Mahmoud Khalil from Immigration Detention 14 replies
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Judge Michael E. Farbiarz previously ruled that the law did not justify Khalil’s detention
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We are ready and willing and able and have been speaking to Iran, and we will see what happens," Trump stated when asked about Iran's conditions for negotiations.
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I visit a number of elderly people in the course of my ministry and I am often appalled by the number of prescription bottles on their night tables or kitchen counters. Our local doctor, to whom I wouldn't go with a hangnail, prescribes and prescribes, as I'm sure too many doctors do. My late wife, whom he "treated," took at least 10 different medicines a day and she only made it to 66. I'm sure the Slimes has some ulterior motive in publishing this but it's true from my observation. Thank heavens my doctor is a U. of Alabama Medicine grad. I have diabetes and hypertension but I only take 2 little pills a day and make out just fine at 75.