NEWS ACROSS THE PROFESSION

ways to remove unused medications from homes
supporting education for patients and health care providers
reducing the number of “pill mills” and doctor-shopping through
law enforcement
In concert with the White House plan, the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) is announcing a new risk reduction pro-
gram—called a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy—for all
extended-release and long-acting opioid medications.

Opioids are synthetic versions of opium that are used to treat moderate and severe pain.

FDA experts say extended-release and long-acting opioids— including OxyContin, Avinza, Dolophine, Duragesic, and eight other brand names—are extensively misprescribed, misused, and abused, leading to overdoses, addiction, and even deaths across the United States. FDA says a 2007 survey revealed that more than half of opioid abusers got the drug from a friend or relative.

Opioids—such as morphine and oxycodone—are used to treat moderate and severe pain. Over the past few decades, drug makers have developed extended-release opioid formulas to treat people in pain over a long period.

FDA estimates that more than 33 million Americans age 12 and older misused extended-release and long-acting opioids during 2007—up from 29 million just five years earlier. And in 2006, nearly 50,000 emergency room visits were related to opioids.

FDA has had the power to request companies to develop REMS since 2007. The plans may also include medication guides and patient package inserts.

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Englewood, NJ Doctor - Honored at
World Chiropractic Congress in Rio

STEPHEN PRESS, DC, PHD, WAS THE HONOREE LAST WEEK IN RIO DE JANEIRO, AT THE WORLD CONGRESS OF CHIROPRACTIC, BY REPRESENTATIVES OF 100

NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, FOR FOUNDING THE INTER- NATIONAL FEDERATION OF SPORTS CHIROPRACTIC, KNOWN AS "FICS".

At the World Chiropractic Congress in Rio de Janeiro, last week, the representatives of some

100 national Chiropractic Associations met to hold the World meetings of the two agencies which represent the Chiropractic profession at the World level; the World Federation of Chiropractic (WFC) and FICS, the International Federation of Sports Chiropractic. The Executive Board of FICS voted to honor Dr. Stephen Press, of Englewood, NJ with the"Founder's Award" for founding the federation in1987 in London.

At the beautiful Kensington Town hall in downtown London, in Sept 1987, the representatives of 23 National associations met on invitation of Dr. Press, who was serving as Chairman of the ACA (American Chiropractic Association) Sports Council's International Affairs committee at the time. They voted to form the federation, and then elected him their first president.

He continues to practice in Englewood, NJ, and today serves as editor-in-chief for the Harvard Medical School based Wiki site, WikiDoc.org for Alternative medicine, and as Exec. Tech Dir. for the Columbia based site, called Ourmed.org.

You wouldn’t even buy a stereo from this guy.

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