What do you mean by that? Because your insurance company, whoever it may be, uses a PBM, a pharmacy benefit manager. The PBM has negotiated with a pharmacy what the reimbursement rate is. Except they basically said, “Here’s what we’re going to reimburse you.” [His Apple Watch buzzes.] You can go ahead and check that. … Read more
The man who authorities described as Matthew Perry’s “street dealer” was once the manager of a high-end rehabilitation center where a patient died, according to a new story from The Hollywood Reporter. Earlier this month, former film director Erik Fleming plead guilty to two charges after the Department of Justice found he had sold Perry’s … Read more
But psychedelic compounds are tricky to test in this way because their psychedelic effects are so recognizable to those who take them. In the Lykos trials, around 90 percent of the participants were able to correctly guess whether they received MDMA or a placebo, effectively “unblinding” the study. If participants knew they received MDMA, they … Read more
The supplement industry has a long, tangled history with the world of weight-loss products. Prior to the age of Ozempic, many of the trendiest diet aids were supplements, not prescription medications: green tea extract, caffeine pills, ephedra. According to the US National Institutes of Health, more than 15 percent of adult Americans have tried a … Read more
New Zealanders are being warned not to eat a specific brand of lolly after drug-testing revealed a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine in them. The NZ Drug Foundation drug-tested a white lolly found inside a Rinda-branded pineapple lolly wrapper after a person complained of a sour taste and “feeling unusual” after starting to eat one. … Read more
In a new study, a global team of researchers hijacked the system Toxoplasma uses to secrete proteins into its host cell. The team genetically engineered Toxoplasma to make a hybrid protein, fusing one of its secreted proteins to a protein called MECP2, which regulates gene activity in the brain—in effect, giving the MECP2 a piggyback … Read more
The US Food and Drug Administration has rejected a first-of-its-kind proposal to use the psychedelic drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy or Molly, as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics had asked the FDA to approve the drug in combination with talk therapy. The company said Friday that the regulatory agency has … Read more
It sounded like a story ripped from a narco thriller: One of the biggest drug lords in Mexico was lured onto an airplane, flown across the border and presented to U.S. federal agents by the son of his former partner in crime. As improbable as it may seem, that is exactly what appears to have … Read more
(NewsNation) — Associates of the Sinaloa drug cartel based in Los Angeles conspired with a Chinese underground banking network to move more than $50 million in drug proceeds from the distribution of cocaine and methamphetamine, federal drug officials announced this week. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced federal charges against 24 people following a multiyear … Read more
(WXIN/WTTV) — The FDA is warning about “microdose chocolate” bars and candy that cause people, including two Hoosiers, to fall ill after eating them. In a Tuesday news release, the Food and Drug Administration warned consumers about Diamond Shruumz-brand chocolate bars, cones and gummies. The FDA is encouraging people to “not eat, sell or serve” … Read more
