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West Virginia replaces Tennessee as No. 1 in prescription drug use (17.4 per person)
Charleston Daily Press ^
| 2/06/08
Posted on 02/06/2008 4:34:21 PM PST by Libloather
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To: Red_Devil 232
Re:
Please! I’ll just jump once! Watch that first step... 
It is a lulu!
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posted on
02/06/2008 5:06:39 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
To: jdub
Spot on, Sir!
This was a real show stopper:
Officials said the painkiller hydrocodone is the No. 1 drug by volume that TennCare funds.
Perhaps were talking $ volume rather than dosage volume, but either way one has to ask - what's the street price of hydrocodone in Tennessee? It must be especially low given the amounts being dumped..
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posted on
02/06/2008 5:09:51 PM PST
by
Wally_Kalbacken
(Seldom right but never in doubt)
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To: Libloather
I guess that explains the reaction by WV fans for Rich Rodriguez leaving for Michigan.
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posted on
02/06/2008 5:16:30 PM PST
by
TheRake
(Still Taxed to death in Michigan....it's getting worse.....and worse)
To: Bender2
I think I may have known her! Hmmmm lulu ... last name ended in ski?
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posted on
02/06/2008 5:18:31 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Libloather
Wow, I would have thought God’s Waiting Room, in Florida would have been #1. Whodathunk WV?
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posted on
02/06/2008 5:19:09 PM PST
by
LexBaird
(Behold, thou hast drinken of the Aide of Kool, and are lost unto Men.)
To: Wally_Kalbacken
what's the street price of hydrocodone in Tennessee? I don't know, but I think its around $10/pill. I know that some drugs will vary by the dosage level.
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posted on
02/06/2008 5:22:19 PM PST
by
jdub
To: Red_Devil 232
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I think I may have known her! Hmmmm lulu ... last name ended in ski? Danged if I know... 
but she had the shortest skirt and the longest legs in Oceanside!
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posted on
02/06/2008 5:22:23 PM PST
by
Bender2
("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: WVNight
Remember that WV has a lower total population with a higher percentage of elderly then other states. Well, I suppose between the drugs and the senility, Byrd really does represent his constituency.
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posted on
02/06/2008 5:25:06 PM PST
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LexBaird
(Behold, thou hast drinken of the Aide of Kool, and are lost unto Men.)
To: Morgana
Tennessee combines an extremely obese and rural population with socialized medicine in TennCare. There’s no market push behind TennCare at all. If you’re poor, you have it, and you don’t pay for it.
It’s not a good system. At all.
To: Libloather
"17.4 prescriptions per capita"Is that presently or lifetime? That is high.
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posted on
02/06/2008 5:28:27 PM PST
by
OldEagle
To: Libloather
Is that over a period of time?
Nobody takes that many meds- that’s insane!
But for instance if they are taking total prescriptions written and dividing by population, then that includes stuff like antibiotics and cough meds lol
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posted on
02/06/2008 5:29:54 PM PST
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visualops
(artlife.us nature wallpapers)
To: Bender2
Ah yes! The blue skirt! Lulu Winkski! I just used her nickname, Lu!
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posted on
02/06/2008 5:30:36 PM PST
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: CaspersGh0sts
There’s no market push behind TennCare at all. If you’re poor, you have it, and you don’t pay for it. It’s not a good system. At all.What is really sad is that you have people who go to the emergency room just because they don't feel good, and since they don't have anything better to do they go get free services.
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02/06/2008 5:31:29 PM PST
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jdub
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To: Libloather
Is Utah still #1 for women taking anti-depressants?
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