PHARMACIST STEVE

Here is a piece from a Chicago TV station of a mis-fill that happened at a Target.  Here  is a quote from the piece about the mother’s perception when presented with the mistake. Asked what the pharmacist’s reaction was to learning the medication was mislabeled with a much higher dosage, she said, “it was just, […]

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Suspected Winter Haven Pill Mill Busted, Sheriff Says Does anyone believe that this situation is not being repeated in numerous sections of our country?  How many reports have to be forth coming showing where driver’s licenses have been forged/faked/copied and used with fake/forged Rxs for controlled substances… before we look at a different process… instead […]

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Segment on Fox News interviewing medical doctor/specialist and associate professor at medical university on the recent medication mix up at CVS  . Opinioned that independent pharmacies are SAFER than mail order and chain pharmacies….

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The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA)     Put out the above ad… making accusations that the community pharmacies are seemingly willingly participants in legal drugs getting to the streets. I won’t get into all the medications these “mail order firms” put out in the hot/cold all those prescription medications that are exposed to extremes […]

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CVS/pharmacy promotes importance of a ‘pharmacy home’   Here is a article where CVS  has come to this conclusion from a Harvard study… that a patient should have a face-to-face interaction with their Pharmacist.  but I guess that their Caremark mail order is just one of CVS’s MANY FACES and forcing patients to severe their […]

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As a nation every dollar that we spend we are borrowing $0.40. Lets look at the DEA… started in the late 60’s as the BNDD ( Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs)… does anyone believe that the DEA has made any progress in this war.. which actually started with the Harrison Narcotic Act 1914 – […]

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It was reported in a USA TODAY article that 75% of the pharmacy boards have chain execs sitting on them. There have been various reporters ask some of these execs if this is not a conflict of interest?… Their typical reply is that they recuse themselves from any discussion decisions involving their company or one […]

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CVS makes more mistakes while claiming – per the article – such prescription mix-ups are “rare occurrences, This story – IMO – is so full of holes… The pharmacy has acknowledged improperly dispensing Tamoxifen instead of chewable fluoride tablets to children in as many as 50 families between Dec. 1 and Feb. 20 Mike DeAngelis, […]

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View this video … Make a mental picture of corporate pharmacy being represented by the dog in this clip and Pharmacists being represented by the cat… once the cat gets fed up with the crap/threats out of the dog… I was at a presentation years ago by a gentlemen by the name of Ed Grief… […]

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It has been reported that the insurance industry has a 20%-30% overhead.. basically that overhead is juggling the paperwork in prior authorizations (PA) and coming up with reasons not to pay a claim and/or defending their their decision if/when the patient files an appeal… It is also reported that the Medicare part A/B carriers have […]

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