When the rubber meets the road !

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

This link was sent to a east coast BOP…. Subject: CVS Caremark has become a frequent subject of government probes – latimes.com http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cvs-caremark-20121024,0,4019637,full.story   —- The exec of the BOP responded with the following Subject: RE: CVS Caremark has become a frequent subject of government probes – latimes.com Due to security concerns, the Board office […]

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This showed up in my email

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

This is a letter sent by a mature RPH to his/her BOP on the east side of the country… I am posting it without any further comments …except this RPH does not appear to be a “happy camper” A sad day today for the MA BOP and all the people in MA. Sadder yet for […]

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War on drugs… bending the data !

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

Nonprescription Drugs as Likely to Poison Patients as Prescriptions From the article: Of the 10,392 cases in the registry, 53% involved patients in emergency departments. Pharmaceutical overdoses occurred in 48% of patients—a combination of intentional overdoses in 37% of patients and unintentional in 11% of patients. This study would suggest that law enforcement is all […]

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When you dig into the details

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Pharmaciststeve

This is a 72 page list from the FDA of the 1200 some odd drugs that NECC’s records indicated that they have/had compounded.. http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Safety/Recalls/UCM322970.pdf MORPHINE PF 20.1MG/ML INJ, 40ML RX MORPHINE PF 20MG/ ML INJ, 20ML RX MORPHINE PF 25MG/ ML INJ, 20ML RX I didn’t go over all 72 pages… but… Morphine preservative free […]

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