They are speaking up and the investigative reporters are listening !

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

UPDATE  Why do we treat most pts like a nail ? Pinellas Park woman says Florida pill mill crackdown deprives her of pain medicine she needs Patient forced to pay $1,800 per month for pills http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/pinellas-park-woman-says-florida-pill-mill-crackdown-deprives-her-of-pain-medicine-she-needs This investigative reporter use to be in the Louisville, KY market… and had exchanged emails with him years ago..when […]

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High risk sterile compounding proved FATAL for pharmacy student !

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Family sues after St. John’s pharmacy student dies during externship http://nypost.com/2014/06/16/family-sues-after-st-johns-pharmacy-student-dies-during-externship/ From the article: James Yoo, 22, of Manhattan, began working at Rockwell Compounding Associates in February last year as part of an externship required for a doctorate in pharmacology. Four days into his externship, Yoo’s skin came in contact with the drug fentanyl, an autopsy […]

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Tennessee’s ATTEMPT to cut drug diversion

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

  http://tn.gov/mental/policy/persc_drug_docs/TN%20Prescription%20Safety%20Act%20of%202012_Public%20Chapter%200880.pdf Read page 3… One of the data points that they are required to submit to TN’s PMP is PATIENT IDENTIFIER – I guess that it doesn’t necessarily have to be a VALID IDENTIFIER… once again the bureaucrats are oblivious – or in denial – about forged ID’s.. If you don’t have VALID ID’s […]

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