The war on drugs… ran by MORONS ?

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Police give elderly man drug charges after pharmacy issues incorrect prescription An 83-year-old man and his wife were violently arrested because of a pharmacy screw up. http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/robert-cirpinski-pharmacy/ From the article: BURLINGTON, WI — Police were asked to retrieve a bottle of pills that hat been incorrectly issued to an elderly patient.  When the 83-year-old man […]

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Being fined for not doing something that is illegal ?

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Rite Aid paying $20K in settlement with Maryland http://legalnewsline.com/news/247102-rite-aid-paying-20k-in-settlement-with-maryland The last time that I looked, the manufacturer, wholesaler and pharmacy are responsible for medications being stored at the appropriate temperature. From the article: Between May 2010 and October 2011, Rite Aid of Maryland Inc. allegedly mailed prescriptions to patients without confirming their mailing addresses. When […]

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Taking them off at the knees !

Posted on July 3, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

This page is a “work in progress” Those with subjective diseases ( Pain, Mental Health, Anxiety, ADD/ADHD ) are experiencing a great deal of difficulty of being treated by our society &  healthcare system like other pts with chronic diseases. There are untold number of rules,laws, regulations that are being broken and fractured.. some out […]

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