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Opioid Painkiller Prescribing Where You Live Makes a Difference July 2014 http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/opioid-prescribing/index.html?s_cid=cdc_homepage_feature_001 From the article: 259 M Health care providers wrote 259 million prescriptions for painkillers in 2012, enough for every American adult to have a bottle of pills. 259 MILLION… a pretty large number ! There are a estimated 116 million chronic pain pts… […]
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This showed up in my inbox today.. I read your article about trying to get your oxycodone filled. Having the same problem I had an ankle injury that pained me everyday I was seeing a fairly new dr actually a nurse practitioner she refused to give me narcotics well I had some from previous surgeries […]
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Everyday I get a report of what people are searching for on the web that my blog shows up in that search here are the ones from 07/12/2014 …. makes some interesting reading ! pharmacist steve rite aid pharmacy auto kidcents contribution filling c2 at walgreens in brandon fl i hate being a pharmacist pharmacy […]
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This showed up on another Pharmacist’s blog http://www.jimplagakis.com/?p=7021 It would appear that with CVS’ policies is that their policies are whatever the customer wants their policy to be.. even if the policy that offends one person.. when it is changed … could offend many more than the first person that complained. Of course, I am […]
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This educational video focuses on those with Fibromyalgia… but.. it can apply to some degree to just about any chronic disease state as it causing cognitive issues directly or pt having to deal with their disease issues. When some disease states interact with aging.. it can only compound the problems.
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From my inbox Steve I do not want to be a pest but now pharmacies are telling pts to get a lot of uncontrolled they do not need vitamins stool softeners ect 3 to 10 ? my dad died of cancer of the pancreas and did not have that many one wanted 5 for every […]
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This showed up as a comment https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/?p=6260#comment-2293 Do you want to talk about mixed messages? When it (PMP) works, I can tell you as a WAG pharmacist when and if I can fill your medication. We try to keep to the 28-day rule for all our patients. And I say ‘try to fill your medication’ […]
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My Inbox Today…. This is a letter sent to Patrick Kennedy at the FL BOP I live Florida. I have degenerative disc disease with compression on nerve roots , neck injuries and more and now some kind of plasticity and red bone marrow transformation in my spine myeloma a rare bone cancer has not been […]
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http://vimeo.com/94439452 Like To Complain? You Can Get 8,000 Free Miles From Spirit Airlines http://www.bradsdeals.com/blog/2014/07/10/like-to-complain-you-can-get-8000-free-miles-from-spirit-airlines/ From the article: Spirit Airlines recently rolled out an interesting promotion. They’re giving away 8,000 free rewards miles for writing a 140-characters-or-fewer complaint about any airline. Seriously – that’s all you have to do, provided you’ve already signed up for a Spirit […]
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CVS Pharmacy changes prescription policy after death of Vegas man http://www.mynews3.com/content/news/story/CVS-Pharmacy-changes-prescription-policy-after/8xxzdDUYc0Gx8CkhLVUY4Q.cspx From the Article: LAS VEGAS (KSNV & MyNews3) — Drug store chain CVS is changing its policy because of one Las Vegas father’s actions following the death of his son who couldn’t afford an expensive prescription. Mitchel Marcus will never know for certain if […]
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