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One of my readers sent me this…   Look at JOB RESPONSIBILITIES for a Pharmacist… WORK QUICKLY WITH SOME ERRORS ! http://chasebrexton.org/index.php/about_us/who/ From their website At Chase Brexton, we are passionate about people and passionate about addressing their health care needs. Chase Brexton provides a different health care experience. You can click on image to enlarge […]

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I was talking to one of the Pharmacist that works for a major chain that claims that they are so interested in your health that it is now part of their name. It would seem that this chains concern about the health of their employees …is not as focused as their ads would suggest they […]

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By now most everyone has probably heard that Hydrocodone (HCD) products are going to become C-II’s as of Oct 6th.. Many have heard that the DEA has stated that any HCD Rx written before Oct 6th and has authorized refills on them.. can be treated under the old law… until authorized refills are used or […]

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Jury reaches verdict in Dr. Daniel Baldi trial http://www.kcci.com/news/Jury-reaches-verdict-in-Dr-Daniel-Baldi-trial/25763410#ixzz3DyQt1Vb3 From the article: DES MOINES, Iowa —The jury announced its verdict Thursday in the trial of Dr. Daniel Baldi. Watch video of this story Baldi was charged with seven counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of his patients. The jury found Baldi not guilty on […]

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DEA & Shorewood Cops Raid Woman’s Home After She Shops at Indoor Garden Center http://patch.com/illinois/shorewood-il/dea–shorewood-cops-raid-womans-home-after-she-shops-at-indoor-garden-center#.VB4gchaa_dV From the article: DEA agents rooted through a Shorewood woman’s garbage and stormed her home in an early morning raid after spotting her shopping at an indoor garden center they had been staking out. The raid on Kirking’s house marked […]

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http://www.protectpaincare.org/index.html Pharmacovigilance Biometrics: A Technological Advancement in the Management of Chronic Pain

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DEA Official Reportedly Accused Lawmakers Of ‘Supporting Criminals’ For Backing This Bill From the article: A top Drug Enforcement Administration official reportedly accused sponsors of a prescription drug bill that unanimously passed the House of Representatives of “supporting criminals,” since the legislation would give pill distributors and pharmacists who are found to have violated regulations […]

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One of my readers forwarded this to me… it was a email sent out by PROP (Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing)   Dear Friends and Colleagues,   Here’s the latest from PROP:   Jane Ballantyne to become next President of PROP September 28th FED UP! Rally on the Mall and march to the White House […]

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One of my readers furnished me the following…  It is the American Medical Assoc CODE OF ETHICS ! I have highlighted in YELLOW  the most important parts of this.. I see this being useful in two different means… First chronic pain or subjective disease pts have trouble with their physician adequately treating their disease issues.. […]

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Metrics started in Pharmacy abt 8 yrs ago.. over the last 8 yrs… more and more Pharmacists and Physicians are now employees of some BIG CORPORATION… Medicare/Medicaid/Insurance is now starting to measure some metrics…  Are all the metrics that we are trying to meet… distracting from pt care and pt satisfaction  and this survey demonstrates […]

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