I’m not comfortable filling this Rx

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

http://youtu.be/8UMyz7ClFVE Good Faith Policy or Opiophobic Pharmacist ? Why would anyone spend their hard earned money in any store that treats you like this..? This is the Pharmacy that America Trusts ?  

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If they bend the truth any more .. it would look like a pretzel

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Opioids prescribed by doctors led to 92,000 overdoses in ERs in one year Can you imagine this many OD’s and not one of them being recorded as an attempted SUICIDE .. what are the odds of that ? http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-opioid-overdose-prescription-hospital-er-20141026-story.html From the article: Study finds that 68% of ER patients who overdosed on opioid drugs took […]

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Missed doses is MALPRACTICE ?

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.johnfloydlegal.com/Medical-Malpractice/Medication-Errors.shtml Medication Errors Medication errors are a significant cause of injuries, complications and even fatalities in the medical malpractice context. Nothing is more alarming than discovering you received the wrong medication or wrong dosage. Medication errors such as drug overdoses, incorrect administration, inaccurate dosages or missed doses can result in serious health problems Pharmacists can […]

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Pharmacists will become more active in pt’s therapy ?

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Pharmacists must be proactive to improve Medicare Part D Star Ratings http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/pharmacists-must-be-proactive-improve-medicare-part-d-star-ratings?page=0,0 So where does pharmacy come in? Pharmacies have a proactive role to play in five performance measures of the Medicare prescription drug plan (Part D) and three are directly linked to patient adherence to specific medications If a pharmacist sees that a patient […]

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Another one of those rare incidents making the news

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

  Man says CVS wrongly gave him chemo drug http://wvrecord.com/news/270336-man-says-cvs-wrongly-gave-him-chemo-drug From the article: CHARLESTON – A Cabell County man is suing over claims a pharmacy gave him the wrong prescription. Joshua D. Hartsock filed a lawsuit Sept. 5 in Kanawha Circuit Court against West Virginia CVS Pharmacy, John Doe pharmacists, pharmacy supervisors, and pharmacy technicians, […]

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We will approve SHIT as a therapeutic substance but not MMJ ?

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

If you can imagine this… we are experimenting with Fecal Transplantation for the Treatment of Clostridium difficile Infection http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3365524/ and yet we can’t do clinical trials on MMJ ?  Maybe because those in control of this country is FULL OF SHIT ! Did shit get approved as a “orphan drug” ?

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NH BOP blatantly ignores laws ?

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Supreme Court shields Pharmacy Board, hurts women http://nhrtl.org/supreme-court-shields-pharmacy-board-hurts-women/ New Hampshire Right to Life [NHRTL] is dismayed that the NH Supreme Court continues to deny citizens the right to sue state agencies who act illegally. NHRTL had sued over the Board of Pharmacy’s failure to enforce basic FDA safety protocols which are required under NH statutes. […]

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