Prescription for Pain: Change in law causes more delays, pain

http://ktnv.video.jrn.com/Prescription-for-Pain-Change-in-law-causes-more-delays-pain-28165741?playlistId=15096

There are 100 million chronic pain pts …

It took 66 million votes in 2008 to get Obama elected… and there was about 130 million total votes cast for the two major candidates.  You do the math…

Pharmacists using tougher guidelines to curb medication misuse

WFLA News Channel 8 http://www.wfla.com/story/27430868/pharmacists-using-tougher-guidelines-to-curb-medication-misuse From the article: Retired Sheriff detective David Gottgalf suffers with extreme pain from severe arthritis. So he was shocked when his Walgreens pharmacist recently cut off his methodone and oxycodone. “They walked up to me, in the pharmacy, and said to me, “We can no longer fill your prescriptions. You […]

I wonder if this customers got a gift card for “bad service” ?

An Osceola County CVS pharmacy technician said she was chased down and attacked after a customer confronted her and threatened to come after her once she got off work. http://www.wftv.com/videos/news/cvs-pharmacy-tech-says-customer-followed-her-beat/vC3P9k/

I’m Not Comfortable part 5

My “instincts” leads me in making decisions … I don’t need to call the doctor… I don’t needs any other facts ? Remember all those soldiers under Hitler… their defense was ” I was just following orders”…  they say that history repeats itself..

The media is catching the “med error bug” faster than the flu ?

Accuracy takes back-seat to speed in drive-thru pharmacies http://thedailycougar.com/2014/11/19/accuracy-takes-back-seat-speed-drive-thru-pharmacies/ From the article: Attention to detail is important in any job, but imagine working in an environment where losing focus, even momentarily, could result in harming another person. This is the stress that pharmacy staff members deal with on a daily basis. In spite of the […]

Hooded man robs Newport News Walgreens wearing medical mask

Hooded man robs Newport News Walgreens wearing medical mask http://wtkr.com/2014/11/18/hooded-man-robs-newport-news-walgreens-wearing-medical-mask/ Newport News, Va. – Police say a bold crook walked into a Newport News Walgreens wearing a medical mask on his face, but he wasn’t protecting himself from germs. On Monday, a man walked into the 12750 location, approached the pharmacist and demanded the drug Oxycodone […]

Robber demands oxycodone from Rite Aid pharmacist

http://wavy.com/2014/11/18/robber-demands-oxycodone-from-rite-aid-pharmacist/ NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – A man walked into a Newport News Rite Aid Monday night with one goal in mind — to steal as much Oxycodone as he could. Police say the suspect held a white t-shirt over his face when he walked into the pharmacy in the 600 block of J. Clyde Morris Boulevard around […]