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http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/11/pharmacist-smuggled-more-than-7-000-hydrocodone-pills-from-md-giant-pharmacy-police-say-109127.html ABC7 News asked Giant why it took nearly a year before management detected thousands of missing prescription pills. A spokesman for the Prince George’s County-based grocer refused to answer the direct question, saying instead: “As this matter involves an ongoing legal investigation, we must refer all questions to the local authorities.”

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IMO.. this is just another horrific example of our judicial system not following our own laws and the mentally ill.. are just something.. that needs to be “cleans from our society” https://www.change.org/p/gov-rick-perry-spare-my-brother-s-life-a-severely-mentally-ill-man-on-death-row Spare my brother’s life, a schizophrenic man on death row Scott Panetti is a paranoid schizophrenic who wore a TV-western cowboy costume in […]

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In regards to your concerns with pharmacies’ refusal to fill prescriptions, there is nothing in in this legislation that would prohibit the pharmacy from filling prescriptions. Please be advised that pharmacists are directed to exercise their independent professional judgment when filling prescriptions. Pharmacists are also required to monitor a patient’s drug therapy and to work […]

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I have no words ! 🙁 Subject: Walgreen discriminating against me for valid prescription I do not know who to call or who can help. I am currently homeless and we are staying in a hotel for a month now. My husband had a heart attack, we lost income our home our car everything and […]

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Alcohol Survey Suggests Alcoholism Less Prevalent Than Believed http://www.piercepioneer.com/alcohol-survey-suggests-alcoholism-less-prevalent-believed/35659 From the article: A recent study based on findings in the National Survey on Drug Use and Health shows that most people who drink “too much” or actually not alcoholics. So… you change the definition of what alcoholism is… and you end up with fewer “alcoholics” […]

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Compounding Pharmacy Back in Business After Suing DEA http://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/Compounding-Pharmacy-Back-in-Business-After-Suing-DEA From the article: West Chase Compounding Pharmacy is back in business. After the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) revoked the Tampa-based pharmacy’s registration to sell controlled substances and seized its drugs, the company fought back with a lawsuit. Then, on November 18, 2014, a judge ordered the […]

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AG pick Lynch may face grilling over seizing properties, experts say http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/11/20/civil-forfeiture-likely-to-be-hot-issue-at-lynch-confirmation-hearing-experts/ From the article: A boast by President Obama’s pick to be the nation’s top law enforcement official could come back to haunt her in confirmation hearings before the Senate, where some members object to prosecutors’ rampant use of civil forfeiture, a controversial but […]

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2015 Part D Formularies: Fewer Rxs, Higher Cost-Sharing, More Tiers A recent analysis by Avalere Health, a health care research and advisory firm, shows several significant changes to Medicare Part D formularies that will affect the way beneficiaries pay for their medications in 2015. Significant changes include: Fewer drugs covered—Nine out of the top 10 […]

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Patients infected with meningitis sue PainCare http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20141120/NEWS/sthash.5MHZBqpn.cmfs From the article: CONCORD — A second wave of lawsuits over contaminated medicine is being directed at PainCare, owned by Michael O’Connell. Thirteen patients of PainCare, which has 10 locations in New Hampshire, including Newington and Somersworth, filed suit against the company and its owner Wednesday for contracting […]

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FDA Approves New, Hard-to-Abuse Hydrocodone Pill http://www.wkrg.com/story/27441124/fda-approves-new-hard-to-abuse-hydrocodone-pill From the article WASHINGTON – Federal health regulators have approved the first hard-to-abuse version of the painkiller hydrocodone, offering an alternative to a similar medication that has been widely criticized for lacking such safeguards. The Food and Drug Administration approved Purdue Pharma’s Hysingla ER, for patients with severe, […]

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