PHARMACIST STEVE

Orlando,FL  12/17/2014  http://www.wftv.com/videos/news/customers-having-problems-filling-pain-pill/vC6sYd/  12/13/2014   http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/12/12/toddler-dies-after-being-prescribed-exceptionally-high-amount-potassium/ Our Neighbors to the north 12/08/2014   http://www.chroniclejournal.com/editorial/letters/2014-12-08/ask-questions-about-medications Orlando, FL 12/08/2014   http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/action-9-customers-claim-walgreens-refusing-fill-l/njNwQ/ Moultrie, Georgia 11/25/2014  http://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/Rite-Aid-Pharmacy-Employees-Arrested-for-Stealing-Painkillers Washington DC 11/22/2014  http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/11/pharmacist-smuggled-more-than-7-000-hydrocodone-pills-from-md-giant-pharmacy-police-say-109127.html Las Vegas, NV 11/19/2014   http://ktnv.video.jrn.com/Prescription-for-Pain-Change-in-law-causes-more-delays-pain-28165741?playlistId=15096 Tampa,FL 11/19/2014  http://www.wfla.com/story/27430868/pharmacists-using-tougher-guidelines-to-curb-medication-misuse Houston, TX 11/19/2014  http://thedailycougar.com/2014/11/19/accuracy-takes-back-seat-speed-drive-thru-pharmacies/ Oklahoma City, OK 11/14/2014 http://m.news9.com/story.aspx?story=27391759&catId=112032 Los Angeles, CA 11/08/2014   http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/11/07/woman-says-glendale-pharmacists-mistake-led-to-mothers-death/ LIHUE, HI 11/08/2014 http://thegardenisland.com/news/local/death-leads-to-lawsuit/article_1ed1c9f4-670e-11e4-9baa-0743243d8304.html 03/2014     http://guardianlv.com/2014/03/walgreens-sued-for-negligence-in-vicodin-overdose-death/ Memphis, TN 10/31/2014  […]

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A couple of weeks ago.. we took our only daughter and only 8  y/o grandson to Universal Studios in FL. For those of you haven’t been to Universal in Florida… they have three distinct parks and unless you purchase a multi-day ticket… you are only allowed to go into one park on a single day… […]

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Customers having problems filling pain pill prescriptions at CVS, Walgreens http://www.wftv.com/videos/news/customers-having-problems-filling-pain-pill/vC6sYd/ More than 100 patients contacted Action 9 after we investigated pain pill denials at Walgreen's. Many claim CVS now refuses to fill pain medications as well.

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Tiny Sensors May Soon Monitor Seniors’ Medicines From Inside http://www.medpagetoday.com/PracticeManagement/InformationTechnology/49151?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2014-12-17&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyHeadlines&utm_source=ST&eun=g578717d0r& Managing real and potential medication conflicts and confusions is more pressing as 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day, and 90% suffer at least one chronic illness. Many boomers are now swallowing a cocktail of medications prescribed by various specialists: pain medicines for aching backs, […]

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A ‘Dirty Bomb Explosion’ Patient Satisfaction http://www.medpagetoday.com/EmergencyMedicine/EmergencyMedicine/48857 In the early 2000s the federal government discovered a new metric, patient satisfaction, and mandated hospitals to begin measuring and reporting satisfaction survey results. A generous interpretation is that the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) mandate is a misguided attempt to guarantee quality in the healthcare […]

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Growing number of restrictions in ACA drug coverage http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/health/2014/12/12/word-warning-aca-drug-coverage/20327819/ Herrick says many health insurance companies are cutting back because enrollees are sicker than anticipated. “That can drive up the costs of the plan,” he explains. “Meaning premiums will rise next year. So a way plans tend to deal with that is they might increase the […]

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Some Indian drugmakers routinely toss out bad test results: Bloomberg http://www.fiercepharmamanufacturing.com/story/some-indian-drugmakers-routinely-toss-out-bad-test-results-bloomberg/2014-12-03 At least a dozen drugmakers with operations in India were accused by the FDA last year of routinely throwing out negative test results of bad batches of pharmaceuticals, some of which eventually made it to U.S. consumers. Bloomberg scoured FDA records, some obtained under […]

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Rx drug overdoses linked to doctors; prescriber names to be sent to prosecutors http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20141214/GZ01/141219687 But you won’t find the first mention of Heroin mentioned in this article ! West Virginia has the highest drug overdose death rate in the nation. The state also has the second highest rate of prescription drug use. West Virginia pharmacies […]

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Isn’t this why D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was created for in 1983 ? http://www.dare.org/about-d-a-r-e/

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14 Arrested In Deadly Meningitis Outbreak Linked To Framingham Pharmacy http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/12/17/necc-owner-employees-arrested-in-deadly-meningitis-outbreak/ Cadden and Glenn Adam Chin, a pharmacist who was in charge of NECC’s sterile room, are charged with racketeering for allegedly causing the deaths of patients who received tainted steroids manufactured by the company. Both are accused in a federal indictment of “acting in […]

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