How should U.S. regulate powerful painkillers?
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When you ask an addiction specialist what should be done.. guess what the answer is
Posted on January 7, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
Stress, Anxiety, Nightmares, PTSD – just part of the job ?
Posted on January 7, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
Court: Getting robbed not part of Pa. liquor store manager’s job http://www.delcotimes.com/general-news/20150107/court-getting-robbed-not-part-of-pa-liquor-store-managers-job HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state liquor store manager has won back workers’ compensation benefits after an appeals court rejected the state’s claim that getting tied up and robbed at gunpoint was part of the job. Gregory Kochanowicz had been waiting six […]
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Do they really care about helping you manage your health ?
Posted on January 7, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
Does this graphic represent the state of our healthcare system… in a death spiral… you can pull out of a death spiral but you have to have someone at the controls that knows what they are doing.. By now we have all experienced the wonderful gift of restricted access to care that Aetna has given […]
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Perception and facts are not necessarily the same thing ?
Posted on January 7, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
This showed up in a closed chronic pain website.. There is a old saying “..what you perceive .. is what you believe …” Have we become so jaded… that we work off of personal perception(s)… and refuse to investigate – and believe – the FACTS ? My mother started having back and knee problems in […]
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DEA ruling affecting cough medicine demand
Posted on January 7, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
http://www.wnct.com/story/27787152/dea-ruling-affecting-cough-medicine-demand NEW BERN, N.C. – On October 6, 2014, right at the beginning of cold and flu season, the Drug Enforcement Agency changed the popular cough medicine ingredient, hydrocodone, from a schedule III controlled substance as part of the Controlled Substance Act. The ruling is having an impact on how people can receive cough medicine […]
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SIX die everyday from overdosing on the drug – ALCOHOL !
Posted on January 7, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
Alcohol Poisoning Kills 6 Americans a Day, a Federal Report Finds http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/health/alcohol-poisoning-kills-6-americans-a-day-federal-report-finds.html?_r=1&referrer Six Americans die from alcohol poisoning daily on average, and mortality rates are highest among middle-aged men, federal health authorities reported on Tuesday. The report is the first in a decade by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to tally alcohol poisonings […]
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CVS had employees sign mandatory mediation contract because ?
Posted on January 7, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
Former pharmacist files class action against CVS for overtime pay http://pennrecord.com/news/15399-former-pharmacist-files-class-action-against-cvs-for-overtime-pay PHILADELPHIA – More than 1,000 pharmacists are owed unpaid overtime wages from one of the top pharmacy retail stores in the United States, according to a federal class action suit filed last week at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. […]
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