Professional discretion meets fear of media attention ?

MY story from TODAY and my issues with CVS and what happened!! Very interesting! I went to CVS yesterday to get my hydrocodone script filled. I wanted it filled today so I would have my meds for first thing tomorrow morning when I wake up because I would be taking the last pill this evening. […]

Now we know why they are called NON-CONTROLLED MEDS ?

Every “new and improved” process has a down side ?

Pharmacy automatic prescription refills can contribute to medication errors and waste http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/healthcare/Pharmacy-automatic-prescription-refills-can-contribute-to-medication-errors-and-waste.html But there’s also a downside. The system may be fraught with errors and waste. At issue is that electronic prescribing systems currently used by doctors do not communicate discontinued medications to the pharmacy. It’s a known flaw that has gone uncorrected by the […]

Legal US Weed Is Killing Drug Cartels

Legal US Weed Is Killing Drug Cartels http://dailycaller.com/2015/02/09/legal-marijuana-drug-cartels/ The growth of the U.S. marijuana industry has devastated drug cartels in Mexico, evidenced by fewer seizures of cannabis at the border and, according to Mexican security forces, a drop in total homicides and domestic marijuana production rates. Mexican drug cartels are finding it difficult to compete […]

Fayetteville pharmacist pulls gun on 2 robbers over the weekend

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A Fayetteville pharmacist pulled a gun on two men during an attempted robbery at Medicap Pharmacy on Saturday.  The Fayetteville Police Dept. states that the men entered the store on Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard and attacked the pharmacist with a blunt object. The pharmacist then pulled out a handgun and fired […]

NEWS FLASH… REPORTER WANTS TO WITNESS “I’M NOT COMFORTABLE” FIRST HAND !

                    Sniffing out a solution…       Matt Grant is an investigative reporter for WESH TV in Orlando NBC Channel 2. Last week Matt did a report on patients not being able to get their medically necessary medications. mjgrant@hearst.com  I have been told that he […]

Behind every successful politician – lies & money ?

Governor’s evasions coming back to haunt him http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/Clip/11083974/governors-evasions-coming-back-to-haunt-him  

What Pharmacists do .. If they will fill your Rx ?

http://www.whatpharmacistsdo.org/ Do You Ever Wonder What Pharmacists Even Do ? All info on this website was obtained from high-quality peer-reviewed scientific literature. That’s just a fancy way of telling you that they’re facts. A Pharmacist’s job is so simple it can be explained in 10 frames of a power point presentation ?

Doctor speaks out after DEA searches his clinic

  http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/Doctor-speaks-out-after-DEA-searches-his-clinic–285668611.html AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW) — News 12 first told you about Thursday’s DEA visit that left Dr. Achhinder Ohri unable to write prescription pills like hydrocodone. Dr. Ohri is talking only to News 12’s Jorge Lopez about why the doctor’s office is still seeing patients. A day after a Drug Enforcement Agency inspection, Dr. […]

No one treats diseases with medications…. they just take DRUGS ?

      Gov’t says fewer drivers are drinking, but more use drugs http://www.whas11.com/story/news/crime/2015/02/07/govt-says-fewer-drivers-are-drinking-but-more-use-drugs/23031531/ A government report says the number of drivers who get on the road with alcohol in their systems has declined by nearly one-third since 2007, but there has been a large increase in drivers using marijuana and other illegal drugs. WASHINGTON […]