Another TV report about Federal bureaucrats that don’t know or don’t care ?

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Patients caught in middle of war on prescription drug abuse http://www.jrn.com/ktnv/news/contact-13/contact-13-investigates/Pain-at-the-pharmacy-295812391.html By Darcy Spears. CREATED Mar 10, 2015 Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — Contact 13 is seeing an overwhelming response after our recent investigation exposing how some pharmacies are profiling patients. A former pharmacy insider said customers are often denied pain medication based on their […]

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Not every Pharmacist is drinking the Pharma’s Kool-Aid ?

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

How much of pharmacy theory is really based on science? http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/how-much-pharmacy-practice-really-based-science?page=0,0 The long and sometimes peculiar history of the pharmacy profession has included salves, potions, powders, tinctures, and elixirs of doubtful safety and effectiveness. Has our profession effectively disassociated itself from the days of unproven and unsafe remedies? Some critics believe that many of the […]

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FDA blames DEA… DEA blames FDA and pts continue to suffer

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA Contributes to Shortages of Drugs With Controlled Substances: Report http://blogs.wsj.com/pharmalot/2015/03/11/dea-contributes-to-shortages-of-drugs-with-controlled-substances-report/ Over the past decade, there has been a noticeable shortage of prescription drugs containing controlled substances, such as narcotics and stimulants, causing difficulties for both patients and physicians. Doctors have to scramble to find alternatives and, sometimes, patients simply go without treatment. As it […]

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I thought the war on drugs was suppose to keep illegal drugs off the street ?

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Local DEA office reports 15 have died so far in 2015 from heroin overdoses http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/local-dea-office-reports-15-have-died-so-far-in-2015-from-heroin-overdoses-20150311 U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. said the arrest of John Haak and Francis Tessina underscores the dangers of the heroin and fentanyl-laced heroin being sold on the streets of Western New York. Hochul, who has made a point of […]

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Powerful pills from local Wisconsin VA showing up on the street, police say

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Powerful pills from local Wisconsin VA showing up on the street, police say http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/03/10/powerful-pills-from-local-wisconsin-va-showing-up-on-street-police-say/ Jason Bishop, a former patient at the Veterans Affairs facility in Tomah, Wis., says doctors there pushed drugs on him as a solution to virtually all his problems. “They would want you to take more […]

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