Working while being opiophobic ?

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

This was a comment on a website … that I ran across…  I suspect that any pt that has had knee , hip replacement or has a bunch of metal in their spine or one or more spinal joints fused… The chances of them being able to walk a straight line.. is somewhere between slim […]

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Scope of contemporary pharmacy practice: Roles, responsibilities, and functions of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Scope of contemporary pharmacy practice: Roles, responsibilities, and functions of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians http://japha.org/article.aspx?articleid=1043725 Community-based care The flow of activities that is typically associated with medication management in a community pharmacy or ambulatory clinic practice is shown in Figure 3; it depicts a pharmacist’s responsibilities for the provision of direct patient care. New prescriptions […]

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Florida investigative reporter doing 30 minute special on pts not getting meds updated 03/18/2014

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

  Matt Grant has done several 3-4 minute reports over the last month on pts not getting their medications because of Pharmacists “not comfortable”.. looking for people in the Orlando area to send him a video for him to use on this expose special…  Matt is an investigative reporter for channel 2 www.wesh.com in Orlando. […]

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Wash. town opens first government-run marijuana store

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

http://bcove.me/avp7i54e Wash. town opens first government-run marijuana store http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/09/washington-town-pot-shop/24660263/ The country’s first government-run marijuana store is open for business in Washington state. The Cannabis Corner in North Bonneville, Wash., opened over the weekend. The store is run by the town’s public development authority, which the town specifically created to open it. The town loaned the […]

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Showed up on the web yesterday ?

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Another RARE incident ? http://www.pharmacy-mistake.com/west-virginia-cvs-sued-for-chemotherapy-drug-mistake West Virginia CVS Sued For Chemotherapy Drug Mistake When patients go to their local pharmacy to get a prescription filled, they do so with the faith that the pharmacist will use appropriate care in providing them with the medication that they need. That was not the case for a Cabell […]

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