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Congress Pressures FDA to Finalize Opioid Guidance Threatens to shift $20 million from agency if abuse-deterrent guidance isn’t settled by June http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Addictions/50541?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2015-03-19&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyHeadlines&utm_source=ST&eun=g578717d0r& The FDA will publish its long-awaited guidance on abuse-deterrent opioids by the end of June, in order to avoid a $20 million cut in funds to the commissioner’s office threatened by Congress. An […]

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The DEA Is Seizing Cash Without Warrants In Its Version Of Stop-and-Frisk http://www.forbes.com/sites/instituteforjustice/2015/03/19/the-dea-is-seizing-cash-without-warrants-in-its-version-of-stop-and-frisk/ Federal drug agents may be racially profiling and unjustly seizing cash from travelers in the nation’s airports, bus stations and train stations. A new report released by the Office of the Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Justice examined the Drug […]

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For the last 100 yrs – or so – we have had a relative equilibrium in the number of people abusing some substance – other than alcohol or tobacco – about 1%-2% of the population. Why would drug dealers create a more lethal mix of Heroin and Fentanyl… that is the craziest “business plan” I […]

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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 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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  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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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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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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Police investigate armed robbery at Indianapolis nursing home http://fox59.com/2015/03/17/police-investigate-armed-robbery-at-nursing-home/ INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (March 17, 2015) – Indianapolis Metropolitan Police are on the search for the armed suspect who robbed an assisted living center on the southeast side of Indianapolis over the weekend. Around 4:15 Sunday morning, employees at the Golden Living Center, located in the 2800 block […]

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Zoeller fighting synthetic drug ban appeal INDIANAPOLIS (WLFI) — Attorney General Greg Zoeller urges the Indiana Supreme Court to overturn two court appeal decisions that strike down a portion of the state’s ban on synthetic drugs. In January, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled a portion of Indiana’s synthetic drug ban was unconstitutional because it […]

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