29000/ yr DIE from C-dif acquired from a healthcare facility

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Nearly 500,000 Americans Had C. Difficile Infections in a Single Year http://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ses=ogst&d=Web+Exclusive&d_id=239&i=March+2015&i_id=1155&a_id=29630 One would be hard pressed to find a U.S. health care worker who was unaware of the devastation that Clostridium difficile can cause in the hospital setting, but it is also causing considerable damage in the community, too, according to Michael Bell, MD, […]

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The agency has operated a Baltimore heroin task force for about three decades

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA chief discusses Maryland’s heroin problem at Senate hearing http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-dea-baltimore-heroin-20150312-story.html The chief of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration put a spotlight on Maryland’s heroin problems during a congressional hearing Thursday. DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart spoke of the state’s rising number of overdose deaths in testimony before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee. She said a DEA task […]

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Turf War ?

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Have you ever encountered a animal who is overly protective of something… their yard, their food, a stuffed animal or their “toy”.  We Homo sapiens can exhibit aggression of protecting our “turf” or trying to gain turf … which exhibits itself as GREED. With all too many of us living beyond our means… protecting one’s livelihood […]

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Sued because they are a wholesaler selling a legal product ?

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Federal court sides with insurer in ‘pill mill’ lawsuit http://wvrecord.com/news/273052-federal-court-sides-with-insurer-in-pill-mill-lawsuit MIAMI – A federal court ruled earlier this week that an insurer does not have to defend and indemnify its client, one of more than a dozen major prescription drug distributors that was sued by former West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw in 2012. McGraw […]

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22 Veterans commit suicide EVERY DAY

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

It would appear that our news media must consider the innocent lives of those that are killed my ISIS in the middle east are much more important and have a higher (news) value than the 22 veterans that commit suicides (on average) every day.  Collectively, we have some 40, 000 people commit suicide every year.. […]

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Is “To fill or not to fill” a rhetorical question ?

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

I as seeing a larger and larger picture evolve.. as pieces of this war on drugs/pts comes into focus..  I spent a large portion of my day with Staywell ( FL Medicaid) trying to help a pt getting their meds  in the system..  Most of the staff at Staywell seemed to be pretty well trained […]

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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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