Methadone is four times as likely to cause an overdose death as oxycodone preferred drug in 33 states for Medicaid pts

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Most states list deadly methadone as a ‘preferred drug’ http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/national/most-states-list-deadly-methadone-as-a-preferred-drug WASHINGTON – As prescription drug overdose deaths soar nationwide, most states have failed to take a simple step that would make it harder for doctors to prescribe the deadliest of all narcotics. Methadone overdoses kill about 5,000 people every year, six times as many as […]

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FL BOP having meeting June 8th to address denial of care issues

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Thank you for sharing your story with reporter, Matt Grant, of WESH, Channel 2, Orlando.   We received a copy of your email account of the challenges you have faced in having your pain prescriptions filled at local pharmacies.  The Department of Health is aware of the challenges patients like you are facing in Florida and […]

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The DEA is the legacy of a racist, homophobic, anti-Semitic megalomaniacn (Pres Nixon) who wanted to find a way to lock up all of those anti-war protestors, Jews, homosexuals, and blacks.

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Five ways the DEA is redundant http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/04/26/1379265/-Five-ways-the-DEA-is-redundant# America survived for almost 200 years without the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). Somehow, we muddled through all of those years without this expensive boondoggle of an agency.Richard Nixon was the force behind our current drug war, riding into office in 1969 on a wave of Southern racism and […]

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Doctors prescribe medicine for their patients but the pharmacy won’t fill them. Why?

Posted on April 27, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Doctors prescribe medicine for their patients but the pharmacy won’t fill them. Why? DEA and pharmacist point fingers at each other http://www.abcactionnews.com/money/consumer/taking-action-for-you/doctors-prescribe-medicine-for-their-patients-but-the-pharmacy-wont-fill-them-why Some pharmacists blame the DEA for overreaching in the wake of the pill mill crack down.   Now the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration in Tampa is answer those allegations.   Legitimate […]

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