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Robbing the poor to fund the CORRUPT ?
Posted on May 14, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
Feds to return $107G they seized from NC business owner, attorneys say http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/14/attorneys-feds-will-give-nc-man-his-seized-107gs-back/ Lyndon McLellan fought the law — and apparently, he won. The North Carolina business owner for months has been battling the federal government after IRS agents last fall seized $107,000 from him, under a controversial practice known as civil forfeiture. But his […]
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Known Addicts and Doc shoppers suing Docs and Pharmacies for “feeding their addiction”
Posted on May 14, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
WV Supreme Court: Mingo residents claiming pill addiction can sue doctors, pharmacies http://www.charlestondailymail.com/article/20150514/DM02/150519562/1276#sthash.ZCTkeG4G.dpuf Mingo County residents alleging they were negligently prescribed pain medication, causing or enabling their addiction, will be able to maintain their lawsuits against pharmacies and doctors that distributed them, West Virginia Supreme Court justices decided. In a 3-2 decision, written by Chief […]
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when SHARING is NOT CARING
Posted on May 14, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
CDC study of Indiana HIV cases shows most are same strain http://www.whas11.com/story/news/local/indiana/2015/05/14/cdc-study-of-indiana-hiv-cases-shows-most-are-same-strain/27314187/ INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – A top Indiana health official says a preliminary genetic analysis of HIV samples taken from about half the people infected in the state’s largest HIV outbreak shows nearly all of them have the same strain of the virus. State epidemiologist […]
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the 31.5 million settlement contains no allegations or findings that controlled substances were diverted or that any patient was harmed.
Posted on May 14, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
PharMerica agrees to pay $31.5 million in settlement with Justice Department, DEA http://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2015/05/14/pharmerica-agrees-to-pay-31-5-million-in.html PharMerica Corp. has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency related to an investigation into the dispensing of controlled substances at some of the company’s pharmacies. Under terms of the agreement, Louisville-based PharMerica (NYSE: […]
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WEST COAST ..CVS Refuses Her Rx ‘Because Of The Neighborhood’
Posted on May 14, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
Only On 2: Grammy-Nominated Star Outraged When 24-Hour CVS Refuses Her Rx ‘Because Of The Neighborhood’ http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/05/14/only-on-2-grammy-nominated-star-outraged-when-24-hour-cvs-refuses-her-rx-because-of-the-neighborhood/ CARSON (CBSLA.com) — An R&B celebrity says a 24-hour CVS pharmacist refused to fill her prescription for painkillers in the middle of the night “because of the neighborhood.” Kelly Price lives in Carson and is convinced the pharmacist […]
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More DENIAL OF CARE on the WEST COAST
Posted on May 14, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve
Woman denied pain meds, new regulations to blame http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/investigations/Pharmacy-trouble-303686261.html?tab=video&c=y BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) – Jessica Barr loved gymnastics. But the sport didn’t always love her back. “It’s like football, great sport when you’re not injured,” she said. So, like many childhood gymnasts, Barr is paying for her time in the gym as an adult. She needed a […]
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