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Teens, adult arrested in Indianapolis pharmacy robbery ring http://www.wthr.com/story/29380299/teens-adult-arrested-in-indianapolis-pharmacy-robbery-ring INDIANAPOLIS – Indianapolis Metro Police say they’ve broken up a robbery ring that targeted Indianapolis pharmacies. An adult and three teens were arrested. A day doesn’t go by without hearing about another CVS or Walgreens robbery, but it’s not money the crooks want. They’re after prescription […]
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Nurse Practitioner Admits Accepting Drug Company Kickbacks http://www.courant.com/health/hc-nurse-indictment-0625-20150623-story.html Alfonso was a high prescriber of the painkilling drug fentanyl in 2012 and 2013, writing 782 prescriptions for it, more than twice the number of the next highest prescriber. If you do “the math” on this statement…presuming that she wrote for 30 days supply for each Rx.. […]
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Overprescribing pain medication can have serious consequences http://www.caringlawyers.com/blog/2015/06/overprescribing-pain-medication-can-have-serious-consequences.shtml Apparently the view of this law firm is that over prescribing opiates is MALPRACTICE…but.. failure to properly treat a chronic pain pt.. is a non-issue ? Is intentionally throwing a pt into withdrawal a serious injury ? Many Pittsburgh residents will need a prescription pain medication at […]
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Chronic pain sufferers caught in the middle of efforts to fight prescription drug abuse
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