New labeling rules now in effect for all CBD oil sold in Indiana

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

New labeling rules now in effect for all CBD oil sold in Indiana https://www.wthr.com/article/new-labeling-rules-now-effect-all-cbd-oil-sold-indiana INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) – The Indiana General Assembly legalized CBD oil in March, but additional rules take effect this week that impact anyone who buys or sells the product. The rules – intended to help both consumers and law enforcement – impose […]

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Sugary drinks kills more than drug overdoses ? A EPIDEMIC ?

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Sugary drinks linked to 25,000 deaths in the U.S. each year http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-sugary-soda-death-toll-20150629-story.html By contributing to obesity and, through that, to diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer, the consumption of sugar-sweetened drinks appears to claim the lives of about 25,000 American adults yearly and is linked worldwide to the deaths of 180,000 each year, new research says. […]

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Our judicial system.. pt care takes second place to drug abuse?

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Doctors prescribing most potent painkillers face scrutiny http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/12/15/doctors-prescription-painkillers/20428639/ More data mining and using “raw data” to uncover who the “bad prescribers” are..  No matter how many “top 20 prescribers” they take out.. there will always be a “top 20″…  It is like digging a hole in the sand at the edge of the ocean.. it […]

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Denial of care to a “locked-in pt”

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

If you can imagine this.. this pt is on Medicaid and “locked in” to a specific pharmacy – can only get her Rxs filled at this one particular pharmacy location and the Pharmacist on duty refused to fill her prescription.. Forcing the pt to go to a pharmacy where she had to pay cash for […]

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In Tennessee the war on pts accelerates ?

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Intractable Pain Act repealed, but battle against prescription drug abuse goes on http://www.timesnews.net/article/9089063/intractable-pain-act-repealed-but-battle-against-prescription-drug-abuse-goes-on#ixzz3efHp33Iu BLOUNTVILLE – Many steps have been taken over the past year to combat prescription drug abuse in the state of Tennessee, including a plan from the governor on how to slow the epidemic. All that work culminated during this year’s legislative session […]

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