A video on the history of mental health addiction in Florida

https://youtu.be/wGZEvXNqzkM This was posted on YOUTUBE.com in Feb, 2014 and it is using stats from 2008 when the pill mills in Florida was a growing crisis and IMO.. the video suggests that it is going on today in Florida..  It is like watching a video/movie on the civil war and think that it is still […]

My ONE DAY STAYCATION at our local hospital

Back story.. a few weeks ago .. after doing some weed pulling in the yard.. I experienced some shortness of breath and really not feeling well.. so I when into the house and check my blood pressure… heart rate is 120 + and diastolic is in the low 40’s.. for some reason I was having […]

Stupid rules at the pharmacy counter..

We patronize the THIRD LARGEST pharmacy chain.. mostly because I have known one of the Pharmacists there for 30+ yrs and it is in our “normal path”. I normally don’t use the drive thru.. I know that pharmacy staff HATE the drive thru and I am not really fond of using it as a customer.. […]

The BOP’s primary function is public health and safety

Recently I blogged about a email that I received from a pt in FLORIDA… https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/?p=11269       where the pt made a complaint against a Pharmacist for refusing to fill the pt’s opiate medication and the BOP’s response was the “Pharmacist’s behavior was unacceptable” but no law was broken..  According to Michael Cohen, RPh, MS, ScD, DPS, […]

Another non-epidemic … EPIDEMIC ?

How Identity Theft Sticks You with Hospital Bills http://www.programbusiness.com/News/How-Identity-Theft-Sticks-You-with-Hospital-Bills I started blogging about this developing problem OVER ONE YEAR AGO… see link below https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/?p=6350 Kathleen Meiners was puzzled when a note arrived last year thanking her son Bill for visiting Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Mo. Soon, bills arrived from the hospital for a leg-injury […]