“I’m about ready to eat a 9 mm or something. I just can’t take it anymore. This is not life to me,”

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Pharmacy board could make it easier to legally get pain pills http://www.wtsp.com/story/news/health/2015/10/05/pharmacy-board-could-make-easier-legally-get-pain-pills/73411244/ Tampa, Florida — It’s been an agonizing battle that’s lasted five years. People who have legitimate needs for painkillers struggling to get their prescriptions filled. The folks who need their pain medication may have hope after a meeting Monday with a committee for […]

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You think that the cost of oral opiates are HIGH now…

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Opioid bill includes pill buy-back language http://www.ack.net/Opioidbill100515.html (Oct. 5, 2015) In legislation passed Thursday by the Massachusetts Senate to fight drug abuse, language sponsored by Cape and Islands Sen. Dan Wolf (D-Harwich) would establish a program to require pharmaceutical companies to buy back prescription drugs already distributed but not used by patients, whether those pills […]

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FL BOP still talking.. DEA and AG Bondi no where to be found ?

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

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I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against others.. but.. not us ?

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

200+ DEA Agents Use Drugs, Steal Guns, Drive Drunk & Keep Jobs The nation’s lead anti-drug law enforcement agency isn’t so good at keeping its own agents lawful, or punishing them when they aren’t. http://www.alternet.org/drugs/dea-agents-use-drugs-steal-guns-drive-drunk-keep-jobs DEA Agent’s Oath I [name] do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the […]

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“We found that medical cannabis, when used for chronic pain over one year, appears to have a reasonable safety profile.”

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Multicenter study examines safety of medical cannabis in treatment of chronic pain http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/09/150929112036.htm A Canadian research team led by Dr. Mark Ware from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montréal has completed a national multicentre study looking at the safety of medical cannabis use among patients suffering from chronic pain. […]

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#Walgreen’s good faith denial of care policy ?

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

This showed up as a comment on my blog today… can you imagine the “suffering” of a person dependent on 100 mcg/hr Fentanyl and 120 mg of Oxycodone daily being thrown cold turkey into withdrawal.  Apparently Walgreens’ “good faith policy” now supersedes the Pharmacy practice act and the individual Pharmacist’s professional discretion.  It is impossible […]

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