Pts with the need of “non-standard” care… may be SOL ?

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Pharmacists see patients struggle as insurers limit coverage for compounded drugs http://www.masslive.com/politics/index.ssf/2015/10/patients_struggle_as_insurers.html A fungal meningitis outbreak blamed on unsafe conditions at a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy killed dozens of people and sickened hundreds, U.S. officials said at the time. Compounding pharmacies elsewhere in the country produced pain creams costing thousands of dollars that had little therapeutic […]

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CDC: stakeholders can’t know what is good for them or what they need ?

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

CDC Opioid Prescribing Guidelines; Excluding Stakeholders is Wrong Path http://www.fdalawblog.net/fda_law_blog_hyman_phelps/2015/10/cdc-opioid-prescribing-guidelines-excluding-stakeholders-is-wrong-path.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+FdaLawBlog+%28FDA+Law+Blog%29 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”), the nation’s premier agency focusing on public health and safety through disease prevention and control, and a component within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is developing guidelines “to provide recommendations for the prescribing of […]

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Online Pharmacies: What You Don’t Know Could Kill You

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Online Pharmacies: What You Don’t Know Could Kill You Buying prescription drugs online is often cheaper, but it can be riskier. Before you click, heed these tips for telling phony websites from legitimate pharmacies. http://www.moneytalksnews.com/online-pharmacies-what-you-dont-know-could-kill-you/ Powdered cement, floor wax, rat poison and antifreeze. These are a few of the potentially deadly substances that have been […]

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Inflexible managed care policies causing pt harm ?

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Hi, we are in California ,I am friends with a woman who has really bad shoulder pain, my husband does too, and my husband just had to switch back to Fee for Service Medicaid cause his now ex Dr wouldn’t do the paperwork for his pain patch this month. The State forced my husband to […]

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Riders of the Stoned: Senate Considers Illusionary Repeal of Prohibition

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Riders of the Stoned: Senate Considers Illusionary Repeal of Prohibition http://www.hightimes.com/read/riders-stoned-senate-considers-illusionary-repeal-prohibition?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HIGHTIMESMagazine+%28HIGH+TIMES+Magazine%29 A series of federal spending bills were introduced last week by the chairman of the Appropriations Committee, Senator Thad Cochran, which include riders aimed at preventing the government from paying U.S. drug enforcers to unleash their wrath against states that have legalized the leaf. […]

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