Son dies after abusing substances for 10 yrs..

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Increase in Drug Overdose Deaths Leads to State Action Plan The state is trying to stop a growing drug abuse epidemic with a new plan to monitor powerful prescription painkillers. The Drug and Opioid Abuse Task Force released several recommendations to the Governor on Monday. The nearly 30 recommendations are aimed at preventing and treating […]

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When healthcare providers are more of the problem than the solution

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

 Importance of Health Insurance Health insurance is a health insurance risk hedged against the probability that if and when someone unexpectedly becomes sick, requires expensive treatments, or is at the mercy of a chronic condition that requires long-term care they will not fall into dire financial straits. Who will pay for all of the medical […]

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100,000 die every year from hospital/nursing home acquired infection

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Bacterial infection suspected in deaths of four at Pennsylvania hospital http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/27/health/bacteria-york-hospital/ (CNN)A Pennsylvania hospital said Monday that it’s telling about 1,300 open-heart surgery patients they could have been exposed to a bacterial infection after identifying eight patients who contracted nontuberculous mycobacterium, or NTM. Four of those patients died. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]

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IT’S OFFICIAL: Walgreens is buying Rite Aid

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

IT’S OFFICIAL: Walgreens is buying Rite Aid http://www.businessinsider.com/its-official-walgreens-is-buying-rite-aid-2015-10 If the FTC allows this merger to happen that means that abt 60% of all chain pharmacy outlets will be controlled by TWO NAMES ! and abt 25% of all community pharmacies.  The possible real TROJAN HORSE is that both of these mega players will have  PBM’s […]

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Another Pharmacist’s point of view…

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

This is a comment on this blog by another Pharmacist/reader on this post https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/?p=12316  and points out the legal requirements of a Pharmacist in processing a prescription. A lot of things that are REQUIRED are based on facts. In dealing with subjective diseases many “facts” are not black/white but subjective and often fuzzy.  One thing […]

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