They are changing the rules of the game

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Will CDC Guidelines Promote Addiction Treatment? http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/11/24/will-cdc-guidelines-create-demand-for-addiction-treatment People who take opiates … NO LONGER DEPENDENT OR AN ADDICT …but.. you now have a “OPIATE USE DISORDER “ By Alison Knopf, Editor of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly The quick answer to the question “Will treatment providers be able to treat patients coming in addicted to […]

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THEY DON’T CARE… send them a letter, email, text, fax, call their office

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Everyone needs to understand, the primary job of a politician or bureaucrat is to perpetuate and grow the bureaucracy.  It was recently announced that we now have TEN TIMES the government that we had 100 years ago.. Even though our population has only increased three fold. It is estimated that we have 10 -15 million […]

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America’s Heroin Problem Is Helping Mexican Drug Cartels Expand

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

America’s Heroin Problem Is Helping Mexican Drug Cartels Expand http://www.attn.com/stories/4338/america-heroin-mexican-drug-cartels   Since he escaped from Mexican federal prison in July, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has been hard at work running the Sinaloa cartel, one of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world. And a new DEA report shows that the cartel’s influence in […]

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If you want to catch more fish.. you get a bigger net ?

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Congress clears Controlled Substances Act scheduling legislation http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=25e13fec-de06-4b3d-aa0e-7e4dfb7439dc It would look like Congress is not about to let the war on drugs get any smaller… according to this  HR 639 .. it will make it easier for the DEA to place new FDA approved medication into one of the FIVE schedules of controlled substances.  The […]

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Rite Aid First offering genetic testing

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Rite Aid First offering genetic testing http://www.harmonyxdiagnostics.com/pharmacist/which-prescriptions-are-covered-by-the-harmonyx-test/pain/ The Harmonyx® Test for Pain examines five key pharmacokinetic genes implicated in pain management: CYP2B6 is responsible for the metabolism of the most active metabolite of methadone; CYP2C9 is responsible for the metabolism of most NSAID pain medications; CYP2C19 has been linked to the metabolism of carisoprodol, a […]

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What’s Causing the Change at the Pharmacy?

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

What’s Causing the Change at the Pharmacy? http://nationalpainreport.com/whats-causing-the-change-at-the-pharmacy-8828352.html#comments The National Pain Report has received a number of reader comments recently about problems in dealing with their pharmacists. It prompted a thought that maybe how pharmacists are being prepared in school is causing some of this tension. We asked Steve Ariens, a retired pharmacist who writes […]

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