AG: Drug dealers should face murder charges

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

AG: Drug dealers should face murder charges http://www.unionleader.com/article/20151209/NEWS03/151209175 CONCORD — The state Attorney General says his office will begin charging dealers who sell drugs causing an overdose death with second degree murder. Attorney General Joseph Foster told the Joint Task Force for the Response to the Heroin and Opioid Epidemic in New Hampshire Tuesday he […]

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40 percent of Montana’s completed suicides involved people with severe medical problems

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Montana Pain Patients Rebuttal To: Montana Know Your Dose Statistics December 6, 2015 In 2014 there were 243 completed suicides in Montana: 81% involved Males Almost 25% of completed suicides involved Veterans Most common age group was 55-64 years old, or 51 suicides Approximately 9% of suicides involved Native Americans Often over-looked number is that […]

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BUREAUCRAT …”born again” …HEALTH ADVOCATE

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Mary Pazdur, 63, Dies of Cancer; What Her Husband Has Learned  By Paul Goldberg The job interview wouldn’t last more than 15 minutes, Richard Pazdur believed. So, on a June morning in 1999, his wife Mary settled down to wait at a restaurant near the FDA buildings alongside Rockville Pike. The restaurant turned out to […]

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Pharmacists in Florida must complete 2 extra hours of training

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Pharmacists in Florida must complete 2 extra hours of training Rule change is in response to pain pill epidemic in Florida, officials say http://www.wesh.com/news/pharmacists-in-florida-must-complete-2-extra-hours-of-training/36881172   TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —The Florida Board of Pharmacy has approved a new rule that requires pharmacists to complete two extra hours of training regarding prescription pain medication. Officials say it’s the […]

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Justice for all… just have to write a CHECK ?

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

 Patient Harm: When An Attorney Won’t Take Your Case Ernie Ciccotelli was trying to do a good deed when he donated a kidney to his brother. But within days of the surgery, his incision was oozing green fluid and his guts were rotting. Ciccotelli said he was almost killed by an infection, and the follow-up […]

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It’s a ‘shell game’ according to a national prescription price expert

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.kare11.com/story/news/investigations/2015/11/18/prescription-drugs-costs-insurance/76023322/ A federal class action lawsuit accuses CVS Health of “fraud” and of “knowingly and intentionally” overcharging people in insurance plans by using “a false and deceptive pricing scheme” to inflate the prices of prescription drugs. We asked CVS for an interview. Instead, CVS sent a written statement saying, in part, the company will “vigorously […]

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more cash and property transferred hands via civil asset forfeiture than via burglary

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last year https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/23/cops-took-more-stuff-from-people-than-burglars-did-last-year/ Here’s an interesting factoid about contemporary policing: In 2014, for the first time ever, law enforcement officers took more property from American citizens than burglars did. Martin Armstrong pointed this out at his blog, Armstrong Economics, last week. Officers can take cash […]

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Give Pain A Voice

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

https://youtu.be/NI_aQRl3bYg Give Pain A Voice

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SECOND TIME IN FIVE MONTHS ???

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Counterfeit prescription drug ring in Baton Rouge area results in multiple arrests http://www.nola.com/crime/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2015/05/counterfeit_prescription_drug.html Baton Rouge police and DEA make arrests on prescription drug fraud http://theadvocate.com/news/police/14227831-123/baton-rouge-police-and-dea-make-arrests-on-prescription-drug-fraud Officials arrested eight people, including seven Baton Rouge residents, accused of using fake prescriptions to obtain $45,000 worth of pain medication. The Drug Enforcement Administration Diversion Squad, with the help […]

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I guess that Joint Commission no longer considered “PAIN” the FIFTH VITAL SIGN ?

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

A Nurse from  OHIO writes: “As a nurse I have tried to make a stand. Patients aren’t in the ICU without cause. It is horrifying to watch a patient suffer on a ventilator because the pharmacy is watching everything. I chose to do the ethical thing and medicate. I stayed within the confines of the […]

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