PHARMACIST STEVE

2 Investigators: Patient Was Flooded With Painkillers Before His Death http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/01/15/2-investigators-family-blames-doctors-pharmacy-for-flooding-patient-with-addictive-painkillers/ A doctor allegedly prescribed 600 pain pills for a patient in the course of two weeks. The patient’s family says it helped enable an addiction that ended in tragedy. CBS 2’s Pam Zekman reports. The family has filed a lawsuit against two doctors and […]

Filed under: General Problems | 6 Comments »

Feds not liable for truck damaged during botched drug sting A federal court has ruled that the Drug Enforcement Agency does not have to pay a truck owner whose vehicle they commandeered in a botched drug sting operation – without his knowledge or permission – in which the agency’s confidential informant driver was shot dead […]

Filed under: General Problems | 6 Comments »

CDC Sets late January Meeting for Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain www.nationalpainreport.com/cdc-sets-late-january-meeting-for-opioid-prescribing-for-chronic-pain-8829242.html By Ed Coghlan It looks like January 28 is the next important date in the Centers for Disease Control and its Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. The deadline for public comment expired on Wednesday (4,012 comments were received). That’s when a […]

Filed under: General Problems | 3 Comments »

According to the Life Management Center in Bay County, one person in our country commits suicide every 13 minutes. It’s a fact that may shock you, as suicide is not talked about as openly as other leading causes of death; however, local advocacy groups are saying now is the time to start the conversation, because […]

Filed under: General Problems | 5 Comments »