CVS gives wrong and outdated prescriptions to family in Minnesota

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

CVS gives wrong and outdated prescriptions to family in Minnesota http://sfglobe.com/2016/01/21/mR3/?src=home_feed A young Minnesota mother is looking for a new pharmacy after her local CVS botched prescriptions for her kids on two separate occasions, says Fox9. The first time it happened, Vanessa Gilbertson barely caught the mistake.  She had just picked up a prescription for her seven-year-old […]

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Hospitalizations: Legal opiates down… Heroin UP .. winning the war on drugs ?

Posted on January 26, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Painkiller and heroin hospitalizations: which Pa. regions had the most? http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/01/overdoses_opioids.html#comments The Pennsylvania region that includes Harrisburg, York and Lancaster experienced a 442 percent increase in hospitalizations for painkillers from 2010 to 2014, according to a new analysis. That was the largest increase out of nine regions, and more than double the average statewide increase […]

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