PHARMACIST STEVE

APhA warns new language and anti-discriminatory rules may impact pharmacy http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/apha-warns-new-language-and-anti-discriminatory-rules-may-impact-pharmacy WASHINGTON – Beginning July 18, pharmacies will be required to abide by rules that regulate discriminatory behavior and practices, such as refusing to provide adequate language assistance services to customers with limited English proficiency or refusing to dispense medications for gender transitions. Infractions under […]

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Medicare Drug Plans May Establish Pharmacy, Prescriber Lock-ins for Beneficiaries ‘at Risk’ of Rx Abuse  The House last week overwhelmingly advanced multi-faceted legislation intended to address the nation’s opioid abuse crisis, moving the package to the Senate for an expected vote later this week. The measure, a House-Senate conference report that passed 407—5, contains a […]

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Insurers restricting high-risk opioid users to select pharmacies http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/insurers-restricting-high-risk-opioid-users-select-pharmacies?page=0,1 As the opioid epidemic continues to get worse, some health insurers are blocking patients identified as “high risk” from getting multiple opioid prescriptions filled at various pharmacies by restricting where they can fill prescriptions. Editor’s Choice: How pharmacists should be fighting the heroin epidemic Lisa Morris, […]

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Suboxone: the methadone of the decade http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/your-comments/suboxone-the-methadone-of-the-decade/article/506524/ I work with many patients in family practice and mental health, but I also have many patients, as well as family and friends, who are in recovery from addiction. Suboxone is not the answer [Advisor Forum, May 2016]. Suboxone has become a crutch for many. What was supposed […]

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Tonight I watch Bernie Sanders standing along side Hillary Clinton claiming that he was going to do his best to make sure that all American has what they need.  I am not sure that the bureaucrats in our Federal system can adequately determine what each of us needs.. I am concerned that they are incapable […]

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Sometimes THE TRUTH is hard to recognize Overdose deaths increased by more than one third in Western Pennsylvania, DEA says http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/10781143-74/heroin-county-drug This is a article mostly stating FACTS except they make one statement in the article  While good statistics aren’t available … the continue to include MAY… MIGHT.. and their GOAL is to HOPEFULLY stop […]

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