Bye – Bye Kratom… the DEA making medical decisions without data ?

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Feds Declare War On Herb Touted As A Solution To Opioid Addiction Just imagine if more and more chronic pain pts found an alternative to legal opiates… say like a herb like Kratom and MJ… Opiate prescribing would drop… while those suffering with the mental health disease of addictive personality disorder… continues using Heroin and […]

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Are More ‘Purple Pill’ Lawsuits Around the Corner?

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Are More ‘Purple Pill’ Lawsuits Around the Corner? https://bol.bna.com/are-more-purple-pill-lawsuits-around-the-corner/ By Julie A. Steinberg, Bloomberg BNA AstraZeneca’s “purple pill” Nexium caused an Illinois man’s kidney disease, according to the latest suit in what could be a new wave of litigation. The plaintiff George Mullen sued last week in federal court in Brooklyn and accused AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP and AstraZeneca LP […]

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If we were at WAR.. would this be considered a WAR CRIME… wait a minute we are at WAR… on drugs & pts

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

For nine years, DEA withholds names of masked agents who violently raided two innocent women. Federal court shrugs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2016/08/30/for-nine-years-dea-withholds-names-of-masked-agents-who-violently-raided-two-innocent-women-federal-court-shrugs/?utm_term=.3d86d9ce5edb A few years ago, I wrote about the raid on Geraldine and Caroline Burley for the Huffington Post: When Caroline Burley, now 51, first heard the boom around 5:30 on the evening of June 13, [2007] […]

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Preventing the spread of infections while doing nothing about OD’s ?

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Needle exchange coming to Clark County, Ind http://www.whas11.com/news/local/needle-exchange-coming-to-clark-county-ind-/310897530 This story was covered on all four major TV networks last night in the Louisville, KY metro area.  The story concerns Clark Co Indiana which is south central Indiana on the Ohio river bordering Louisville, KY..   and it is connect to Scott County to the north where […]

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CVS Caremark’s announced intent to restrict patient access to physician dispensing

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Pharmacy Benefit Managers Improperly Reinterpret Medicare Rules For Financial Gain https://www.yahoo.com/news/pharmacy-benefit-managers-improperly-reinterpret-medicare-rules-financial-134000448.html WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — A new White Paper from the Community Oncology Alliance (COA) looks at recent moves by Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to increase corporate profits by declaring all physician dispensing to be out-of-network. Prepared for COA by attorneys at the […]

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Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Those who cannot remember the past, are condemned to repeat it This is the DEA …FDA….big pharma…. besides this site is NOT about political issues The following quote appeared in a FB page dedicated to chronic pain.. It was a very long thread with many comments from many people. IMO… how many are oblivious that […]

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