PHARMACIST STEVE

Family bakery closes after left-wing bullies finally get their pound of cake http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/09/30/family-bakery-closes-after-left-wing-bullies-finally-get-their-pound-cake.html Our system/society can allow healthcare discrimination against chronic pain pts and can declare that those who are suffering from the mental health disease of addictive personality disorder.. and only those addicted to opiates and meth… all those addicted to the drugs Nicotine […]

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Tricare Pharmacy Network Adds Walgreens, Removes CVS http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/09/30/tricare-pharmacy-network-adds-walgreens-removes-cvs.html Isn’t this interesting… the PBM Express Scripts is one of the LARGEST PBM in the country as is CVS’ Health.. Caremark (PBM) division. So Express Scripts cancelled its contract with CVS to fill the prescriptions for TriCare –  which encompasses active/retired military…   So out of the some […]

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FDA warns against the use of homeopathic teething tablets and gels http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm523468 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers that homeopathic teething tablets and gels may pose a risk to infants and children. The FDA recommends that consumers stop using these products and dispose of any in their possession. Homeopathic teething tablets and […]

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While this might seem like a very good idea.. but it ignores the law of supply and demand…  It is estimated that this “free college for all” will have a price tag of 1.25 TRILLION/yr…  and that is going to add to the national annual deficient and national debt.. since we are taking in 3.2 […]

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‘New low’: Dead vets left to ‘decompose’ in VA morgue for weeks without burial http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/09/29/new-low-dead-veterans-left-in-va-hospital-morgue-for-weeks-without-burial.html An Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital already under fire for excessive wait times, festering black mold and kitchen cockroaches faces a new shame – the bodies of dead patients left unclaimed in the morgue for up to two months without proper […]

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DEA BAN ON KRATOM  DELAYED http://www.inquisitr.com/3552500/dea-kratom-ban-delayed-herbal-supplement-will-still-be-legal-on-september-30/ The DEA kratom ban set to go in effect on Friday has been delayed. While the news is certainly a win for kratom advocates as well as users, the agency still plans to put the herbal supplement on the list of Schedule I drugs, joining others like heroin and […]

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FDA Delays Approval of Possible Antidote As Xarelto Lawsuit Numbers Climb http://newyorkcity.legalexaminer.com/fda-prescription-drugs/fda-delays-approval-of-possible-antidote-as-xarelto-lawsuit-numbers-climb/ This is a similar issue from the FDA over the dragging their feet on the approval of numerous generic “Epi-pen” that are available in Europe and other countries.  Allowing the $600 brand Epi-pen being the only one available in the USA market.  We […]

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This week a posted the following and it received a comment and I think that my response is important to understand my thoughts on this and what is really going on. FDA looking for app like YELP/Urban Spoon to find nearby person with Naloxone I think it should be available to anyone that needs it. […]

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DEA: No Timetable for Kratom Ban http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2016/9/29/dea-no-timetable-for-kratom-ban Just think about it… the DEA .. has taken issue with what is a supplement.. used world wide.. that is part of the COFFEE FAMILY… they claim that some 30 people have died from it WORLD WIDE – not per day, per week, per year.. but IN TOTAL…  […]

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Lie in court, and the DEA still might pay you, audit finds http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/crime/article104911966.html Congress is raking the CEO of Wells Fargo over the coals  http://abcnews.go.com/Business/round-wells-fargo-ceo-testify-front-congress/story?id=42432315   because the bank defrauded tens of thousands customers involving some 5-10 million dollars… which has been refunded to those customers impacted.    Congress fined the bank 185 million dollars and […]

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