Pt DIED because hospital staffed didn’t follow doc orders ?

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Patient Coded Due to Over Administration of Narcotic Painkillers http://www.lawfirmnewswire.com/2016/09/patient-coded-due-to-over-administration-of-narcotic-painkillers/ Austin, TX (Law Firm Newswire) September 1, 2016 – Sarah Gann of Waco, Texas, went to hospital in extreme pain. Allegedly overdosed on narcotics by medical staff, she died days later. Sarah Gann was admitted to Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest Hospital on October 5, […]

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Even when petition has TWICE number of required by law signatures… bureaucrat REJECTS IT ?

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Husted rejects all 194,375 signatures on proposed drug price ballot issue This past week I had a article published on National Pain Report  http://nationalpainreport.com/why-do-my-medications-cost-so-much-8831321.html   “Why Do My Medications Cost So Much?”  and I stated that middlemen take 25%-30% of the retail price to fund their infrastructure and profit motives..  This article states that the Veterans’ […]

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suburban New York county .. sued 11 pharmaceutical companies

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

SUING SOURCE: NY county goes after opioid drug makers http://www.pressconnects.com/story/news/2016/09/01/suing-suffolk-county-opioid-addiction-oxycontin/89707544/ Remember the TOBACCO SETTLEMENT from the last of the 20th century … where the tobacco manufacturers agreed to: the original participating manufacturers (OPM) agreed to pay a minimum of $206 billion over the first 25 years of the agreement.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Agreement That money “dries up” in […]

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NO DEATHS ??.. 660 poison control calls concerning Kratom during a five-year period

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/drug-related-hospital-emergency-room-visits In 2009, there were nearly 4.6 million drug-related ED visits nationwide. These visits included reports of drug abuse, adverse reactions to drugs, or other drug-related consequences. Almost 50 percent were attributed to adverse reactions to pharmaceuticals taken as prescribed, and 45 percent involved drug abuse. DAWN estimates that of the 2.1 million drug abuse […]

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CVS to Pay Massachusetts $795K, Tighten Policies for Opioids

Posted on September 1, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

CVS to Pay Massachusetts $795K, Tighten Policies for Opioids http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/cvs-pay-massachusetts-795k-tighten-policies-opioids-41801206   CVS Health Corp. has agreed to pay Massachusetts $795,000 and will tighten its policies for dispensing opioids following an investigation into its drug prescription practices, Attorney General Maura Healey said Thursday. Healey said a settlement reached between the state and the Woonsocket, Rhode Island-based […]

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