PHARMACIST STEVE

Here’s why drug prices rise even when there’s plenty of competition http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-mylan-price-hikes-20160830-snap-story.html At least eight pharmaceutical companies sell a decades-old drug that treats gallstones, but the competition has done little to keep its price down. Instead the price has skyrocketed. Two years ago, ursodiol’s wholesale price was as low as 45 cents a capsule. Then […]

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It is no small coincidence that the DEA’s timing in changing the scheduling of Kratom… as an emergency ruling… avoiding the public comment period and during a period in which Congress is back in their districts campaigning for the Nov 8th election… and Congress will come back for a couple of weeks in Sept.. to […]

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I recently received a phone call from a senior citizen who has been a chronic painer for years… She lives in the NW.. in that opiophic mecca of the state of WASHINGTON. Apparently her long time PCP decided that SHE was not going to treat chronic pain pts anymore … giving her pts a 30 […]

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Health Workers Ration Opioid Overdose Antidote Amid Price Hikes http://abcnews.go.com/Health/health-workers-ration-opioid-overdose-antidote-amid-price/story?id=41769773 The drug naloxone is known for its ability to bring back people on the brink of death from an opioid overdose, leading emergency responders and health workers to rely on it more than ever as the U.S. opioid epidemic worsens. The drug has been a […]

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Consumers Rate Independents Highly: J.D. Power Survey Independently owned community pharmacies once again scored high marks from consumers in an annual J.D. Power pharmacy study released last week. “Locally owned and operated pharmacies like Health Mart and Good Neighbor Pharmacy are at the top of the list in their segment, the brick and mortar chain […]

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They’re Back, but Not for Long Congress returns to the Capitol this afternoon for a brief pre-election session expected to last a week or two, ending the recess that began in mid-July for the political party conventions. The main debate facing the House and Senate now is the length of a spending bill needed before […]

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Dancing in the streets What the DRUG CARTELS did when they learned that the DEA was going to make Kratom an ILLEGAL  SUBSTANCE ?

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DEA wants to block ACLU of Utah from prescription drug database suit http://www.sltrib.com/news/4321409-155/dea-wants-to-block-aclu-of The Drug Enforcement Administration wants to block the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah from stepping into a court case over whether investigators can do warrantless searches of a database of all prescription drug records in the state. More than 40 states […]

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Bone cement company accused of experimenting on humans http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bone-cement-company-norian-accused-of-experimenting-on-humans/ SEATTLE – Reba Golden hurt her back after falling two floors while building an addition to her house in Honduras. But when she returned to Seattle for a routine spinal surgery, she suffered blood clots, severe bleeding and died in 2007 on the operating table. Joan […]

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ONE MILLION ATTEMPTS and 50,000 SUCCESSFUL SUICIDES every year.. including 8,000 veterans. Does this suggest that mental health issues are rampant within our society.. rather it is untreated mental health issues, bullying, desperation from untreated chronic pain.. no matter the motivation… who believes that 50,000 suicides is NOT A EPIDEMIC ? This showed up on […]

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