Indiana Law enforcement officers who register to use the (INSPECT) database can access it 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Police get tips on prescription drug abuse http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-inspect-training-st-0916-20160915-story.html Apparently in INDIANA … the state could care less about HIPAA since they give law enforcement Carte blanche assess to the state’s PMP (INSPECT).  Some states make law enforcement to get a subpoena to get access to the state’s PMP database.  But then Indiana has for several […]

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Refusing to hire a person with chronic pain because they can’t pass a drug test is illegal

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Happy Jack’s Casino sued for drug test discrimination http://www.argusleader.com/story/news/2016/09/15/happy-jacks-sued-drug-test-discrimination/90406402/ Refusing to hire a person with chronic pain because they can’t pass a drug test is illegal, according to a lawsuit filed against the owners of Happy Jack’s Casino in Sioux Falls. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a complaint against M.G. Oil on Wednesday that […]

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The future of how pts are prescribed medications IS HERE !

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Genetic Testing May Provide Faster Path to the Right Fibromyalgia Medication nationalpainreport.com/genetic-testing-may-provide-faster-path-to-the-right-fibromyalgia-medication-8831433.html By Ginevra Liptan, MD Editor’s Note: Ginevra Liptan, MD is both a fibromyalgia patient and physician specialist. Her new book The FibroManual: A Complete Fibromyalgia Treatment Guide for You…And Your Doctor is available now. Someday in the not-so-distant future, before your health care […]

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81-year-old hospitalized from reactions to wrong prescription from Walgreens

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81-year-old hospitalized from reactions to wrong prescription http://newjersey.news12.com/news/81-year-old-hospitalized-from-reactions-to-wrong-prescription-1.12317542 NEWARK – An 81-year-old Newark man is in the intensive care burn unit after he was given the wrong person’s prescription. Marquette Scott says he went to the Walgreens on Bergen Street in Newark Wednesday to pick up his prescription for Macrobid to treat a urinary tract […]

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