Longtime customers of Target’s pharmacies are finding CVS’ change in pill bottle design hard to swallow

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Seeing red over CVS change Target customers say bland bottles replace Target red containers Why do people patronize companies that could care less about what makes the customer happy or meets the person’s needs or wants ? Isn’t that the basic premise of a good business plan ? Personally, I refuse to patronize companies that […]

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100,000 or more deaths annually.. from taking prescribed drugs…but no EPIDEMIC… nothing to see here.. keep on moving…

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Death By Prescription By one estimate, taking prescribed medications is the fourth leading cause of death among Americans. http://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/2016-09-27/the-danger-in-taking-prescribed-medications Americans are taking more medications than ever before. Nearly 60 to 70 percent of us take at least one prescribed drug, depending upon the estimate; for many it amounts to a fistful, potpourri of pills per […]

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ACLU sues over illegally restricted access to medically necessary treatment

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

Colorado is latest state to be sued for restricting access to hepatitis C drugs www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2016/09/22/colorado-sued-for-restricting-hepatitis-c-medicine/ The DEA/CDC/FDA/Surgeon General and others can limit/restrict the medically necessary pain medication for the estimated 116 million chronic pain pts.. and where is the ACLU… AWOL ???  You have Hep C and you die because of liver failure.. because Medicaid […]

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Getting a prescription filled is like no other purchase…

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

We have become a society that is basically addicted to “convenience”. When it comes to getting prescriptions filled – especially controlled medication…  “convenience” can be mistaken as a “RED FLAG” of a pharmacy shopper. Unlike the local Starbucks … where no one is looking over the barista’s shoulder and keeping track on how many – […]

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That time of year again

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Pharmaciststeve

September 30th is generally consider the last day of the “early flu vaccination season”… it takes abt TWO WEEKS for a person’s immune system to “crank up”…  after getting vaccinated.  While flu vaccine is not always PERFECT… this year there is a new quadrivalent vaccine …previously the vaccine was TRIvalent… containing only three different flu strains […]

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