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How drugs intended for patients ended up in the hands of illegal users: ‘No one was doing their job’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/how-drugs-intended-for-patients-ended-up-in-the-hands-of-illegal-users-no-one-was-doing-their-job/2016/10/22/10e79396-30a7-11e6-8ff7-7b6c1998b7a0_story.html As the worst of a nationwide opioid epidemic raged in Appalachia, DEA investigators went after companies distributing millions of highly addictive pills. Then, their cases ground to a halt. (Lee Powell/The Washington Post) UNNATURAL CAUSES […]

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Not All Drug Abuse Is From Health Providers and Oxycodone http://www.anesthesiologynews.com/Commentary/Article/10-16/Not-All-Drug-Abuse-Is-From-Health-Providers-and-Oxycodone/38050/ses=ogst? Over the last few months, there has been an explosion of interest in the legislature to rein in oxycodone and to limit its use for pain management. Health care providers are painted as the major culprits who are causing an explosion of drug abuse, […]

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Seattle Pain Centers director denies state’s claims in patients’ deaths http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/former-seattle-pain-centers-director-denies-states-claims-in-opiate-deaths/ These clinics served some 8,000 opiate pts and over a 5-6 yr period… ” and 18 POSSIBLY DIED from their opiate use. Now there are some 25,000 pts – including 8,000 taking opiates – that are finding it impossible to get healthcare. Another WITCH […]

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An Obligation to Society http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/obligation-society? “A Pharmacist serves individual, community, and societal needs.” – Pharmacists’ Code of Ethics Joe had a full time job. He and his “team” had become quite proficient at their trade. Joe’s job had several parts and as the leader Joe had to be particularly good at each. Joe was a […]

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Here’s how a $50 drug ends up costing you $700 in America’s healthcare system http://www.businessinsider.com/pharmacists-blame-pbms-for-high-cost-of-nexium-2016-10 Pharmacists around the country are agitated. For years they’ve been watching their customers struggle to pay for prescription drugs, even when they have generic or over-the-counter alternatives. These drugs are supposed to treat simple, everyday ailments, like acid reflux and […]

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