PHARMACIST STEVE

Lawmakers seeking change to help stop pain killer abuse in Iowa http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Lawmakers-seeking-change-to-help-stop-pain-killer-abuse-in-Iowa–401574726.html DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG TV-9) — A group of Iowa lawmakers say something needs to change to stop the heroin epidemic in Iowa. They say change might need to start with better regulation of prescription pain killers. On Wednesday, Senator Rob Hogg from Cedar […]

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Side Effects: Drug companies’ influence felt in Washington http://www.wtsp.com/news/investigations/side-effects/10-investigates-ide-effects-of-campaign-contributions-and-high-drug-prices/353507544 TAMPA  – Why can’t someone do something about skyrocketing prescription drug prices? That is the question we’ve been asking all week – and trying to get you answers. As 10Investigates found, a major part of the problem is political. The pharmaceutical industry spends a lot of […]

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What Impact Do Medication Errors Have On Nursing Home Residents? http://www.ladailypost.com/content/what-impact-do-medication-errors-have-nursing-home-residents The last 5-6 yrs of my career was spent working as a temp in the two largest nursing home pharmacies in the country.  From what I saw from my vantage point was that there was a lot of meds that were just not given […]

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Father-son informants trafficked drugs while on US payroll http://www.myplainview.com/news/crime/article/Father-son-informants-trafficked-drugs-while-on-10625092.php NEW YORK (AP) — Informants with dirty pasts are a fixture at drug trials, but even by those standards, the father-son team that played a central role in the cocaine trafficking prosecution of the nephews of Venezuela’s first lady stands out. Over several years, the U.S. […]

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