PHARMACIST STEVE

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The Worst Biopharma CEOs of 2016 Are … https://www.thestreet.com/story/13924750/3/the-worst-biopharma-ceos-of-2016-are.html Once upon a time, tobacco companies funded a public relations campaign to convince Americans that smoking cigarettes was good for their health. Today, a similar spin job is underway to portray pharmacy benefit managers like Express Scripts (the largest PBM in the country) as the good […]

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Chronic Pain Patient Abandoned by Doctor Dies www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2016/12/22/chronic-pain-patient-abandoned-by-doctor-dies This will be the first Christmas that Tammi Hale spends without her husband Doug in over 30 years. The 53-year old Vermont man, who suffered chronic pain from interstitial cystitis, committed suicide in October after his doctor abruptly cut him off from opioid pain medication. “His primary […]

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Heroin Is Now The Leading Cause Of Overdose Deaths In The U.S. http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatter/2016/12/22/heroin-is-now-the-leading-cause-of-overdose-deaths-in-the-u-s/amp/ We are now seeing a shift in the “bureaucratic mindset” that addiction is a “mental health issue”… but that does not mean that those same bureaucrats will back off the idea that the legal prescribing of opiates can cause a “mental health […]

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Street Hustle: The Truth Behind the ‘New’ Police Tool for Confronting Fentanyl Menace https://www.propublica.org/article/truth-behind-new-sirchie-field-test-for-confronting-fentanyl? Heroin overdoses killed thousands nationwide last year — some 75 over just three days in Chicago. The central culprit in many of the fatalities was fentanyl, a lethally powerful compound often added to drugs sold on the street. As a result, […]

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Over-the-Counter Painkillers Tied to Hearing Loss in Women  http://www.mdmag.com/medical-news/over-the-counter-painkillers-tied-to-hearing-loss-in-women#sthash.xo7j61vY.dpuf Over-the-counter painkillers may not have the addictive properties that prescription versions do, but that doesn’t mean potential harm is absent. In a new analysis conducted by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, findings indicated that extended use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and […]

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Indiana robbers may be targeting St. Louis pharmacies fox2now.com/2016/12/19/indiana-robbers-may-be-targeting-st-louis-pharmacies/ Indiana has been NUMBER ONE for several years in a row for pharmacy robberies… both in total number of robberies and the number of robberies per 100,000 population. A year or so ago.. the major chain pharmacies in the Indianapolis/Marion County market installed timed safes in their […]

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A few days ago I made this post   who wants to help “make a noise” ? I have set up a Twitter account @PAINEDLIVES There is a way to create lists to which you can make a tweet to all those on a list. I have created four lists – for starters  – Fed Representatives […]

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CDC: Painkillers Not Driving Spike in Fatal Opioid Overdoses http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/873481 If you notice – you have to do the math… 52,000 died from drug overdoses BUT.. buried within that number there is included abt 19,000 that died of drug overdoses of medications OTHER THAN LEGAL/ILLEGAL OPIATES.. but… most/all of the media is latching on to […]

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Honesty/Ethics in Professions http://www.gallup.com/poll/1654/Honesty-Ethics-Professions.aspx

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