Imagine this: Psychiatric, behavioral conditions linked to future long-term opioid use

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Psychiatric, behavioral conditions linked to future long-term opioid use http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/pain-information-center/psychiatric-and-behavioral-conditions-with-opioid-use/article/629637/? Preexisting psychiatric and behavioral conditions and psychoactive medication use are associated with subsequent claims of prescription opioids, according to a study published in Pain. The preexisting psychiatric and behavioral conditions include substance use disorders (SUDs), opioid use disorders (OUDs), suicide attempts and other self-injury, depression, […]

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Hate crime charges filed in Chicago beating streamed on Facebook Live

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Hate crime charges filed in Chicago beating streamed on Facebook Live http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/05/hate-crime-charges-filed-in-chicago-beating-shown-on-facebook-live.html Where is all the anti-racial critics ?  Where is the outrage of this happening to a mentally challenged/handicap/disabled person ?  It reportedly took FACE BOOK…  TWENTY FOUR HOURS to take this down.  No wonder that Obama is […]

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Independent Pharmacies Tout Enhanced Services

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Independent Pharmacies Tout Enhanced Services http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/independent-pharmacies-tout-enhanced-services? Independent community pharmacies have a new tool to help them promote the enhanced services that they provide their patients. Irvine, California-based PrescribedWellness has expanded its software services offering to include promoting enhanced services via cloud-based data mining software. “Community pharmacy lacked a centralized voice. We are creating a national […]

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state has about 7,000 inmates with hepatitis C, and treating them… would cost $600 million

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Federal judge orders state to provide Mumia Abu-Jamal with hepatitis C treatment http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20170104_Federal_judge_orders_state_to_provide_Mumia_Abu-Jamal_with_hepatitis_C_treatment.html Pennsylvania has abt 13 million population or abt 4% of the USA population…  so the 600 million to treat these inmates in PA could represent a 15 BILLION liability if you expand that to all the prison population in the USA. Any […]

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