bill in West Virginia to add kratom to their controlled substances list

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

From Susan Ash Director of The American Kratom Association Folks, we have a new bill in West Virginia to add kratom to their controlled substances list (its been included under the misconception that its contributing to the existing opiate problem there). But we are on top of the situation and there is no need to […]

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Express Scripts net profit last fiscal year 2.4 BILLION

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Express Scripts CEO addresses drug pricing ‘misinformation’ http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/express-scripts-ceo-addresses-drug-pricing-misinformation/article_8c65cf2a-96ef-5575-8b5c-95601ac51840.html The nation’s largest pharmacy benefit manager is defending itself against accusations that it’s partly to blame for high drug prices. Express Scripts Chief Executive Tim Wentworth delivered a strongly worded response to such claims during an earnings call Wednesday. “Let me first say that in my nearly […]

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4 Nasty Ways Federal Prohibition Hurts Pots Smokers—Even Where It’s Legal Marijuana may be legal where you live, but it remains illegal under federal law.

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

4 Nasty Ways Federal Prohibition Hurts Pots Smokers—Even Where It’s Legal Marijuana may be legal where you live, but it remains illegal under federal law. http://www.alternet.org/drugs/four-outrageous-ways-federal-prohibition-hurts-pot-consumers-even-legal-states With the ascension of California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada to the ranks of the legal marijuana states after last November’s election, nearly a sixth of the country now lives […]

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PBM’s: driving up the cost of drugs through various opaque practices

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Lawsuit seeks to answer who is to blame for skyrocketing drug prices http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/national/health/lawsuit-seeks-to-answer-who-is-to-blame-for-skyrocketing/article_0ffd9609-ad03-53f5-8507-fc5a3982e548.html DAYTON, Ohio (TNS) — An unnamed Dayton man is at the center of a $15 billion lawsuit that pits two often vilified segments of the health care system against one another over the cost of prescription drugs. John Doe One is an […]

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DEA Confronted On Lawless Spending of tax payers dollars. Follow me on Twitter for latest videos And Live Stream Notifications

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

https://youtu.be/nQOHEgBr3oI DEA Confronted On Lawless Spending of tax payers dollars. Follow me on Twitter for latest videos And Live Stream Notifications

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back surgery’s popularity as a treatment for back pain began to rise in the 1990s, there was little solid evidence of its effectiveness

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

The Puzzling Popularity of Back Surgery in Certain Regions https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/upshot/medical-mystery-why-is-back-surgery-so-popular-in-casper-wyo.html You might think that once drugs, devices and medical procedures are shown to be effective, they quickly become available. You might also think that those shown not to work as well as alternatives are immediately discarded. Reasonable assumptions both, but you’d be wrong. Instead, innovations […]

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Excellent reason pts should audio/video record interactions with Rx dept staff ?

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

The Walgreen’s employees/ pharm. tech at plank rd. https://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/walgreens-the-employees-pharm-tech-at-plank-rd-c847315.html I am extremely upset and embarrassed with the way the pharmacy tech has treated me this has been a second time she has discriminated against me due to my mental health med I’m on . She 2 months ago gave me a hard time about billING […]

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ACP recommendation: avoid prescribing opiates AT ALL COSTS ?

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Noninvasive treatment for low back pain: a new clinical guideline from ACP http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/pain-management-information-center/acp-guideline-for-noninvasive-treatment-of-low-back-pain/article/638322/ The American College of Physicians (ACP) has released 3 recommendations regarding the noninvasive treatment of acute, subacute, and chronic low back pain in a clinical practice guideline published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. The ACP developed the guideline from randomized, controlled […]

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