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Indiana has strategy to fight drug abuse, but costs are yet to come http://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/state_news/indiana-has-strategy-to-fight-drug-abuse-but-costs-are/article_77db91bd-3254-5b82-b973-4afffef1f283.html INDIANAPOLIS — A comprehensive strategy to address the state’s drug abuse crisis was adopted Thursday, focusing on the coordination of resources and using evidence-proven treatment programs. However, the six-page document lists no costs of implementing the strategy introduced by Jim McClelland, […]

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Walgreens presents five clinical studies tracking pharmacy’s impact on adherence http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/walgreens-presents-five-clinical-studies-tracking-pharmacys-impact-adherence DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreens will present the findings of five recently completed clinical studies at the 22nd Annual International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Annual International Meeting, May 20-24 in Boston. Clinical abstracts from the studies being presented focus primarily on Walgreens efforts […]

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Woman says CVS didn’t properly fill son’s seizure medication prescription http://wvrecord.com/stories/511117429-woman-says-cvs-didn-t-properly-fill-son-s-seizure-medication-prescription CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman is suing CVS Pharmacy after she claims it filled her child’s prescription with the wrong dosage, causing him injuries.   West Virginia CVS Pharmacy; CVS Pharmacy Inc.; CVS 6306 WV; Caremark; Jane Doe Pharmacist(s); and John Doe Pharmacy […]

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Patients Allege Mistreatment at Montana Pain Clinic www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2017/5/18/patients-allege-mistreatment-at-montana-pain-clinic By Pat Anson, Editor A Montana pain clinic is under fire from patients for abruptly stopping their opioid medication, forcing them to take expensive drug tests, and steering them towards invasive and potentially dangerous procedures. Some former patients at the Benefis Pain Management Center in Great Falls […]

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Death linked to CVS robbery, police say http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/crime/4269129-death-linked-cvs-robbery-police-say The suspect in the robbery of a pharmacy earlier this week has died, Duluth police reported. Police said they responded to a residence in the 600 block of North First Avenue East shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday to the report of a dead body. Investigators responded […]

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Congress made all these contracts for themselves. Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and go back to work. TRUMP, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling: “I could […]

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Leading Republican Senator Demands To Know If The DEA Lies To Congress https://www.buzzfeed.com/danielwagner/leading-republican-senator-demands-to-know-if-the-dea-lies   BE SURE TO READ LETTER  https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3723725-Grassley-to-DEA-OIG.html A top Republican senator has demanded that the Drug Enforcement Administration respond to allegations that agents exaggerated their record of drug seizures “in order to obtain funding from Congress.” Sen. Chuck Grassley, who chairs the […]

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NBA Coach Steve Kerr: Bad Advice on Back Pain http://www.acsh.org/news/2017/05/16/nba-coach-steve-kerr-bad-advice-back-pain-11287 Tuesday night marks the seventh straight NBA playoff game that Steve Kerr will miss due to debilitating back pain. It’s been more than three weeks since the head coach of the Golden State Warriors said he had to leave the team because of the intense […]

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FDA Adds Boxed Warning to Canagliflozin for Amputation Risk http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/880059 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a new boxed warning to the label of canagliflozin (Invokana, Invokamet, Janssen) to describe the risk for leg and foot amputations. This heightened warning follows a May 2016 safety alert based on interim data from one […]

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As the nation’s heroin epidemic continues to claim lives at a rapid rate, the search for the heroin high is creating a dangerous situation for pharmacies. Police have responded to more than 500 pharmacy robberies in Illinois and Indiana since 2012, according to statistics compiled by the Drug Enforcement Administration. Chris Coffey investigates. (Published Monday, […]

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