AG Sessions: all pts using opiates are USERS ???

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Sessions opioid speech keeps focus squarely on users and doctors, lets drugmakers off easy www.thinkprogress.org/sessions-painkillers-purdue-dd0261c2101c/ “Today we are facing the deadliest drug crisis in American history,” Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday in West Virginia, the latest stop on his ongoing tour of places hit hardest by opioid addiction and overdose deaths. “Talk to the […]

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Is it ABOUT TIME ?

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

It seems like “everyone” is trying to be involved in the “fake opiate crisis”. President Trump has declared it a national emergency, Dr. Tom Price, Sec of Health and Human Services, Jeff Session, Attorney General have apparently signed on to the national emergency. Growing number of states’ Attorney generals are suing the Phama’s, drug wholesalers, […]

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Let’s Stop the Hysterical Rhetoric about the Opioid Crisis

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Let’s Stop the Hysterical Rhetoric about the Opioid Crisis https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/lets-stop-hysterical-rhetoric-about-opioid-crisis President Trump held a meeting earlier this summer with the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), and other advisers to take a deep dive into solving the nation’s worsening opioid overdose problem. The […]

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PROPer Nanny

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

PROPer Nanny www.paindr.com/proper-nanny/#comment-314399 Bulletin: Heroin and Fentanyl Dealers are Ignoring Morphine Sulfate Equivalent (MSE) Limits and Offering Ultra High Dose Unit Opioids in the Sale of Their Products For some, this week is a time of self-reflection and repentance for sins or mistakes one has made over the past year. In the spirit of this […]

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This Pharmacists works for a chain whose motto is “Where Health is Everything”

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

  CVS Health attempting to practice medicine WITHOUT A LICENSE ? According to a recent press release  – see link above –  they are going to EMPOWER their employee pharmacist to make the final determination if a pt has a valid medical necessity for a particular medication.  Our country has a serious – and growing […]

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