Bad Opioid Policy Is Killing So Many People That New Hampshire’s Medical Examiner Is Quitting His Job

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Bad Opioid Policy Is Killing So Many People That New Hampshire’s Medical Examiner Is Quitting His Job http://reason.com/blog/2017/10/11/bad-opioid-policy-is-killing-so-many-peo In the six years since the federal government asked pharmaceutical companies to reformulate prescription opioids so patients couldn’t use them illicitly, Thomas Andrew, the chief medical examiner of New Hampshire, has seen his caseload skyrocket. “It’s almost […]

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FRONTIER JUSTICE IN MONTANA ?

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

From Gayle Christensen   My husband, Dr. Chris Christensen, is a Family Physician (MD) with 40+ years of broad spectrum primary care practice, most recently to the un(der)insured in rural Montana.  He has been forced out of practice for several years, and now faces prosecution at a state level (the first case ever in Montana) […]

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The Other Overdose Crisis: Over-the-Counter Pain Medications

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

The Other Overdose Crisis: Over-the-Counter Pain Medications https://www.doximity.com/doc_news/v2/entries/9603587 Overdoses from opioids have captured the national spotlight. And rightly so — they kill nearly 30,000 Americans a year and cause more than 1 million hospitalizations. Another overdose issue is playing outside their shadow: the misuse of over-the-counter pain medicines like acetaminophen, aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen, and others. […]

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“I’m not comfortable” seems to becoming EPIDEMIC ?

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Just a short question if I may..  I work at Walgreens as a tech we received a prescription for amoxicillin 500 bid but could not make out the directions..  the pharmacist refused to fill the script, but the store manager was pushing her to just fill it..  What would have been the consequences if she […]

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VA Hospitals… an example of how a national SINGLE PAYER system would work ?

Posted on October 11, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

VA conceals shoddy care and health workers’ mistakes https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/10/11/va-conceals-shoddy-care-and-health-workers-mistakes/739852001/ Behind the walls of the nation’s oldest veterans’ hospital, the reports were grim. Medical experts from the Department of Veterans Affairs blamed one botched surgery after another on a lone podiatrist. They said Thomas Franchini drilled the wrong screw into the bone of one veteran. He […]

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