#trustedsince1901 .. depends on the floater pharmacy working on any particular day ?

As a longtime customer at my local walgreens , like about 9 years, I have had 2 very disturbing conflicts with several pharmacist . I am a disabled 65 yr old who has a complicated medical history and have been taking the same 2 narcotic meds for 12 yrs same dose same instructions thru my […]

AmerisourceBergen makes push to curb opioid diversion, misuse

http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/amerisourcebergen-makes-push-curb-opioid-diversion-misuse Healthcare distributor AmerisourceBergen has reaffirmed its commitment to ongoing supply chain safeguards and announced plans to build partnerships in an effort fight opioid abuse and diversion. The Valley Forge, Pa.-based company said that since 2007, it has provided the Drug Enforcement Administration with daily reports of all opioid-based medication orders that include quantity, type […]

Local Officials Sit Down with Community to Discuss Opioid Epidemic

Local Officials Sit Down with Community to Discuss Opioid Epidemic http://www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-officials-sit-down-with-community-to-discuss-opioid-epidemic/877345033 THERE IS A VIDEO ON THE ABOVE LINK – COULD NOT COPY/EMBED IN THIS POST BAY COUNTY, Fla. – Policy makers and law enforcement are constantly trying to find ways to put an end to the opioid epidemic that is devastating the nation. Thursday […]

“theft” at the prescription counter ?

Hi, good morning, I need to ask questions regarding about a incident that happen with CVS pharmacist and talking badly about me as patient to my md office.  Also, refused to give back a prescription that required me and still at this time to take to other pharmacy to get refill.  What are my rights […]

OHIO: Pharmacy Board Releases Guidance on How to Issue a Valid Prescription

Pharmacy Board Releases Guidance on How to Issue a Valid Prescription https://www.natlawreview.com/article/pharmacy-board-releases-guidance-how-to-issue-valid-prescription Ohio prescribers need to be aware of new rules for prescribing controlled substances that will take effect on December 29, 2017. First, prescribers will be required to include the first four characters of the ICD-10 diagnosis code or the full CDT procedure code […]

This just in from New Jersey Hospital

And now this is hitting not only me but my son….he had a bad seizure, fell down a flight of stairs, broke his collarbone…was hospitalized. Discharge notes…Advil as needed. He is in misery

Should the DEA Assassinate Drug Offenders?

www.fff.org/2017/12/06/dea-assassinate-drug-offenders/ Ever since President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs, proponents of this massive federal program have lamented its manifest failure. If only officials would just “crack down” in the war on drugs, drug-war advocates have exclaimed over the years, we could finally win it. Alas, for more than four decades drug warriors have […]

Kolodny: it’s better that someone recovering from a medical problem (opiate addiction) does so COLD TURKEY ?

Dealing with Delaware’s heroin, opioid epidemic http://www.wdel.com/news/dealing-with-delaware-s-heroin-opioid-epidemic/article_9d39f6cc-d97f-11e7-848e-7754c7e19e9e.html While many experts believe involuntary treatment can be effective in dealing with the heroin and opioid crisis in Delaware, there are no surefire answers on how to execute a plan. “We need every tool in our toolbox to address this epidemic and prevent overdose deaths,” said Dr. Kara […]

Xarelto Bleeding Injury Lawsuit $27M Verdict

Xarelto Bleeding Injury Lawsuit $27M Verdict http://fortworth.legalexaminer.com/fda-prescription-drugs/xarelto-bleeding-injury-lawsuit/ Xarelto Bleeding Injury Lawsuit $27M Verdict. According to Bloomberg news report, Johnson & Johnson and its partner Bayer AG were found liable for a woman’s Xarelto bleeding injury.           Xarelto Bleeding Injury Lawsuit $27M Verdict. According to Bloomberg news report, Johnson & Johnson and […]

National Community Pharmacists Association: Statement on CVS Bid to Acquire Aetna

http://www.ncpanet.org/newsroom/news-releases—2017/2017/12/04/ncpa-statement-on-cvs-bid-to-acquire-aetna ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Dec. 4, 2017) — In a statement, National Community Pharmacists Association CEO B. Douglas Hoey, Pharmacist, MBA, says the announced merger of CVS Health and Aetna may not create its purported cost savings, and that there may be detrimental effects on consumers and community pharmacy providers: “For all of the talk about […]