PHARMACIST STEVE

CVS looks to expand health clinics with Aetna deal http://www.theledger.com/news/20171201/cvs-looks-to-expand-health-clinics-with-aetna-deal NEW YORK — CVS Health Corp is planning to significantly expand health services at its retail pharmacies if it completes a more than $66 billion deal for insurer Aetna Inc , a move that could save more than $1 billion annually, people familiar with the […]

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http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article187753248.html Elderly woman knocked down by Citrus Heights pharmacy robbers dies By Ryan Lillis rlillis@sacbee.com December 02, 2017 02:48 PM The 86-year-old woman knocked to the ground by robbers fleeing a Citrus Heights pharmacy died Saturday. The victim was walking into a Rite Aid in the 6600 block of Auburn Boulevard just before 6 p.m. […]

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How opioids started killing Americans at the corner pharmacy http://www.sentinelsource.com/how-opioids-started-killing-americans-at-the-corner-pharmacy/article_4e393039-7b4d-5de4-b435-4c09930101dd.html It’s been conventional wisdom for some time now that America’s opioid epidemic began at the pharmacy. Now there are numbers to put any doubt to rest. More than half of all people who succumbed to an overdose between 2001 to 2007 were chronic pain sufferers […]

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Boston Doctor Criticizes New Opioid Awareness Campaign www.boston.cbslocal.com/2017/11/30/boston-doctor-criticizes-new-opioid-awareness-campaign/ A new public awareness campaign on trains and buses statewide is the latest effort to prevent the opioid crisis. It’s called “Resist The Risk” and it in features powerful images like a baby in the hospital with the words “the first weeks of my life were spent in […]

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Three days ago I had an appointment with my pain doctor. He prescribed me hydrocodone. He has periodically prescribed this when my pain levels have increased. Normally I take tramadol but sometimes it requires a stronger hydrocodone. The last time I had been prescribed one was eight weeks earlier.  I’ve never had a problem with […]

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The real history of the DEA and opioids https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-real-history-of-the-dea-and-opioids/2017/12/01/6ab9d194-d5f7-11e7-9ad9-ca0619edfa05_story.html The Nov. 29 news article “Ex-DEA officials want anti-opioid tool restored” continued the false narrative that a law passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama hinders the Drug Enforcement Administration’s efforts to combat the opioid epidemic. As a former associate chief counsel for the […]

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From Dr. Forest Tennant To Advocates and Concerned Parties RE: Key Points in DEA Search and Seizure Warrant of Nov. 13, 2017 This lengthy search warrant shows some issues which are serious and, if implemented, will hurt pain patients and physicians throughout the Country. Even physicians and patients without pain issues will be affected. There […]

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I was a Pharmacy Technician for years and have a Pharmacist in the family. I regret that I held judgment in the past before I had to get controlled substances myself, maturing, and facing judgment from a nurse. When I was a Pharmacy Technician if anyone was paying cash for a controlled substance I was […]

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