30 U.S. children had died from the flu between October 16, 2017, and January 13, 2018.

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

North Carolina Child Dies From Flu Hours After Paramedics Tell Parent’s She’ll Be Okay http://www.newsweek.com/north-carolina-child-dies-flu-hours-after-paramedics-tell-parents-shell-be-788843 A 6-year-old girl in North Carolina died of the flu just hours after paramedics visited her home.  Muth, of Cary, North Carolina was diagnosed with flu last Tuesday. She was treated with Tamiflu to relieve her symptoms and told to stay […]

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VA reps to discuss impact of opioid reduction on suicides during summit

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://wjhl.com/2018/01/16/va-reps-to-discuss-impact-of-opioid-reduction-on-suicides-during-summit/ WASHINGTON, DC (WJHL) – Several Veterans Affairs representatives are expected to speak about the impact of opioid discontinuation on suicides during the National Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in April. According to the summit’s agenda, those VA employees will discuss, among other things, Department of Veterans Affairs’ data that shows, “In two sets […]

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There is always that ONE IN A MILLION happenings ?

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Email from pt: Hello Steve: I have been prescribed Stadol nasal spray 10 mg (which is 2 bottles, 5mg each) every 30 days for the past 3-4 years with no problems. I am disabled, with Medicare/ Medicaid because of fibromyalgia, cronic back pain, migraines, colitis and IBD.  I went to a CVS in Lakeland,  Fla, […]

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Does writing your Federal Senator/Rep really matter ?

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

If you write (email, letter, fax) to your Senator… each state has two senators and the largest state (CALF) has 39 million people and the smallest (Wyoming) abt 600,000.  So who believes that either one of your Senators reads the correspondence sent to them ? House members represents anywhere from 500,000 to one million  https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_population […]

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Opioid Prescriptions Down Yet Overdose Deaths Still Rose In West Virginia

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Opioid Prescriptions Down Yet Overdose Deaths Still Rose In West Virginia https://www.thefix.com/opioid-prescriptions-down-yet-overdose-deaths-still-rose-west-virginia West Virginia sees the highest rates of overdose deaths per capita in the United States.   Despite a significant decrease in the amount of prescription painkillers distributed throughout West Virginia, the state is still facing an increasing number of fatal overdoses due to […]

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