PHARMACIST STEVE

Mr.Ariens I have had a pharmacist that refused to fill a pain medication  that I’m on. My doctor has had me on a chronic pain management program for four years due to a horrible motorcycle accident, a car wreck, I was paralyzed 2 years ago and had to undergo surgery to remove pressure off of […]

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Patty has MS, Crohn’s, severe spinal damage from an infection and is going to have major fusion surgery Feb 14th, 2018.  Her Part D Envisions RX company is requiring an ‘Opioid Safety’ form.  Patty has been caught between the company and her doctor’s office, as the company has said they haven’t received the paperwork.  However, […]

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Hi Steve, I found your article, dated 2014. Much has evolved since then regarding opioid medications. I wonder if you can offer me some guidance.. My new insurance company (Medical Mutual) has just denied my regular pain medication, Hydrocodone — which I take for a myriad of painful disorders, including a rare central nervous system […]

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Thursday was not a good day We have owned a condo on Panama City Beach since 1994 and have made several round trips each year to the beach… 650 miles each way… since retired we have spend a number of winters down there…  All trips over all those years.. have been uneventful… except this one… […]

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Please help share since cvs has been tagged in this. Let them know they can not silence all of us! My hat is off to Larry Powell who no matter what tells it like it is!!! Nancy Overton Chance to CVS Pharmacy 1/25/18 9:49 pm Today I received a call from the CVS Pharmacy on […]

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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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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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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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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 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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