PHARMACIST STEVE

Pain Advocacy Coalition www.painadvocacycoalition.com/ Pain  Advocacy Coalition is a loose knit collaborative group of patients who live with intractable pain. We are your co-workers, neighbors, friends, and family members. We are a collaborative group of former police officers, former nurses, researchers, technical writers, social media consultants, medical assistants and other varied professional backgrounds. We all […]

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This bullshit with the DEA is getting totally out of hand! I had to go see my psychiatrist today and without me saying anything he brought up the fact that most of his peers are getting afraid to write for any controls and most definitely will not prescribe benzo’s anymore out of fear of the […]

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Theft at the Rx counter ? After I made the above post, it got me to thinking just how many ways that  if a Rx dept staff was determined to divert medication from the Rx dept, just how it could be done while keeping the chances of getting caught to a minimum. Anyone can go […]

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https://theintercept.com/2018/01/09/dark-side-fbi-dea-illegal-searches-secret-evidence/ Federal agents at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration speak in veiled terms about the secret DEA unit that shares intelligence from the National Security Agency and other organizations with law enforcement for use in criminal investigations. They call it the “Dark Side.” The Special Operations Division receives raw intelligence from the NSA’s surveillance programs, […]

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Walgreens did the same to me even worse they made me give back my Xanax in order to fill my Norco prescription. This was about a year ago. I’m 70 years old I just had serious shoulder and arm surgery it was the same day I came out of the hospital they would not fill […]

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Costco Exposes Seattle’s Sugary Drink Tax With the Perfect Sign www.digitalpoliticsdaily.com/2018/01/07/costco-exposes-seattles-sugary-drink-tax-perfect-sign/ On January 1, Seattle’s new ‘Sugary Drink Tax’ went into effect. Why? Seattle leftists want to dictate behavior and stop people from drinking soda because it can be unhealthy. So by taxing the soda, they are hoping to deter people from drinking it. But […]

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http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/chopra/article/How-to-Be-Your-Own-Medical-Advocate-12480937.php When the average person goes to the doctor, shows up at the ER, or enters the hospital, the possibility of controlling what happens next is minimal. We put ourselves in the hands of the medical machine, which in reality rests upon individual people—doctors, nurses, physician’s assistants, and so on. Human behavior involves lapses and […]

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A Tacoma veteran died waiting for heart surgery from the VA. His family has sued http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/article193314309.html A Tacoma veteran who needed a new heart valve died after a Department of Veterans Affairs medical center waited too long to do his surgery, his widow’s lawsuit says. George Walker was 75 when he died at home July […]

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www.drphil.com/videos/how-opioids-and-heroin-affect-the-brain/ It is estimated that 2 million Americans 12 or older are addicted to prescription pain relievers. According to the CDC, deaths from prescription pain killers have more than quadrupled since 1999, with 91 Americans dying every day from an opioid overdose. “People sometimes think that an addiction is psychological. But we’re not talking about […]

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A couple of days ago I posted this blog  #Walgreens: pharmacist told me he can no longer fill it (opiate) because I do not have cancer “Hello Steve do you know who I contact to complain about filling my prescription? For the last 2 years I have been filling my prescription at Walgreens and the […]

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