President Trump says drug dealers may deserve ‘ultimate penalty’

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.wpxi.com/news/national/president-trump-says-drug-dealers-may-deserve-ultimate-penalty/709651660 WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump said Thursday the “ultimate penalty” may be in order for drug dealers because the nation’s drug problem will never be solved without a show of strength and toughness. The comments were Trump’s most explicit on the matter to date. He previously has alluded to death for drug dealers by […]

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West Virginia AG says new opioid directive came from his DEA lawsuit

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.whsv.com/content/news/West-Virginia-AG-says-new-opioid-directive-came-from-his-DEA-lawsuit-475689823.html According to Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, his December 2017 lawsuit was the cause behind Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ new directive for the DEA to change its regulation establishing how many opioid pills can be manufactured each year. The announcement came just hours before a key deadline in Morrisey’s lawsuit, which sought greater transparency and […]

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Unnecessary Use of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics Prompts New CDC Warning

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

www.rxinjuryhelp.com/news/2018/03/02/unnecessary-use-of-fluoroquinolone-antibiotics-prompts-new-cdc-warning/ The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is now warning doctors to prescribe fluoroquinolone antibiotics – a class of drugs that includes Levaquin, Avelox and Cipro – only when “absolutely necessary” because of their potential to cause serious adverse events. Fluoroquinolones Often Prescribed for Uncomplicated UTIs, Viral Respiratory Conditions The CDC warning follows the […]

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Story line starts out abt illegal Heroin and transitions to being about legal opiates ? no more “fair and balance” bullshit at FOX !

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

It is amazing how the media can start down one story path and end up with prescribers and legal opiates being the problem..  Here is a kid that is suppose to be the 16th best hockey player in the USA.  Apparently a over achiever, nothing wrong with that… but apparently accepted a offer from someone […]

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KY: tax opiate Rxs to fill in state’s budget shortfall

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Kentucky House votes to tax opioids to close budget gap http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/kentucky-house-votes-tax-opioids-close-budget-gap-53447557 For six years, a pharmaceutical distributor sent more than 50 million doses of prescription opioids to five eastern Kentucky counties, enough for every person there to have 417 pills each. Kentucky’s attorney general has sued that company and others like it. Thursday, state lawmakers […]

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