CVS & Walgreens now providing/charging for a service that most independent pharmacies DO FOR FREE and SAME DAY

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

CVS to Offer Nationwide Home Delivery of Prescription Drugs https://healthitanalytics.com/news/cvs-to-offer-nationwide-home-delivery-of-prescription-drugs June 19, 2018 – CVS Pharmacy is now offering speedy home delivery of prescription drugs across the nation as a way to improve medication adherence, boster population health, meet consumer expectations – and potentially get ahead of competitors like Amazon who may launch similar services in […]

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Sounds like a medical-deity complex ?

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

he is being forced by Kaiser off his meds. (Which we have heard the same from others.. it’s totally happening there and at MAYO etc… super anti pain med mentality no exceptions. Then if you refuse they have a long reach to your regular Dr’s/ PM’s and you lose either way). But he works for […]

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Steps You Can Take When You Receive the Wrong Medication and Get Sicker

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Steps You Can Take When You Receive the Wrong Medication and Get Sicker http://norfolk.legalexaminer.com/fda-prescription-drugs/steps-you-can-take-when-you-receive-the-wrong-medication-and-get-sicker/ In April 2018, leading pharmacy trade magazine Drug Topics published a feature titled “Your 10 Worst Pharmacy Mistakes.” One pharmacists wrote about directing a parent to give a child a teaspoon of an opioid-infused cough suppressant instead of 1 milliliter. The […]

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Human Rights are just for other countries… we play by our own rules ?

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

The USA has been discriminating against numerous protected groups in our country for years… just chronic painers and addicts count in the hundreds of millions … and now they want to make it official that they apparently wish to continue violating the human rights of our citizens going forward

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Pt is SOL because pharmacy/pharmacist doesn’t want to keep inventory for her routine medication

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

What is the pharmacy’s responsibility in filling an rx that they don’t have in stock? I live in Oklahoma. All schedule 2 Rxs must be submitted electronically ( or so I’ve bee told). Pharmacy law here states schedule 2 Rxs cant be transferred. How do I obtain my medication without having to wait another day […]

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Kolodny: a drug (opiate) is addictive if it is prescribed for more than three days

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Prescribing Opioids: How Many Are Too Many? www.nytimes.com/2018/06/19/opinion/prescription-opioid-crisis.html What’s the right painkiller prescription to send home with a patient after gallbladder surgery or a cesarean section? That question is front and center as conventional approaches to pain control in the United States contribute, in the opinion of some experts, to a culture of overprescribing that […]

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