#CBS News Appalling Coverage

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

This video is not only about the appalling coverage by CBS News but all major news outlets. I could just as easily of named Fox News, the Washington Post or even Andrea McCarren of WUSA Channel 9, Washington DC (another CBS affiliate) who has now blocked me on Tweeter for requesting her assistance in exposing […]

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California: pharmacies are not required to report prescription errors.

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Family says pharmacy made a dangerous prescription mistake https://www.10news.com/longform/team10-family-says-pharmacy-made-a-dangerous-prescription-mistake An east county family is asking a pharmacy to change its protocols after they say the wrong dosage information on their child’s prescription almost put him in the hospital. This latest case is another example of errors that state officials might not know about.  “I am […]

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Time for TERM LIMITS for SENATOR CLAIRE MCCASKILL (D-MO)?

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

Prominent Pain Doctor Faces Hundreds of Lawsuits Imagine spending your retirement defending yourself against hundreds of lawsuits in courthouses around the country – all of them alleging that you played a key role in starting the opioid crisis and that you were indirectly responsible for thousands of overdose deaths. “It is mind boggling to me […]

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My Pharmacist Humiliated Me When He Refused to Fill My Hormone Prescription and ACLU cares about this denial

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

My Pharmacist Humiliated Me When He Refused to Fill My Hormone Prescription https://www.aclu.org/blog/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights/my-pharmacist-humiliated-me-when-he-refused-fill-my-hormone On a recent day in April, I left my doctor’s office elated. I was carrying my first prescriptions for hormone therapy. I was finally going to start seeing my body reflect my gender identity and the woman I’ve always known myself to […]

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Media got the “straw crisis number” from a 10 y/o class project ?

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/07/19/john-stossel-absurd-hysteria-around-plastic-straws.html But what about that scary “500 million” figure that celebrities, politicians and news anchors constantly cite? It turns out that number came from a 10-year-old who, for a school project, telephoned some straw makers. Because the boy is cute, the media put him on TV. Now the media, environmental activists and politicians (Is there […]

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FDA announces voluntary recall of several medications containing valsartan

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

FDA announces voluntary recall of several medications containing valsartan Food and Drug Administration voluntary recall announcement of several drug products containing the active ingredient valsartan, used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure. The recall is due to the presence of an impurity which is classified as a probable human carcinogen based on laboratory […]

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OHA considers removing opioid treatment from health plan

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Pharmaciststeve

OHA considers removing opioid treatment from health plan https://www.koin.com/news/health/oha-considers-removing-opioid-treatment-from-health-plan/1310298073 PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Growing concern over opioid addiction and overdose has prompted state health officials to create a proposal that would eliminate prescription opioids from the Oregon Health Plan by 2019. State health leaders’ concern about addiction, however, is matched by anger from advocates of […]

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