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Coming soon to a theater near you
Posted on January 28, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
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STEWARDSHIP – a Euphemism for practicing medicine without a license ?
Posted on January 28, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
So it would appear that Walmart has created a corporate edict for their pharmacists to not only cut the days supplies of opiate Rxs for acute pain but to also reduce the dose to 50 MME/day. Here is just one of the MME conversion programs out there https://globalrph.com/medcalcs/opioid-pain-management-converter-advanced/ and a footnote off of […]
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Clampdown on opioids is hurting pain patients
Posted on January 27, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Clampdown on opioids is hurting pain patients https://starledger-nj.newsmemory.com/?publink=09353ea64 In the summer of 1994, I was working at my desk at the Department of Justice when my back started to burn. Moments later, my body seized up and I fell to the floor. Suddenly, at the age of 30, I was no longer able to sit […]
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The conflict between pharmacists and their corporate superiors
Posted on January 27, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
www.kevinmd.com/blog/2019/01/the-conflict-between-pharmacists-and-their-corporate-superiors.html Pharmacists play an essential role in today’s ever-expanding health care system today. They check for drug interactions, watch for signs of opioid overprescribing and try to determine whether a drug for one condition prescribed by one doctor will negatively impact the patient because of another diagnosis the patient has. In hospital units, their roles […]
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Board advises pharmacists: ‘Patients first’ over ‘refusals to fill’ opioid prescriptions
Posted on January 27, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Board-reprimands-pharmacists-over-refusals-to-fill-opioid-prescriptions-504881401.html ANCHORAGE (KTUU) — In a pointed letter addressed to pharmacists, the chair of the state Board of Pharmacy is reminding pharmacists of their duty to patients involving controlled substances. The letter, sent to pharmacists following a Channel 2 report on Alaskans with chronic pain struggling to have their opioid prescriptions filled, states “The Board […]
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Why Your Doctor Won’t Look You In The Eye …
Posted on January 26, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
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48 million awarded for WRONGFUL DEATH – failure to properly treat pain ? Legal Dominos starting to fall over denial of pain care ?
Posted on January 26, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
Dan Laird👨⚕️🇺🇸🏴🏥🏛 @DanLairdMD After a 2 wk trial, a Las Vegas jury today awarded our legal client $16 million in damages & $32 million in punitives. We alleged a lovely young mother w/ Sickle Cell Disease was fatally overdosed w/the NSAID ketorolac (Toradol), to avoid treating her pain w/ appropriate opioids. Toradol (Ketorolac) is a very […]
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interesting interchange between two attorneys
Posted on January 25, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
This is a interesting exchange in the confirmation between a Senator from Utah and the nominee for Attorney General. Most everyone is familiar with the Civil Asset Forfeiture Act and their discussion as to how many – including a Supreme Court Justice considers the act UNCONSTITUTIONAL and how some states have made the seizing of […]
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An Opioid Study So Bad That It Disproves Itself?
Posted on January 24, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve
An Opioid Study So Bad That It Disproves Itself? https://www.acsh.org/news/2019/01/23/opioid-study-so-bad-it-disproves-itself-13753 Here’s a first. A study that might actually disprove itself. I’ve never seen anything like it. A paper in JAMA Open Network tries to hop on the anti-opioid bandwagon but fails so badly that I had to stare at the screen in disbelief for a while. […]
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