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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