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CVS paid itself far more than some major competitors, report says
www.gatehousenews.com/sideeffects/cvs-paid-far-major-competitors-report-says/ CVS used its role as a pharmacy middleman for the Ohio Medicaid program to pay some of its biggest retail competitors far less than it pays its own stores, according to a section in a state report that CVS is fighting in court to keep secret. For example, CVS would have to pay Walmart […]
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SUICIDE DUE TO PAIN — VOL TWO
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OHIO MJ: $500+ per OUNCE
Why are Ohio’s medical marijuana prices so high? https://www.cincinnati.com/story/money/2019/01/20/why-ohios-medical-marijuana-prices-high/2602221002/ Moments after CY+ Dispensary sold some of the first legal medical marijuana in Ohio, the crowd of patients waiting outside for their turn to make state history wanted to know one thing: How much? They weren’t happy with the answer: $50 cash for a small plastic […]
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Failed spinal cord stimulator, Taken off methadone cold turkey.
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What you probably never see nor hear about – behind the Rx counter
Now that I just spent my LAST DAY working as a community pharmacist I feel like I can get some things off my chest. You should probably be nicer to your pharmacy. I know this doesn’t include everyone. I know there are nice, polite, patient, understanding people in this world but I also know that […]
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Saving Money For Medicaid in WV
http://www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/editorials/2018/12/saving-money-for-medicaid In 2017, West Virginia was faced with growing Medicaid costs — particularly when it came to prescription drugs. So state government cut out the middlemen, pharmacy benefit managers, and turned to a streamlined system that utilizes West Virginia University’s School of Pharmacy to recommend drugs for patients, instead. The move saved the Mountain State […]
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why it takes so DAMN LONG to get your prescription filled at a chain pharmacy
How to find a local independent pharmacy/Pharmacist
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They say you can’t buy a politician.. what about a LONG TERM LEASE ?
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study, could not differentiate between overdose deaths involving painkillers that are prescribed versus illicitly acquired
Study Links Drug Maker Gifts for Doctors to More Overdose Deaths www.nytimes.com/2019/01/18/health/opioids-doctors-overdose-deaths.html WASHINGTON — A new study offers some of the strongest evidence yet of the connection between the marketing of opioids to doctors and the nation’s addiction epidemic. It found that counties where opioid manufacturers offered a large number of gifts and payments to […]
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