PHARMACIST STEVE

Trump Targets Drug Middlemen With ‘Devastating’ Rebate Plan https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-31/trump-to-curb-protections-for-drug-rebates-blamed-for-high-costs The Trump administration proposed ending a complex system of drug rebates that influence tens of billions of dollars in U.S. pharmaceutical spending, a move that could upend the relationship between drugmakers and pharmacy benefits middlemen. The proposal, a long-awaited part of the administration’s plan to target […]

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5 police officers injured in Houston shooting, 2 suspects dead, officials say https://www.foxnews.com/us/5-police-officers-injured-in-houston-shooting-officials-say Did anyone pay attention to this raid on a suspected drug house in Houston…  Apparently all the police involved in this raid was from the city of Houston and/or Harris county. Does it seem strange to anyone but me, but the DEA […]

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Civil Rights Case Gives Hope to Pain Patients https://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2019/2/1/civil-rights-case-gives-hope-to-pain-patients By Richard Dobson, MD, Guest Columnist People with chronic disabling pain frequently complain that doctors discharge them from their practice because of the medications they take. Sometimes doctors refuse to accept patients who are taking opioid pain medications, even though the medications treat a legitimate medical […]

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Watch the latest video at foxnews.com Jan. 31, 2019 – 2:00 – Investigation by the California State Board of Pharmacy finds that a Walgreens employee in the Bay Area who worked as a pharmacist for nearly 11 years and wrote 745,00 prescriptions never had a license

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Pharmacies can make deadly mistakes while keeping the public in the dark http://www.weny.com/story/39891507/pharmacies-can-make-deadly-mistakes-while-keeping-the-public-in-the-dark Ohio (WEWS) — A secret crisis is unfolding inside pharmacies in the state and across the country. The struggle to fill an increasing number of prescriptions has fueled growing concerns over harmful and sometimes deadly prescription mistakes. But Ohio pharmacies and others […]

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Last Sunday Barb and I decided to go out to Brunch at O’Charlie’s… by Monday neither one of us was feeling all that well… but about 6PM Monday evening we both started taking turns over the next 18-24 hrs..  There could not have been more than 10 minutes between each of us starting…. Normally we […]

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