Advocates decry Ohio pharmacy board vote to ban kratom

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Advocates decry Ohio pharmacy board vote to ban kratom https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190308/advocates-decry-ohio-pharmacy-board-vote-to-ban-kratom A group that advocates for consumer access to the herbal supplement kratom says the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy erred in approving a proposal to ban the product that has been touted as way to fight the opioid epidemic. The board on Wednesday voted […]

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Pt had ingested far more pills than prescribed on the day he died and had taken other drugs that were not prescribed

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Kansas doctor sentenced to life in prison for patient death https://wtop.com/national/2019/03/kansas-doctor-sentenced-to-life-in-prison-for-patient-death/amp/ WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas doctor was sentenced to life in prison Friday for unlawfully prescribing medication blamed for an overdose death, the latest prosecution in a government crackdown on physicians amid an opioid epidemic. Steven R. Henson was immediately taken into custody […]

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