why should a national health care program penalize people for shopping at nearby locally-owned businesses?

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Guest column Elaine Ulman: Local prescription drug wars https://www.gazettenet.com/Guest-column-Elaine-Ulhman-25067368 Americans pay the highest prescription drug prices in the world. Yet independent pharmacies in small towns and rural communities like western Massachusetts struggle to survive. You may not see the pharmacist tied up and gagged beside an empty cash register, but independent pharmacies have been systematically […]

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Denial of treatment for chronic pain is GOING INTERNATIONAL ?

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Daphne Bramham: Tougher new regulations promise more agony for chronic pain-sufferers https://vancouversun.com/opinion/columnists/daphne-bramham-tougher-new-regulations-promise-more-agony-for-chronic-pain-sufferers One in five Canadians lives with chronic pain, but the cries of an estimated 800,000 British Columbians are not only being ignored, their suffering is being exacerbated by regulators limiting their access to both drugs and treatment. First, in a move unprecedented in […]

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Portage woman’s family says she died because she couldn’t get her painkillers

Posted on May 26, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Portage woman’s family says she died because she couldn’t get her painkillers https://www.nwitimes.com/news/special-section/opioids-in-nwi/portage-woman-s-family-says-she-died-because-she-couldn/article_084ea51b-74c5-5566-8049-923c6dc961bd.html Amanda Latronica says her mom died of a “soft suicide.” She didn’t put a gun to her head and pull the trigger — but the result was the same. Earlier this year, Dawn Anderson, Latronica’s mother, went into kidney failure. It was […]

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