The March Toward a Pre-Modern Approach to the Treatment of Pain Continues, Undeterred by Science

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

The March Toward a Pre-Modern Approach to the Treatment of Pain Continues, Undeterred by Science https://www.cato.org/blog/march-toward-pre-modern-approach-treatment-pain-continues-undeterred-science It seems that no amount of data-driven information can get policymakers to reconsider the hysteria-driven pain prescription policies they continue to put in place. I can understand lay politicians and members of the press misconstruing addiction and dependency, but […]

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Join the Fight to help pain pts

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.change.org/p/join-the-fight-to-get-ohio-legislators-to-help-pain-patients-and-stop-baseless-refusals-of-valid-prescriptions?recruiter=508148837&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_term=psf_combo_share_initial&recruited_by_id=c4abb7b0-ea41-11e5-9fad-df74939b2408&share_bandit_exp=abi-17015546-en-US&share_bandit_var=v0&utm_content=fht-17015546-en-us%3Av6 Chronic pain is the number-one cause of long term disability in the United States and affects over 100 million Americans, more than diabetes, heart disease, and cancer combined.  Restricting, punishing, and prohibiting the prescribing of opioids in response to the opioid epidemic has worsened the under treatment of pain and caused morbidity and mortality […]

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Utah woman died after pharmacy gave her wrong medication, lawsuit states

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Utah woman died after pharmacy gave her wrong medication, lawsuit states https://www.14news.com/2019/08/12/utah-woman-died-after-pharmacy-gave-her-wrong-medication-lawsuit-states/ AMERICAN FORK, Utah (KSTU/CNN) – The family of a Utah woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a local pharmacy and her assisted living facility, alleging they gave her the wrong medication that led to her painful death in July 2018. Just […]

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the Rite Aid pharmacist, travis, Sandusky , ohio refused to refill my prescription for Percocet BECAUSE HE COULD

Posted on August 12, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

this probably isn’t what you wanted but I wanted you to know that I took advice from your website and contacted corporate at rite aid after the pharmacist, travis, Sandusky , ohio refused to refill my prescription for Percocet BECAUSE HE COULD.  I filed a complaint with the board of pharmacy and the ADA.  I […]

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