Doctors’ reluctance to prescribe opioids hurting chronic pain sufferers

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.katv.com/community/7-on-your-side/pain-relief-out-of-reach HOT SPRINGS (KATV) — Battling the opioid epidemic has caused some unintended casualties: chronic pain sufferers. KATV traveled to Hot Springs to visit with a man who says he and his neighbors need help. Reverend Dan Ash has lived with chronic pain since 1980 when he was in a bad car accident. The 64-year-old […]

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Pill Mills and the Opioid Epidemic.. law firms in the search of “deep pockets” to PICK

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Pill Mills and the Opioid Epidemic If you are or were a pharmacist or pharmacy manager for any of the chain pharmacies and you have information about inappropriate or fraudulent dispensing policies, please call us at 866-401-5971 or get started online to learn more about your potential rights. https://www.baronandbudd.com/whistleblower/pill-mills The nation is currently experiencing a […]

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You Don’t Have to Boycott CVS

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

You Don’t Have to Boycott CVS The dispute over birth control has everything to do with corporate profits and little to do with health care. www.slate.com/technology/2019/08/boycott-cvs-womens-health-corporate-profits.html Somehow this week, CVS Caremark’s renegotiation with Pill Club, a mail-to-order birth control delivery service, ballooned into a feminist rights issue, with #CVSDeniesCare and #BoycottCVS trending on Twitter. But […]

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The FBI is probing the pot industry, but not for the reason you might expect

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

The FBI is probing the pot industry, but not for the reason you might expect https://www.foxbusiness.com/industrials/fbi-probing-pot-industry-reason Could public corruption be threatening the state-legal marijuana industry? FBI officials said in a recent podcast that state licenses required to grow and sell marijuana open the possibility of public officials becoming susceptible to bribes in exchange for those […]

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MT: substance abuse disorder task force public meeting

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

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William R. Bauer, MD, 82, a neurologist in Port Clinton, OH with over 50 years of experience was indicted

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

William R. Bauer, MD, 82, a neurologist in Port Clinton, OH with over 50 years of experience was indicted www.doctorsofcourage.org/william-r-bauer-md/ William R. Bauer, MD, 82, a neurologist in Port Clinton, OH with over 50 years of experience was indicted on 200 counts of distribution of controlled substances (fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone, morphine, and other drugs) and […]

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A CVS Health Subsidiary: Opinion: Aetna’s behavior is unacceptable

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Opinion: Aetna’s behavior is unacceptable www.salinapost.com/2019/08/23/opinion-aetnas-behavior-is-unacceptable/ In the state of Kansas, the media has quietly reported about issues with Aetna Better Health of Kansas. Aetna BH is a Kansas Medicaid Contractor with a $1 billion a year contract. They serve approximately 100,000 Kansans. Since 7/1/2019, all payments have ceased for many local providers. This includes […]

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Patients prefer INDEPENDENT PHARMACIES over chains

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

Consumers like their pharmacies, but CVS trails rivals in survey https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/consumers-like-their-pharmacies-but-cvs-trails-rivals-in-survey/561314/ Dive Brief: As disruptors like Amazon threaten to upend the business, the pharmacy industry still yields high levels of customer satisfaction in both brick-and-mortar and mail order segments, according to a J.D. Power survey. Almost nine out of ten consumers prefer face-to-face interaction with their […]

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Has the “illegal fentanyl OD’s” causing a shift in “drug of choice” to be abused ?

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA warns of national methamphetamine comeback https://www.abc12.com/content/news/557138522.html As the opioid epidemic swells in the United States, there’s another deadly drug that’s making a comeback. “We’re talking super labs,” said former Drug Enforcement Administration Agent Kevin Hartmann. “Super labs that can produce multi hundred kilograms of methamphetamine.” In 2005, Congress passed the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act […]

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New Survey Data Confirm That Opioid Deaths Do Not Correlate With Pain Pill Abuse or Addiction Rates

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Pharmaciststeve

New Survey Data Confirm That Opioid Deaths Do Not Correlate With Pain Pill Abuse or Addiction Rates www.reason.com/2019/08/21/new-survey-data-confirm-that-opioid-deaths-do-not-correlate-with-pain-pill-abuse-or-addiction-rates/#comment-7904072 New data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) provide further evidence to support a counterintuitive conclusion: The dramatic increase in deaths involving prescription analgesics since 2000 cannot be explained by a dramatic increase […]

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