PHARMACIST STEVE

Steve I have a CPP that is in a very bad place. Is there any way you can guide her through this. She was denied all of her meds. and now today is cold turkey. She said she wishes she was dead she was denied her meds from prescriber or pharmacy ? Pharmacy and now […]

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Man is dead after CVS pharmacy medication mix-up https://www.fox13memphis.com/top-stories/man-is-dead-after-pharmacy-medication-mix-up/997776393 SOUTHAVEN, Miss. – One man is dead after a Southaven pharmacy allegedly mixed up the dosage of the man’s medication.  Jeffrey Dale Simmons, of Clarksdale, died after a CVS pharmacist filled his prescription with four times the dosage that the doctor had prescribed. Simmons’ family is suing […]

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Protesters voice concerns about lack of pain medication https://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Protesters-voice-concers-about-lack-of-pain-medication–563249251.html MADISON, Wis (WMTV) — Protestors voiced concerns surrounding policies that restrict access to pain medication during the 5th annual nationwide “Don’t Punish Pain” rally. Protesters took to the streets with colorful signs and their voices to tell their stories of pain. “I’ve been in pain… constantly,” […]

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Everyone who has a Part D prescription program needs to look at Medicare plan compare  to see what plans are coming in 2020. Most all of the programs that I looked at now has DEDUCTIBLES UP TO $450 for 2020. Using this website… one can sort the resulting Part D policies by several different options… […]

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How the elderly and frail are caught in the crosshairs of push to end hallway medicine https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/how-the-elderly-and-frail-are-caught-in-the-crosshairs-of-push-to-end-hallway-medicine   Hospitals are not the right place for them and their families can’t care for them at home. The elderly and frail are increasingly collateral damage in the drive to end hallway medicine in Ontario, say advocates and […]

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Fox 29 in Philadelphia covered our rally. They also got the correct message we are trying to share!

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I’ve been trying to get this issue resolved since last week, but I guess since CVS doesn’t want to respond I’m guna post this. You should get your flu vaccine. But maybe be careful getting it at CVS since they think putting clean gloves and syringes full of vaccines on the floor is acceptable. There […]

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Scapegoating opioid makers lets true offender get away https://www.upi.com/Top_News/Voices/2019/04/24/Scapegoating-opioid-makers-lets-true-offender-get-away/6371556106270/ By Jeffrey A. Singer Less than 10 percent of overdoses from prescription pain pills in 2017 did not involve other drugs. File Photo by Stevepb/Pixabay April 24 (UPI) — John Oliver is a brilliant comedian with a large platform, and he has been using it of […]

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DEA Says It Doesn’t ‘Regulate Practice of Medicine’ Amid Patient Backlash to Proposed Opioid Prescription Cuts https://www.newsweek.com/dea-responds-chronic-pain-victims-opioid-prescriptions-1465090 After hundreds of chronic pain patients begged the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reconsider its proposed cuts to opioid production, the agency told Newsweek it’s not responsible for their inability to get prescriptions. If the DEA adopts the […]

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