Chains’ Attorneys: Pharmacists, “with limited exceptions,” are bound to respect a prescribing doctor’s professional medical judgment about which medications are appropriate

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Moody, pharmacy chains tangle in opioid lawsuit https://www.news4jax.com/news/2020/02/06/moody-pharmacy-chains-tangle-in-opioid-lawsuit/ TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Castigating the tactic as a “publicity stunt,” Attorney General Ashley Moody is asking a judge to reject an effort by the nation’s two largest pharmacy chains to add 500 unidentified physicians to the state’s lawsuit against the pharmaceutical industry over the opioid epidemic. CVS […]

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American Experience The Poison Squad – PBS documentary

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.pbs.org/video/the-poison-squad-5sf93j/ ‘The Poison Squad’ tells the story of government chemist Dr. Harvey Wiley who, determined to banish these dangerous substances from dinner tables, took on the powerful food manufacturers and their allies. I stumbled on to this PBS show and Dr Wiley’s crusade to get the establishment of the FDA. His story starts in the […]

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unnecessary shots made patients’ pain worse or led to adverse conditions, including open holes in the back

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Neurologist found guilty in $150M fraud scheme alongside 3 other physicians https://www.beckersspine.com/spine/item/48190-neurologist-found-guilty-in-150m-fraud-scheme-alongside-3-other-physicians.html A federal jury convicted neurologist Mohammed Zahoor, MD, and three other physicians of participating in a $150 million healthcare fraud scheme, the Department of Justice announced Feb. 4. The four-week trial also culminated in convictions for Michigan pulmonologist Tariq Omar, MD, and emergency […]

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