attorneys who have expressed an interest in possibly taking legal action against pharmacies

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

I have spoken with attorneys who have expressed an interest in possibly taking legal action against pharmacies that are refusing to fill, as written, legitimate prescriptions for opiate medication for patients suffering from chronic pain lasting 3 or more months, or suffering from pain associated with a cancer diagnosis, sickle cell disease, or palliative or […]

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Independent Pharmacies Sue Major Pbm Over Illegal Price Discrimination And Below Cost Reimbursements

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Independent Pharmacies Sue Major Pbm Over Illegal Price Discrimination And Below Cost Reimbursements https://www.cukerlaw.com/independent-pharmacies-sue-major-pbm-over-illegal-price-discrimination-and-below-cost-reimbursements/ Pharmacies Allege OptumRx Knowingly Paid Them Less Than Large Retail Chain Pharmacies PHILADELPHIA, PA (May 1, 2020) – — The newest litigation against a major pharmacy benefit manager comes from a most likely source: their small business victims. Unwilling to tolerate […]

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Needle jockey: Doctor refused to up my dad’s pain meds even tho he told them he was suffering

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

My dad was a chronically I’ll patient. He was 75 and underwent multiple back surgery’s and nerve decompression along w recently broken hip and spine. He fought like hell to live but his family doctor told him due to the FDA guidelines his pain meds had to be controlled by a pain doctor. After months […]

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Temple U must be so proud of this pharmacy student ?

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

 

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Citing declining reimbursements, longtime Indiana, Pa., pharmacy closes

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Citing declining reimbursements, longtime Indiana, Pa., pharmacy closes Independent pharmacists and PBMs clash over the impact on the industry https://www.post-gazette.com/business/healthcare-business/2020/07/02/Gatti-Pharmacy-Pharmacy-Benefit-Manager-PBM-reimbursement-independent-reimbursement/stories/202007020064 On the day before her Indiana, Pa., pharmacy closed its doors for good, Stephanie Smith Cooney filled a customer’s prescription for life-saving insulin — and lost $30 on the transaction. It had become an all-too-familiar […]

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At Walgreens: the bottom line is the ONLY LINE THEY CARE ABOUT ?

Posted on July 5, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

https://youtu.be/JCn48O9Q48E I am sure that a lot of pharmacists are glad they are working in a “right to work state” … there are some 25 states with this law on the books..  Businesses can fire you for any reason – or no reason – without consequences. Pharmacists have not been paid $35 – $40/hr since […]

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A Proposed Lottery System to Allocate Scarce COVID-19 MedicationsPromoting Fairness and Generating Knowledge

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

A Proposed Lottery System to Allocate Scarce COVID-19 MedicationsPromoting Fairness and Generating Knowledge https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767751   On May 1, 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the unapproved drug remdesivir to treat hospitalized patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The authorization was based on a preliminary report from […]

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8% of Opiate OD’s: were from pharma grade opiates – about 10 OD’s/day

Posted on July 4, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Prescriptions Are Down, but Overdoses Are Up — Is That Progress? https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/prescriptions-are-down-overdoses-are-progress President Trump recently spoke at the annual Prescription Drug Abuse and Heroin Summit in Atlanta, touting “pretty amazing” progress in combating the overdose crisis afflicting the country and expressing pride in government efforts to reduce the total number of opioids prescribed, claiming a 34 percent drop in […]

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administration of the drug hydroxychloroquine makes hospitalized patients substantially less likely to die

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

administration of the drug hydroxychloroquine makes hospitalized patients substantially less likely to die. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hydroxychloroquine-helped-save-coronavirus-study Researchers at the Henry Ford Health System in Southeast Michigan have found that early administration of the drug hydroxychloroquine makes hospitalized patients substantially less likely to die. The study, published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases, determined that hydroxychloroquine provided a “66% […]

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Opiate Rxs at all time low… opiate OD’s up 42 percent in THREE MONTHS…

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Pharmaciststeve

Cries for help’: Drug overdoses are soaring during the coronavirus pandemic https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07/01/coronavirus-drug-overdose/ Suspected overdoses nationally jumped 18 percent in March, 29 percent in April and 42 percent in May, data from ambulance teams, hospitals and police shows. Anahi Ortiz, a medical examiner in Columbus, Ohio, and her staff recently moved into a facility three times […]

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