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Is this what happens when a highly automated mail order facility – HITS THE WRONG BUTTON ?
Posted on August 24, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
Nursing home whistleblower over NH deaths and COVID-19 vaccinations ?
Posted on August 24, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
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Racial EQUITY: CVS workshop tells employees to hold each other ‘accountable’ for ‘non-inclusive’ acts
Posted on August 24, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
CVS workshop tells employees to hold each other ‘accountable’ for ‘non-inclusive’ acts https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/cvs-inclusion-training-critical-race-theory FIRST ON FOX: CVS Health is holding a “conscious inclusion workshop” that aims to teach employees how to hold each other “accountable” for non-inclusive behaviors, FOX Business has learned. An internal email obtained by FOX Business showed David Casey, SVP of Workforce […]
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A CVS spokesman said the loss of 7,000 doses of controlled substances at CVS stores is not a major problem
Posted on August 24, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
CVS Lost More Controlled Substance Doses Last Year Than All Other Mass. Pharmacies Combined https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2021/08/24/cvs-lost-more-controlled-substance-doses-last-year-than-all-other-mass-pharmacies-combined Nearly 7,000 doses of controlled substances went missing last year from CVS stores in Massachusetts — almost 70% of all drug doses lost by Massachusetts pharmacies last year, according to records obtained from the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Pharmacy. […]
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The Opioids Crisis: Don’t TAX Pain Patients To Treat Opioid Addiction
Posted on August 24, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
For starters, I am rather disappointed with one of the authors of this article Kate M. Nicholson, she is a chronic pain pt and a civil rights attorney and in this article it is reported that 93,000 drug overdose deaths in 2020- which includes an estimated 15,000/yr deaths from the use/abuse of NSAIDS – mostly […]
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I have no way to verify this – but – it could explain a lot of deaths and blood clotting has been mentioned as a problem before
Posted on August 24, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
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Tell Washington To Protect Medicare – unless you want a for profit insurance companies deciding what care you can get
Posted on August 23, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
This is MORE than just getting rid of Medicare Part D. Right now, the FEDS are at fiscal risk for the cost of covered services by Medicare parts A&B. Medicare Part D is provided by FOR PROFIT INSURANCE COMPANIES. There seems to be nothing mentioned in this to suggest that Medicare ADVANTAGE is going to […]
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FDA Warns Again About Robotic Mastectomy, Breaks New Ground
Posted on August 20, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
FDA Warns Again About Robotic Mastectomy, Breaks New Ground https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/957002 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued a new safety communication about the use of robotically assisted mastectomy, warning patients and physicians that the safety and effectiveness of such devices have not been established in the prevention or treatment of breast cancer. The […]
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receipt of overlapping opioid and benzodiazepine prescriptions from multiple prescribers was associated with increased overdose risk
Posted on August 19, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
Generally speaking, the DEA only wants Psychiatrist to write benzos for pts… and that other docs should be the ones prescribing opiates – if the pt has a medical necessity for those two meds concurrently. That is, unless the pt is in rehab for addiction and then it is perfectly OK for the same prescriber […]
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Our Freedom is NOT FREE
Posted on August 19, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
Shirley Nelson I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. ‘I’m glad I have a good book to read. Perhaps I will get a short nap,’ I thought. Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle […]
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