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Doctor Wins Restraining Order Against CVS After Prescription Ban – whose on first and what’s on second
Posted on August 17, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
This story is so strange… you almost need a road map to follow all the twists and turns …. Michael DeAngelis is the regular spokesperson for CVS with the media… and his statement seem to be pretty clear that CVS is using GROSS DISPENSING DATA – and not clinical data to make “clinical decisions” that […]
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Flu Season is coming
Posted on August 17, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
I rode by one the chain pharmacies stores yesterday… you know the one some refer to as the THREE LETTER CHAIN. On their “road sign” they were advertising “GET YOUR FLU SHOT”…. there is four main influenza viruses exist: A, B, C, and D. A&B is the most common types that affect humans, but there […]
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AARP has also fought the elimination of the legalized kickback system enjoyed by pharmacy benefit managers, notorious middlemen in the American system of health care
Posted on August 12, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
Guest Opinion: AARP and the triumph of image over skeezy reality https://www.goerie.com/story/opinion/2021/08/04/guest-opinion-aarp-and-triumph-image-over-skeezy-reality/5468308001/ By Marion Mass President Biden has decided to enforce an executive order issued by former President Trump that requires hospitals to post their prices publicly — to be “transparent.” Not only is the administration insisting on compliance, but it’s doubling down by increasing the […]
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Biden calls on Congress to tackle soaring prices of prescription drugs
Posted on August 12, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
How are we going to negotiate medication prices with the pharmas when the insurance companies and their PBM subsidiaries really control the prices of prescription medications. Below is a graphic that demonstrates where close to 50% of the price of a Rx at the register goes to insurance middlemen. This example shows that the pharmacy […]
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A sweeping drug addiction risk algorithm has become central to how the US handles the opioid crisis. It may only be making the crisis worse
Posted on August 11, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
When I first became aware of Narxcare a few years ago and with what information that Appriss released at the time. This company also had out several years ago a electronic database that tracked Sudafed (pseudoephedrine/PSE) which is a primary ingredient in the making of Methamphetamine… The first time that I had the opportunity to […]
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Extortionate DIR Fees – Robbing pharmacies by PBM without any consequences
Posted on August 10, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
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Overdose, mental health crisis may occur when long-term therapy is altered – 8% after one year of taper
Posted on August 9, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
Opioid Tapering Carries Significant Risks https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/opioids/93869 People on stable opioid therapy whose doses were tapered had significantly higher rates of overdose and mental health crises than people who did not have dose reductions, a retrospective study showed. Among people prescribed long-term doses of at least 50 morphine milligram equivalents (MMEs) per day, those with tapered […]
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PCR Inventor Kary Mullis Talks About Anthony Fauci— “he doesn’t know anything really about anything”
Posted on August 9, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
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Is the CDC’s recommendations just inaccurate or based on some sort of strange agenda ?
Posted on August 9, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve
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