Alcohol death rate in US is rising, government reports say

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Alcohol death rate in US is rising, government reports say https://www.foxnews.com/health/alcohol-death-rates-us-rising-government A CDC report found the rate of related deaths rose by 26% in the first year of the pandemic Deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30% in the U.S. during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Two new reports […]

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The CDC Replaces Flawed 2016 Opioid Prescribing Guideline with a Flawed 2022 Opioid Prescribing Guideline

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

I think that I posted when they announced that they were going to renew the 2016 guidelines, that over my 5+ decades of watching bureaucrats… when an existing rule/law/regulation gets re-opened to improve it… it seldom makes things better….  more often than not… things get worse.  With this version of the opiate dosing guide, there […]

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CVS Health is standing up to protect their own profits – using a “smoke screen” and accusing others of profiteering

Posted on November 4, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

CVS Health is standing up for Louisianans https://www.cvshealth.com/news-and-insights/articles/cvs-health-is-standing-up-for-louisianans “By inserting themselves in the state’s process of selecting a firm to manage prescription drug coverage for the Office of Group Benefits, special interest groups representing Louisiana’s independent pharmacists attempted to line their own pockets at the expense of the state’s taxpayers, employees and retirees. “Following a […]

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