PHARMACIST STEVE

Pharmacist and technician shortage threatens access to health care https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2023/01/23/pharmacist-technician-shortage-threatens-access-health-care/ SDSU pharmacy enrollment down 34%, pharmacies are ‘randomly reducing hours and closing’ SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (South Dakota Searchlight) – When Jessica Strobl’s 87-year-old grandmother needed to fill an antibiotic prescription last fall, her regular Black Hills area pharmacy was closed. She returned the next day […]

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Warning From a CVS Pharmacist https://pharmacistactivist.com/2023/January_2023.shtml I am grateful to the readers of The Pharmacist Activist who send me information and commentaries of which I otherwise would not be aware. Many of these messages are social media postings, some of which I have included in previous issues. I have provided one below from a CVS […]

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Will a CVS Caremark Mail-Order Pharmacy License be Revoked? https://pharmacistactivist.com/2023/January_2023.shtml A Pharmacist Activist reader called my attention to an article in STAT+, “California wants to revoke a CVS mail-order license for illegally filling opioid and ADHD prescriptions” (Ed Silverman, Dec. 21, 2022). The Accusation (Case No. 7258) was filed on October 10, 2022 by the […]

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CVS Follies: How to Turn a Charitable Contribution into a Scandal and Lawsuit! https://pharmacistactivist.com/2023/January_2023.shtml November is “National Diabetes Month.” On November 2, 2021, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and CVS Health each made announcements about a partnership between the two organizations that described a CVS $10 million commitment over three years to the ADA to […]

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A well-trained physician can be selectively targeted, deliberately ensnared, inappropriately tried, and wrongfully convicted https://www.daily-remedy.com/letter-to-the-alabama-board-of-medical-examiners/ Letter to the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners Xiulu Ruan, MD 66857019 E1 F.C.I. Oakdale 1 P.O. Box 5000 Oakdale, LA 71463   July 16, 2019   Mark H. Lequire, MD, Chairman Michael T. Flanagan, MD, Vice Chairman Alabama Board […]

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If you ever have blood pressure that’s 180/120 or above, it’s an EMERGENCY According to this article How Do I Know if I Need High Blood Pressure Drugs?  If you ever have blood pressure that’s 180/120 or above, it’s an EMERGENCY You need medical help right away to get it under control. did everyone know that […]

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Utah man arrested for murder after telling police he killed his wife at her own request   https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-man-arrested-after-telling-police-he-killed-his-wife-at-her-own-request ROY, Utah — A man was arrested Saturday for allegedly shooting and killing his wife in Roy, claiming she asked him to do so because she was in extreme pain. He also told police that he killed […]

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