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Covert genocide has evolved into FED sanctioned GENOCIDE what is next tattooed numbers on our forearms ?
Posted on February 16, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
DEA Manual Changes Cause Uproar Over Pseudoephedrine Dispensing
Posted on February 16, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
DEA Manual Changes Cause Uproar Over Pseudoephedrine Dispensing https://www.uspharmacist.com/article/dea-manual-changes-cause-uproar-over-pseudoephedrine-dispensing-1 A change in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s 2022 Pharmacist’s Manual is creating confusion about dispensing of pseudoephedrine products. Three key pharmacy groups—the American Pharmacists Association (APhA), the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS)—sent a letter to Thomas […]
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Bureaucrats are telling your doctor how to treat pain. And patients suffer needlessly
Posted on February 16, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
Bureaucrats are telling your doctor how to treat pain. And patients suffer needlessly. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/02/16/fear-opioids-causing-patients-needlessly-suffer-severe-pain/11254143002/ Thanks to pressure from lawmakers, government agencies and policymakers who inserted themselves into the patient-doctor relationship, patients became the victims of the never-ending war on drugs. Jeffrey A. Singer and Josh Bloom Opinion contributors A decade ago, most people thought of Tylenol (acetaminophen) as […]
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Would You Like Shots with That? | Sizzle Reel
Posted on February 15, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
This is a trailer of what is promised to be a longer video focusing on the realty of what – mostly chain pharmacists & techs – are dealing with on a day to day basis. Here is another very sad story of a mid-40’s female Pharmacist that did not get to finish her shift … […]
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Staffing Group Replaces Doctors With NPs, PAs – midlevels
Posted on February 15, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
I have read where reimbursement from insurance for services provided to pts… when a mid-level practitioner provides the service the healthcare facility that they work for are paid 85% of what they get paid … if a MD provides the same service. BUT, mid-levels are not paid 85% of the pay/salary that a MD gets. […]
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a GRAND JURY is so RIGGED that they could indict a HAM SANDWICH
Posted on February 15, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
I have often heard that those involved in our legal system have stated that a GRAND JURY is so RIGGED that they could indict a HAM SANDWICH ! according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath It is often said that the exact phrase “First do no harm” (Latin: Primum non nocere) is a part of the original Hippocratic […]
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We Need New Laws To Protect People in Pain
Posted on February 14, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
We Need New Laws To Protect People in Pain https://reason.com/2023/02/14/we-need-new-laws-to-protect-people-in-pain/ The CDC’s revised prescribing guidelines retain an anti-opioid bias and do nothing to reverse the harmful policies inspired by the 2016 version. “I hope I will remain alive for 2023 to see changes in pain control,” a woman I’ll call Nancy H. says in a […]
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The DEA has had FIVE DECADES and what have they accomplished ?
Posted on February 14, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
I shared this post a couple of days ago Watch your back We now know that since 2016 with the CDC guidelines there has been a concerted effort by the DEA/DOJ to reduce the number of opiates being prescribed. Here is a old graphic I dug up from the library that I have accumulated since […]
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Regulators May Face Retaliation As They Protect Patients From Harm
Posted on February 13, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
Regulators May Face Retaliation As They Protect Patients From Harm https://www.change.org/p/stop-forcing-mail-order-pharmacy/u/31308504 Boards of Pharmacy across the United States risk it all to protect patients as they move forward to regulate mail order pharmacies. The fear we feel as advocating to ensure that patients have safe access to medications may be similar to the fear that […]
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UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings
Posted on February 13, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
UnitedHealthcare Tried to Deny Coverage to a Chronically Ill Patient. He Fought Back, Exposing the Insurer’s Inner Workings. https://www.propublica.org/article/unitedhealth-healthcare-insurance-denial-ulcerative-colitis After a college student finally found a treatment that worked, the insurance giant decided it wouldn’t pay for the costly drugs. His fight to get coverage exposed the insurer’s hidden procedures for rejecting claims. ProPublica is […]
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