A conversation with Kristen Ogden, patient advocate for Dr. David Bockoff
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A conversation with Kristen Ogden, patient advocate for Dr. David Bockoff
Posted on March 21, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
Watch Cops Seize Combat Vet’s Life Savings [RARE FOOTAGE]
Posted on March 21, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
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Civil Asset Forfeiture: “Take-now, explain-never forfeiture”
Posted on March 19, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
The FBI took her life savings. Now she’s fighting to help others get theirs back https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-took-life-savings-now-fighting-help-others-get-back Linda Martin feels ‘misled’ and ‘angry’ after the FBI seized her life savings Linda Martin thought she was being responsible by putting her nest egg in a safe deposit box where she wouldn’t be tempted to touch it. She […]
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UAB among first in Alabama to offer new treatment for chronic pain
Posted on March 17, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
This unit appears to be just a “re-invented” T.E.N.S. unit or SCS. We stocked T.E.N.S. units when we had our pharmacy and Home Medical Equipment (HME) business… and a T.E.N.S. unit that uses topical electrodes and some sort of gel on the electrodes to transfer the electrical impulses thru the skin in an attempt to […]
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FDA warns pharmacy benefit company for distributing unapproved foreign drugs
Posted on March 16, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
FDA warns pharmacy benefit company for distributing unapproved foreign drugs https://www.raps.org/news-and-articles/news-articles/2023/3/fda-warns-pharmacy-benefit-company-for-distributin The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently warned pharmacy benefit firm ElectRx for substituting prescription drugs ordered by its customers with drugs sourced from foreign pharmacies that have not been approved by the agency. The company, which contracts with public and private […]
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US sues Rite Aid for allegedly missing ‘red flags’ in unlawful prescriptions
Posted on March 15, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
US sues Rite Aid for allegedly missing ‘red flags’ in unlawful prescriptions Here is a quote from this article: Associate attorney general Vanita Gupta said that the pharmacy chain’s prescribing practices had “opened the floodgates for millions of opioid pills and other controlled substances to flow illegally out of Rite Aid’s stores”. Maybe this […]
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Opioid Settlement Hinders Patients’ Access to a Wide Array of Drugs
Posted on March 15, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
Opioid Settlement Hinders Patients’ Access to a Wide Array of Drugs An agreement between attorneys general and major drug distributors increased scrutiny on medications for A.D.H.D., addiction, anxiety and pain. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/us/drug-limits-adhd-depression.html Nearly a year after a sweeping opioid settlement imposed new requirements on the companies that provide medications to pharmacies, patients across the United States […]
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America United International AUI Interviews Dr. Jay Joshi
Posted on March 13, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
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The FTC Fires Its First Shot – at www.goodrx.com – Under the Health Breach Notification Rule
Posted on March 13, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
The FTC Fires Its First Shot – at www.goodrx.com – Under the HBNR https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx Last month, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced its first-ever enforcement action under the Health Breach Notification Rule (“HBNR” or “the Rule”). In a complaint filed in February, the agency alleged that GoodRx Holdings Inc., a prescription drug discount and telehealth […]
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PBM abuse: to adequate pt access to their meds- cost of their meds – all to put $$$ to their bottom line
Posted on March 11, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
Loretta Boesing has a little child that has had a transplant and was forced to use a PBM mail order pharmacy to get anti-rejection medication from her PBM mail order pharmacy. These medication(s) have a very specific temperature storage requirement – in order to maintain their potency. After her child started rejecting his/her transplanted organ […]
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