Indiana paid $7 billion to administer prescription drug benefits in five-year period according to new report

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

Being a native Hoosier, I have always considered Indiana to be a fiscally conservative state. Apparently the PBM’s “dog and pony show” pull the fiscal wool over those who work for the state to sign up with a PBM who is known to have rather opaque financial disclosures. One of the PBMs that Indiana signed […]

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Should Clinicians Be Liable for Patient Suicide After Failing to Prescribe Pain Medications?

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

Should Clinicians Be Liable for Patient Suicide After Failing to Prescribe Pain Medications? https://www.clinicaladvisor.com/features/failure-prescribe-pain-medications-suicide/ Mr M was a 48-year-old married man with 3 children. He had been seeing his primary care physician (PCP) regularly since 2005 for chronic, debilitating cervical pain. The patient had been diagnosed with multi-level degenerative disc disease and cervical radiculopathy stemming […]

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PBM Math: Big Chains Are Paid $23.55 To Fill a Blood Pressure Rx. Small Drugstores? $1.51

Posted on October 24, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

PBM Math: Big Chains Are Paid $23.55 To Fill a Blood Pressure Rx. Small Drugstores? $1.51. https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/pbm-pharmacy-benefit-managers-independent-drugstores-versus-big-chain-prices/ CUTHBERT, Ga. — While customers at Adams Family Pharmacy picked up their prescriptions on a hot summer day, some stopped in for coffee, ice cream, homemade cake, or cookies. Use Our Content It can be republished for free. […]

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Biden Administration Proposes Expanded Access to Contraception

Posted on October 21, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

I find it interesting that when Humulin was introduced to the market place in 1982 a 10 ml vial was ~ $14.50. Using a COLA calculator in today dollars that is ~ $47.50. However, this Administration fabricated a price limit on insulin of $35 PER MONTH. The estimated type-1 diabetic insulin needs would be: Typical […]

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what happens if you OD on Ozempic

Posted on October 19, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

what happens if you OD on Ozempic

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Proposed Aggregate Production Quotas for Schedule I and II Controlled Substances

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

Proposed Aggregate Production Quotas for Schedule I and II Controlled Substances and Assessment of Annual Needs for the List I Chemicals Ephedrine, Pseudoephedrine, and Phenylpropanolamine for 2025 https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/09/25/2024-21962/proposed-aggregate-production-quotas-for-schedule-i-and-ii-controlled-substances-and-assessment-of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Posting of Public Comments Please note that all comments received in response to this docket are considered part of the public record. They will, unless […]

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Beyond Counterfeit Ozempic

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

Beyond Counterfeit Ozempic https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/112421 Criminals have found ways to sell illicit weight-loss drugs through counterfeits and drug diversion, where drugs are altered or shipped from overseas, according to CNBC opens in a new tab or window. Drug diversion is a different beast than counterfeit weight drugs, sources said. People may get the real product, unlike […]

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90% of independent pharmacies may not stock drugs in negotiation program: Study

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

90% of independent pharmacies may not stock drugs in negotiation program: Study https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/pharmacy/90-of-independent-pharmacies-may-not-stock-drugs-in-negotiation-program-study.html A new survey by the National Community Pharmacists Association found that more than 90% of independent pharmacists may refuse to sell drugs targeted by Medicare Part D negotiations, potentially jeopardizing the Biden administration’s efforts to lower prescription costs.  The survey, conducted from […]

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SCOTUS Petition Takes Aim at Ambiguous Federal Opioid RX Laws Aug 5 Written By Ronald Chapman II Lubetsky v. United States

Posted on October 14, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

SCOTUS Petition Takes Aim at Ambiguous Federal Opioid RX Laws Aug 5 Written By Ronald Chapman II Lubetsky v. United States https://ronaldwchapman.com/blog/lubetsky-supreme-court By: Ronald W. Chapman II Dr. Ronald Lubetsky, a Florida physician, takes aim at the Controlled Substances Act in a new Supreme Court petition filed on August 5, 2024. His case is both […]

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911: ALL HANDS ON DECK

Posted on October 13, 2024 by Pharmaciststeve

  This is a post from Dr Mark Ibsen.  Mark has been caring for a dozen or so of what has been labeled as “opioid refugees”. The only pharmacy that he could find that would fill the opioid Rxs from Dr Ibsen was in FLORIDA and that pharmacy unfortunately got “trashed” by those two different […]

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