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Here is recent report on Fox News about how long hours can add to depression. Depression is – by itself – can be a distraction or create a lack of focus. Both can create an environment that could induce med errors. There are report after report that long hours causes fatigue and those same studies […]
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First of all according to according to the Psychiatric Diagnostic Manual, substance abuse is a mental health disease. So the war on drugs is going after people with untreated/undiagnosed mental health issues and throwing them into the legal system. Since the Harrison Narcotic Act 1914… we have been doing this “fill and chase” process.. Ask […]
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As the surplus of Pharmacists grows… is this going to be a Pharmacist’s relationship between them and their corporate employer?
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The Kentucky government is trying to legislate in morality and legislate out greed.. some where along this path… someone needs to figure out to legislate out bureaucratic stupidity. The BNDD ( bureau of narcotics and dangerous drugs) started in 1969-1070… which was preceded by the Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914. We are approaching the 100 […]
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Mr Newman’s infamous quote “What me worry”… seems to apply to the vast majority of those in our beloved profession Human psychology suggests that in a crisis … 10% of the people will do nothing… 10% will do something.. not all of it the right thing.. and 80% will wait for someone else to show […]
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Here is an article where a judge has decided that people on probation in his court.. if they admit to using Oxycodone .. even legal .. he suspended their driving rights.. In the article the judge admitted to taking Oxycodone after a injury… did he stop driving while taking it?… why is he not addicted […]
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Here is an article from USA TODAY… how many “brain trusts” did it take to come up with this conclusion. Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome”.. so we continue this “fill & chase” war on drugs that has been unsuccessful since the Harrison Narcotic Act […]
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The Pharmacy Alliance 6023 Avenue S, Box #134, Galveston, TX 77551 Steve Ariens, P.D. National Public Relations Director steve@steveariens.com Jan 12, 2012 Dear Pharmacy Board: We, at The Pharmacy Alliance, are concerned about the typical work environment of our colleagues and the patients that are being harmed because of errors resulting from such environments. While […]
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If you want to make a decent wage by the end of the decade, you had better learn how to be a salesman. The next “big thing” is for Pharmacists to create collaborative practice agreements working with prescribers. Some believe that these agreements will work while the RPH remains geographically separated from the prescribers.. the […]
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This report is nearly three years old and concerns the BOP of MASS… has things really changed? Over a two year period …In fact of those 180 complaints, just 14 resulted in disciplinary action against pharmacies. .. at the time of this report …The head of the pharmacy board in Massachusetts has been James DeVita, […]
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