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As you read the accusations of the DOJ on CVS, notice the words they use accused of … alleges … dangerous and excessive quantities of opioids… trinity cocktails… especially dangerous and abused combination of drugs made up of an opioid, a benzodiazepine and a muscle relaxant…. “known ‘pill mills.”… bearing the hallmarks of abuse and […]
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This statement below was out on the web from a VP from one of the NATIONAL PHARMACY ASSOCIATIONS. This person seem very PROUD that pharmacy can expect an additional FIVE BILLION in profits. The USA fills 4.9 BILLION prescriptions in 2024. Presume that the PBMs decide what is going to be paid for 90% of […]
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There is a total of THREE PHARMACY SCHOOLS IN INDIANA!. Yet especially for the last numerous years, ONLY ONE INDIANA PHARMACY SCHOOL THAT HAS BEEN IN THE TOP TEN PERCENT OF ALL 144 USA Pharmacy Schools on the percentage of graduates that pass the North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination on FIRST ATTEMPT. I know someone […]
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Be careful with any emails that you click on. I have received a RASH of spam/fishing emails. I normally just label them as JUNK and delete them. Last night I got one that would not give me the option of labeling it as JUNK … so I just hit the DELETE KEY on my keyboard […]
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Diabetes advocacy group discourages use of compounded GLP-1 drugs https://www.biopharmadive.com/news/ada-guidance-compounded-glp-1-drugs-obesity-wegovy-zepbound/734358/ The American Diabetes Association recommended doctors prescribe alternative FDA-approved drugs as Wegovy and Zepbound remain difficult to reliably obtain. The American Diabetes Association, a high-profile advocacy group, is warning against widespread use of compounded versions of popular weight loss and diabetes drugs like Wegovy and […]
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There is a “old saying”… when you think that you are a “hammer” everything starts looking like a “NAIL”! Does this also define prominent experts that were able to grant “scientific” credibility who specializes in treating addicts? A Court Rejected the Disease Theory of Opioid Addiction. Will We Listen? https://filtermag.org/court-opioid-addiction-disease/amp/ The idea that opioid painkillers […]
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I have always wondered how some of these settlements with Pharmas, Drug Wholesalers and pharmacies – especially chain pharmacies, came to the conclusion(s) that they did. All of these corporations are licensed by the DEA and the state pharmacy boards, to legally be able to buy/sell controlled substances. Both the pharma and the drug wholesaler […]
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When Dr Bockoff’s office was raided by the DEA and shut down and first, there was the double suicide—Danny Elliott and wife Gretchen from Georgia who took their lives one week after the physician’s office was raided. The above hyperlink is another article on how our judicial system left those two no options but to […]
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I remember – as a kid – watching on TV the “old cowboy shows” when one of them got SHOT and the old country doctor was going to dig out the bullet and they would give the patient some WHISKEY and a small tree branch to “chew on” while the doctor begins to DIG THE […]
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CMS proposes additional prior auth reforms for Medicare Advantage plans https://www.cmadocs.org/newsroom/news/view/ArticleId/50770/CMS-proposes-additional-prior-auth-reforms-for-Medicare-Advantage-plans CMS has proposed new regulations aimed at reducing the inappropriate use of prior authorization in Medicare Advantage programs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently proposed regulations that would establish additional guardrails on Medicare Advantage plans’ prior authorization practices — including the […]
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