PHARMACIST STEVE

Quote Origin: If You Are Not a Liberal at 25, You Have No Heart. If You Are Not a Conservative at 35 You Have No Brain There is also a old saying, with age, comes wisdom. – or is it common sense and many figure out that friendship is more important than some political beliefs? […]

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The Whirlwind World of GLP-1 Medications for Treatment of Obesity and Diabetes https://medicaljustice.com/blog/whirlwind-world-of-glp-1-medications-for-treatment-of-obesity-and-diabetes/ If you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years, take note that there are very effective medications used to treat obesity and type II diabetes. They include products with glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1) activity.   The two dominant players in the […]

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“A fundamental freedom to make decision about your own body” Why does a woman have a “A fundamental freedom to make decision about their own body” when it comes to the health issue of pregnancy, but when it comes to the treatment of both acute and chronic pain, she seems to have less – or […]

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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? 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. 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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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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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 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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