PHARMACIST STEVE

NCPA warns CMS that many independent pharmacies won’t carry MDPN drugs https://ncpa.org/newsroom/news-releases/2025/01/27/ncpa-cms-third-independent-pharmacies-wont-carry-drugs-negotiated The National Community Pharmacists Association today submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services with a stern warning that more than 90 percent of independent pharmacies may decide, or have already decided, to not stock drugs in the Medicare Drug Price […]

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Is this just another PREMATURE DEATH caused by inappropriate care, denial of care, or just “writing off” another high acuity chronic pain pt? Another death that will not show up on any statistical database as an intentional failure of our health care system? Gretchen’s Pain Journey and Death I write this on behalf of one […]

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Online advertising of compounded GLP-1 receptor agonists often doesn’t meet federal advertising rules Online advertising of compounded GLP-1 receptor agonists often doesn’t meet federal advertising rules Researchers investigated whether online sellers of compounded formulations of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) — popular diabetes control and weight loss agents — adhere to federal advertising rules. […]

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FTC sues, chides CVS and Cigna as part of PBM probe https://ncpa.org/newsroom/qam/2025/01/23/ftc-sues-chides-cvs-and-cigna-part-pbm-probe Word is circulating that Lina Khan—who served as the chair of the Federal Trade Commission under former President Joe Biden—will soon resign from the commission, but her tenure at the agency comes to a close with yet another swipe at PBMs. The FTC […]

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With this law, the actual who/what is guilty is what asset is confiscated. How does a house/boat/stack of money defend themself? With the majority of the currency forfeited is < $500, the cost of trying to retrieve the asset by proving it is not ill gotten gain, what is the cost of hiring an attorney […]

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At the top of this article published in 2024 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc  and www.psychiatrist.com had this posted at the top of the article Posting of this PDF is not permitted. | For reprints or permissions, contact permissions@psychiatrist.com. | © 2024 Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc. So I copied ONE PARAGRAPH from the article that seems […]

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I have very mixed emotions over this whole concept. I am a firm believer that any/all addictions have a significant underlying mental health issues. Recently U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared that alcohol causes CANCER. Some self-declared opioid experts wants to declare that anyone being prescribed any controlled substance  should be diagnosed with a […]

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I am no attorney but I have always worked under the impression that law enforcement needs PROBABLE CAUSE to “go after” the alleged guilty party. In this article there is the words “alleges” and “likely” often used to justify the DOJ’s actions. Walgreens has some 8500 store, which would suggest that they employ over 20,000 […]

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While I have not always agreed with our President Donald Trump. After college, I worked only 6-7 yrs as an employee.  I often “bucked the system” as an employee. Six years after college I decided to open my own community pharmacy, and before I retired years later, I had started a handful of businesses, not […]

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We know that people who are having their pain management reduced or eliminated entirely, their QOL deteriorates dramatically, often the person becomes disabled, losing their job(s) or the business that they have owed and operated for years. Often the “healthy spouse” abandons/divorces the chronic pain spouse. Even if the “healthy spouse” stays, the family’s financial […]

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