Why they can’t “just get over it” !

Does this sound familiar ?

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/huckabee/index.html?intcmp=scard Operation Choke Point Hearing Reveals DOJ Threats And Strong-Arming http://dailycaller.com/2014/07/18/operation-choke-point-hearing-reveals-doj-threats-and-strong-arming/#ixzz3BvO3JT3A From the article: A Justice Department fraud prevention program came under fire Thursday for allegedly morphing into actively pressuring banks to deny financial services to businesses for political reasons. The objective of the project is to choke-off fraudulent businesses from accessing financial services, in an […]

We have the best medical system in the world?

Our justice system takes prescribers to task when pts died from a drug overdose… whether it was accidental or a suicide.. Pharmacists are afraid of providing opiates to patients for fear of someone being addicted Patients die all the time… why are healthcare professional not held to the same standard when pt died because they […]

Document… Document… Document

Had a interesting phone call today… from an employee of that infamous chain/PBM… Apparently this Pharmacist was written up for getting to work at 14 minutes past the hour… per the store’s video system… Apparently this Pharmacist had the habit of  pocketing  the printouts(credentials)  that are generated when they login to the pharmacy system and […]

The DEA claims they are not interferring BUT ?

This showed up as a comment on another of my posts and this could be a major impact on patient health & safety.. if it is true ! My manager just told a story of the DM saying. .. There’s a situation where once you exceed a DEA or manufacturer quota, you will forever have […]

The war on drugs.. the “energizer dog “?

          Heroin use on the rise in United States http://www.cnn.com/video/standard.html?/video/us/2014/08/26/pkg-feyerick-gateway-to-heroin.cnn In this four minute CNN news story.. there are a couple of VERY INTERESTING quotes.. IMO… they were mostly made “off the cuff” and given no real weight within the report. The police officer stated that “the drugs are here to […]

Chronic pain pts becoming more VISIBLE ?

New Revenue Stream – legal extortion ?

Caught shoplifting batteries from Rite Aid and today got a letter about a settlement offer of $265.99 can this get dropped or even reduced? https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20140825163658AAwv5Av From the article? I was caught stealing a 4 pack of AA Duracell Rechargeable Batteries priced at 15.99 at my local Rite Aid in Oregon I was walking out and […]

MJ not toxic ?

States with legalized medical marijuana had 25 percent fewer prescription OD deaths: study http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/26/states-with-legalized-medical-marijuana-had-25-percent-fewer-prescription-od-deaths-study/ From the article: States that allow legal use of medical marijuana have lower rates of fatal overdoses from prescription medications. A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found the 13 states where medical marijuana is legal had 24.8 percent fewer […]

Pain in America – have you noticed ?

Have you ever pay attention to the commercials on TV… unless you are watching all your TV from a DVR/Tivo or you are addicted to ROKU/HULU or some other such service… approx 20 minutes of every hour is COMMERCIALS. If you pay attention to these commercials.. there as several each hour advertising some sort of […]