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GPS could curb pharmacy robberies http://www.fox23.com/news/news/local/gps-could-curb-pharmacy-robberies/njFqy/ FOX23 investigates a crime Tulsa police say skyrocketed in the last year: violent pharmacy robberies. Detectives told FOX23 people are at risk now more than ever as more criminals are following the trend. FOX23’s Sara Whaley found something that could bring the robberies to a halt. Detectives told FOX23 […]

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Toxic Bosses http://www.nbcwashington.com/video/?_osource=SocialFlowFB_DCBrand#!/news/local/Toxic-Bosses/283925621  

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Nasal Naloxone Price Set to Jump http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/Addictions/48829?isalert=1&uun=g578717d2796R5705800u&utm_source=breaking-news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=breaking-news&xid=NL_breakingnews_2014-11-26 From the article: Eliza Wheeler and several volunteers sit on the floor of her office and pack naloxone kits. They package up rubber gloves, rescue breathing masks, alcohol pads, and two atomizers. And, of course, the key ingredient: two cartridges of nasal naloxone — an old drug that […]

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The 2 Things That Rarely Happen After A Medical Mistake http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/11/21/365213963/the-2-things-that-rarely-happen-after-a-medical-mistake Patients who suffer injuries, infections or mistakes during medical care rarely get an acknowledgment or apology, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine report. Another study last year in the Journal of Patient Safety estimated that at least 210,000 U.S. hospital patients […]

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My Insurance Company Killed Me, Despite Obamacare http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/24/how-the-health-care-bureaucracy-killed-me.html Malcolm MacDougall, a prominent speechwriter and creative director, was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this year. Even after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, his insurance company delayed and denied cancer treatments despite MacDougall paying his premiums. This is his story, in his own words, written […]

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Prescription painkiller crackdown has gone ‘way too far,’ some doctors believe http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/prescription-painkiller-crackdown-has-gone-way-too-far-some-doctors-believe/2195678#comments From the article: Tampa anesthesiologist Dr. Rafael Miguel helped lead the fight against a surging prescription drug abuse crisis in Florida. As vice chair of the state’s Board of Medicine, Miguel called for legislative change to stem the flow of drugs that led […]

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“Lord, the money we do spend on Government and it’s not one bit better than the government we got for one-third the money twenty years ago.” ― Will Rogers Production up.. quality up.. prices down.. abuse up 500% -600% and they admit that things are unlikely to change.. it has taken them 100 yrs to […]

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It is estimated that we have some 6 million “hard-core” substance abusers… Most people – outside of our judicial system consider them as having a mental health disease call ADDICTION. We just changed the definition of what a alcoholism is.. so that we have fewer alcoholics  https://www.pharmaciststeve.com/?p=7785  maybe so we can reduce studies on why […]

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David Herlihy, executive director of the Vermont Board of Medical Practice, reminded doctors that they can be conservative about dispensing medicines for chronic pain. “We’ve never disciplined anybody for under treatment of pain,” he said I guess this quote… puts… chronic pain pts in a different treatment category as anyone else with a chronic disease. […]

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