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Today on the (KeithAndrewNetWork®) We have gotten the chance to Interview… About Guest Bob Sheerin @(Hillbilly) Bob Sheerin@utube and ™ Tap Out Comedy Production’s…LLC. © Stand Up Comedian! For hire Jessica Thomsen, I am always growing and learning. Harry Seddon Award-Winning Screenwriter, Actor, Writer, Director, Producer, Singer, Songwriter, Musician. Social Media’s Harry Seddon harrylseddon Jessica […]

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Biden DEA rule change aims to add mobile methadone vans https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/28/biden-dea-rule-change-aims-add-mobile-methadone-va/ The Drug Enforcement Administration announced Monday a policy change aimed at expanding access to treatment for substance abuse disorders. Under the new rule, the nation’s more than 1,700 DEA-registered methadone service providers are no longer required to obtain a separate registration for mobile services […]

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Notice the verbiage that the CDC uses to misrepresent the deaths from opiate OD’s the CDC figure in which it is estimated that by 2025, nearly 100,000 people will die annually from drug overdoses, the report goes on to question when America will take the opioid epidemic seriously they start by STATING how many OD’s […]

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29,800 physicians exited private practice for insurers, PE firms & other corporations in 2 years https://www.beckersasc.com/asc-news/29-800-physicians-exited-private-practice-for-insurers-pe-firms-other-corporations-in-2-years.html There was a 32 percent increase in physician practice acquisitions by corporate entities in the past two years, which added 29,800 formerly independent practice physicians, according to a June 29 report from Avalere. Around 11,300 of those physicians joined […]

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When I started working in a pharmacy after my 2nd year of pharmacy school…  the average Rx price was $4-$5… 90%+ was for BRAND NAME MEDS, there was NO PBM’s, and there was no DEA.  Insulin was about $2.50 for a 10 ml vial of a equivalent to today’s 100 u insulin, Birth Control pills […]

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FCC votes to make ‘988’ the suicide hotline number https://abc7chicago.com/suicide-hotline-number-988-fcc-prevention/6320466/ The Federal Communications Commission voted Thursday to make “988” the “911” for suicide prevention. The new number is designed to connect Americans in crisis directly with a suicide prevention hotline. Phone service providers will have until July 2022 to implement the change. Currently, the National […]

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Untreated chronic pain can lead to suicide https://www.swoknews.com/styles/peoples_pharmacy/untreated-chronic-pain-can-lead-to-suicide/article_31b7f44d-42f9-5bc5-8086-cdd4111b4d10.html The opioid epidemic has resulted in untold misery and death. Drug abuse is a scourge that remains an ongoing threat in many communities. There is, however, another tragedy resulting from efforts to restrict access to opioids. We recently received a heart-wrenching story from a widow whose husband, […]

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This settlement may be just the first shoe to drop.  J&J division Janssen use to produce Duragesic patches… they have ceased production of that product and the last of the existing stock will expire Jan 31, 2021 – 5-6 weeks from now.  For a pharmaceutical to be FDA approved on the market place it must […]

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Substandard generic drugs are flooding the US market and putting all Americans at risk https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/substandard-generic-drugs-us-market-risk Despite safety concerns, hospitals keep using substandard generics and supermarket pharmacies, big box retailers and corner drug stores continue to sell them Most Americans would be shocked to learn that millions of doses of poor-quality and potentially harmful generic drugs […]

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Pfizer Pauses Distribution of Stop-Smoking Pill Chantix https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/953780 Pfizer is suspending distribution of the anti-smoking treatment Chantix after heightened levels of the carcinogen N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) were found in some lots of the pills. The pharmaceutical company is also recalling some lots of Chantix that may have high levels of NDMA, Reuters reported. Pfizer told Reuters […]

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