Email steve@steveariens.com 502-938-2414
Pay Attention
Pharmacist doesn’t want to deal with “narcotic ppl” If anyone get themself facing such a situation, please know that all pharmacies are required to keep a perpetual inventory of all C-2 meds. I would just asked the pharmacist if you got one of the state pharmacy board inspectors to come in and validate that on […]
Filed under: General Problems | 4 Comments »
compare the following article’s health outcomes with the USA’s given the fact that Rx opioids peaked in 2010-2011 – suggesting less treatment for pain as well as the 2016 CDC opioid dosing guidelines – suggesting less treatment for chronic pain and when did the increase in illegal fentanyl start rising and poisoning/ODing from people using […]
Filed under: General Problems | Leave a Comment »
Hi Steve, just want to share if this may help someone else. I just had a huge issue getting my script filled last month for my C-2. CVS pharmacist refused to fill for no reason, only the nature of the med. Been filling for the last 10+ yrs.I filed a formal complaint with the Corporate […]
Filed under: General Problems | 2 Comments »
https://www.perplexity.ai/search/compare-the-following-article-Juqy3.z7R3.sLi1dOlVKGg This is a discussion I had with Perplexity.ai it states toward the end of all of this that <2% of chronic pain pts are now receiving long term opioid therapy and within that group upwards of 20% are using a Suboxone type product. If there is 100 million people dealing with chronic pain and […]
Filed under: General Problems | 1 Comment »
TERRORISTIC TACTICS??? My Doc said,,last time,,,,”the dea keeps changing shit,” everyday its something new their forcible changing,,,,,if that ain’t practicing medicine,,,what is???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Sooo picture this,senior guys ,,,our doctors in a conference room,,in a hospital,,across from a DEA agent,,,who KNOWS NOTHING OF REAL MEDICINE,,” but can take this doctors life away,,if he doesn’t say ,’yes master,”s,””THE DEA […]
Filed under: General Problems | 1 Comment »
Pt’s statements in RED: My words are in Green Remember she is doing speech to text This disabled female pt reached out to me Aug 4th and her doc had just abruptly cut her oral opioids she had been taking for ~ 10yr from 90 MME/day to 30 MME/day and put a Buprenorphine patch on […]
Filed under: General Problems | 10 Comments »
What could go wrong? When the same company owns abt a 10,000 store community pharmacy, a mail order pharmacy, one or more “specialty pharmacy(s), the largest nursing home pharmacy and also owns the largest PBM. A $290 million fine after a whistleblower accused the business of overcharging Medicare on prescription drugs in 2013 & 2014, […]
Filed under: General Problems | 2 Comments »
Now that we know how many laws/rules that are being broken How many laws are their violating – let me count the ways The DOJ/DEA falls under the saying we heard on a regular basis during the last Presidential administration. No one is above the law, except those who enforce our laws and/or friends with […]
Filed under: General Problems | 1 Comment »
Remember the primary basis of the practice of medicine is the starting, changing, stopping a pt’s therapy. Zepbound (tirzepatide) is the only GLP-1 product that activates GIP and GLP-1 receptors, which regulate appetite, insulin response, and digestion. All the other “GLP-1” only activates ONE RECEPTOR. There is a third receptor glucagon receptor (GcgR), which will […]
Filed under: General Problems | Leave a Comment »
One of the primary basics of the practice of medicine – starting, changing or stopping a pt’s therapy. The DEA started creating production quotas of control meds abt 2015 and ended up overall reducing the availability of control meds by > 50% over the following years. How many pts have a valid medical necessity for […]
Filed under: General Problems | 2 Comments »
