when expressing concerns is not complaining

Fear is a two way street… you fear losing your job and the means of paying your bills and your corporate employer fears having their reputation damaged and losing profits. All the people in your corporation above you.. has fear of the ultimate boss “the stock market”. Fear and paranoia is rampant within the corporation… […]

Where is the Florida Board of Pharmacy action?

The DEA has swooped in and suspended the DEA license of two CVS stores in Florida. Here is the article. One one think that if the DEA has suspended a pharmacy’s right to stop filling controlled prescriptions, that the board of pharmacy would be taking a action against the BOTH the PIC/QP and the permit […]

Have bureaucrats jumped to a conclusion with false facts?

Here is a article from a TV station in NM. Either the doctor is lying about how many patients he see or the state’s PMP is full of forged Rxs in his name or both… What is interesting is that the representative from the state board commented that they had went back and checked all […]

Working long hours raises risk of depression

Here is recent report on Fox News about how long hours can add to depression. Depression is – by itself – can be a distraction or create a lack of focus. Both can create an environment that could induce med errors. There are report after report that long hours causes fatigue and those same studies […]

The War On Drugs – fits Einstein’s definition of Insanity

First of all according to according to the Psychiatric Diagnostic Manual, substance abuse is a mental health disease. So the war on drugs is going after people with untreated/undiagnosed mental health issues and throwing them into the legal system. Since the Harrison Narcotic Act 1914… we have been doing this “fill and chase” process.. Ask […]

Is this the pharmacy profession in a few years?

As the surplus of Pharmacists grows… is this going to be a Pharmacist’s relationship between them and their corporate employer?

Gov. Beshear announces plan to fight prescription pill abuse

The Kentucky government is trying to legislate in morality and legislate out greed.. some where along this path… someone needs to figure out to legislate out bureaucratic stupidity. The BNDD ( bureau of narcotics and dangerous drugs) started in 1969-1070… which was preceded by the Harrison Narcotic Act of 1914. We are approaching the 100 […]

Pharmacists’ new spokesperson

Mr Newman’s infamous quote “What me worry”… seems to apply to the vast majority of those in our beloved profession Human psychology suggests that in a crisis … 10% of the people will do nothing… 10% will do something.. not all of it the right thing.. and 80% will wait for someone else to show […]

Pinellas judge: If you use oxycodone, you can’t drive

Here is an article where a judge has decided that people on probation in his court.. if they admit to using Oxycodone .. even legal .. he suspended their driving rights.. In the article the judge admitted to taking Oxycodone after a injury… did he stop driving while taking it?… why is he not addicted […]

Drug dealers get creative in pursuit of oxycodone

Here is an article from USA TODAY… how many “brain trusts” did it take to come up with this conclusion. Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome”.. so we continue this “fill & chase” war on drugs that has been unsuccessful since the Harrison Narcotic Act […]