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CVS stores among favorite targets for Orlando robbers http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/cvs-stores-among-favorite-targets-orlando-robbers/ngPCL/?__federated=1 From the article: ORLANDO, Fla. — Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said Wednesday that deputies arrested five men connected to 40 violent crimes dating back to December 2013. What stands out is that more than a dozen of those robberies targeted CVS stores specifically, so Channel […]

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I live in Tampa Florida, and approximately 5 years ago was diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitus and degenerative disc disease.  I have suffered with back pain for the last 15 years, typically each day is painful, and I am often plagued with “flare ups”.  These flare ups are debilitating regardless of medication; however, 15 years ago […]

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I used to work for walgreens when they were  Implementing their policy in xxxxxxxx this was after they had gotten major financial troubles in Florida the district manager had come up from Florida they would not put a fine point on policy as to what C2 prescriptions we were supposed to accept or do not […]

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State Takes Next Step in Monitoring Prescription Drug Abuse http://nhpr.org/post/state-takes-next-step-monitoring-prescription-drug-abuse From the article: The five-year contract awarded to Health Information Designs is the next step in the state’s effort to set up a prescription drug monitoring program, or PMP. Such programs are aimed at “doctor shopping,” in which patients visit multiple physicians for prescriptions that are […]

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Normally a pharmacy will have some 15%-20% of all prescriptions filled are for a controlled medication.  Previously, at least part of a Pharmacist’s annual bonus was based on the number of prescriptions filled along  with meeting a number of other metrics. The number of prescriptions filled per week is also used to allocate the number […]

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Florida has moved from having 98 of the top 100 “Oxycodone docs” to ZERO..  while… Deaths related to those one or more of those narcotics were identified as the cause of death or present in the decedent in 2,363 fatalities from January through June 2013, a drop of 1.46 percent from the prior six months […]

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Gov. Rick Scott signs ‘Charlotte’s Web’ medical marijuana bill http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/gov-scott-signs-charlottes-web-marijuana-bill-into-law/2184590 From the article: TALLAHASSEE — As he promised, Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill on Monday that legalizes the use of a noneuphoric strain of marijuana to treat conditions such as epilepsy, Lou Gehrig’s disease and cancer. “As a father and grandfather, you never want […]

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UPDATE  Why do we treat most pts like a nail ? Pinellas Park woman says Florida pill mill crackdown deprives her of pain medicine she needs Patient forced to pay $1,800 per month for pills http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/pinellas-park-woman-says-florida-pill-mill-crackdown-deprives-her-of-pain-medicine-she-needs This investigative reporter use to be in the Louisville, KY market… and had exchanged emails with him years ago..when […]

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Family sues after St. John’s pharmacy student dies during externship http://nypost.com/2014/06/16/family-sues-after-st-johns-pharmacy-student-dies-during-externship/ From the article: James Yoo, 22, of Manhattan, began working at Rockwell Compounding Associates in February last year as part of an externship required for a doctorate in pharmacology. Four days into his externship, Yoo’s skin came in contact with the drug fentanyl, an autopsy […]

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  http://tn.gov/mental/policy/persc_drug_docs/TN%20Prescription%20Safety%20Act%20of%202012_Public%20Chapter%200880.pdf Read page 3… One of the data points that they are required to submit to TN’s PMP is PATIENT IDENTIFIER – I guess that it doesn’t necessarily have to be a VALID IDENTIFIER… once again the bureaucrats are oblivious – or in denial – about forged ID’s.. If you don’t have VALID ID’s […]

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