PHARMACIST STEVE

One-in-four Americans purposefully misuse prescription drugs http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/one-four-americans-purposefully-misuse-prescription-drugs?utm_source=MagnetMail&utm_medium=email From the article: According to the survey, the most common form of misuse admitted by survey respondents involved use of a drug by someone other than the person listed on the prescription: as many as 24% of people say they have either taken a medicine that was prescribed […]

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Medical lessons from Robin Williams http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2014/08/medical-lessons-robin-williams.html By the way, we will always cherish the medical lessons you taught. On psychopharmacology: “Reality is just a crutch for people who can’t handle drugs.” On psychiatry: “You’re only given a little spark of madness. Don’t lose it.” On pharmacology: “Cocaine is God’s way of telling you you are […]

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Women in Pain: Tell Us How You Feel http://americannewsreport.com/nationalpainreport/women-in-pain-tell-us-how-you-feel-8824419.html From the article: Are you a woman with chronic pain? Do you feel you are treated differently by doctors because you are a woman? Do you feel doctors take your pain less seriously because you are a woman? Those are some of questions National Pain Report […]

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              Taxing Soda is a Way for Uncle Sam to Show that He Loves Us http://www.tpnn.com/2014/08/09/taxing-soda-is-a-way-for-uncle-sam-to-show-that-he-loves-us/ From the article: Taxing soda and other sugary beverages is proposed as a way to show how much Uncle Sam loves us. But if he really cares, wouldn’t he also tax ice cream […]

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http://www.mideasttime.com/insider-selling-cvs-caremark-svp-sells-22107-shares-of-stock-cvs/178847/ SVP Eva C. Boratto unloaded 22,107 shares of CVS Caremark stock on the open market in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.77, for a total value of $1,697,154.39. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 22,531 […]

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            Got this phone call today… apparently this long time chronic pain pt had been having some problem with a particular pharmacy.. all of a sudden the RPH wanted to interfere with the pt’s therapy.. demanding that the pt’s prescriber reduce or eliminate some of the pt’s medications. Apparently, threatening […]

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Reports suggest upturn in hospital ED visits due to drug-related suicide attempts. The CBS News (8/7, Blaszczak-Boxe) website reported that according to two reports released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), “there has been a significant rise in drug-related suicide attempts in the past few years, with the most alarming increase […]

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Pain Patients Can Have Good Outcomes With Long-Term Opioids http://www.painmedicinenews.com/ViewArticle.aspx?d=Clinical%2BPain%2BMedicine&d_id=82&i=August+2014&i_id=1092&a_id=27864 From the article: Long-term opioid treatment can produce positive outcomes in chronic noncancer pain when physicians prescribe it carefully to individuals who have low risks for addiction and overdose, according to the results of a systematic review. Andrea Furlan, MD, PhD, and her colleagues searched […]

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Hey Steve, I just wanted to keep you in the loop and let you know that so far I have file two complaints with the dept of justice, and one with the Florida board of pharmacy. I also did call my insurance company and file a complaint with them, and the woman I spoke to […]

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