I couldn’t make all of these up not that good a imagination

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Our pain mgmt doc is in another city, which unfortunately, is in another county (because I can’t find a doctor in our town worth anything). The pharmacist here in town has now said that I need to go to Walgreens near the doctor (even though the same pharmacist has been filling the same script from […]

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The BROAD REACH of the ADA

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

ADA : Wal-Mart Stores East Will Pay to $72,500 to Settle EEOC Disability Discrimination Lawsuit http://www.4-traders.com/ADA-6654966/news/ADA–Wal-Mart-Stores-East-Will-Pay-to-72500-to-Settle-EEOC-Disability-Discrimination-Lawsuit-19248869/ Retailer Refused to Reasonably Accommodate Applicant With End-Stage Renal Disease, Federal Agency Charged According to the EEOC’s suit, an assistant store manager at the Walmart store in Cockeysville, Md., offered Laura Jones a job as an evening sales associate, […]

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Just a guess.. this pt is REALLY PISSED !

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

I didn’t tell you all what happened, AGAIN, at Walgreens yesterday. It’s gonna blow your damn minds!! So, I get my meds every 2 weeks, exactly 15 days at a time. It was day 15 yesterday, so I went to my regular Walgreens home store, and the pharmacy manager was there, and he told me […]

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Former (disgruntled) employee causes licensing board investigation

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Click on image to enlarge Apparently Dr Ibsen turned over 3600 pages of evidence for this hearing Apparently the compliance specialist wasn’t happy or didn’t want to deal with all those records… so apparently “pulled out” 800 pages that would prove the Medical Licensing Board’s case against Dr Ibsen.. Are we playing WHEEL OF FORTUNE […]

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Workplace Violence at the Pharmacy

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

http://www.khou.com/story/news/2014/10/22/hpd-responds-to-possible-shooting-at-ben-taub-hospital/17730145/ HOUSTON – Two people were killed in a murder-suicide at Ben Taub Hospital Wednesday. The shooting happened about 2:15 p.m. in the hospital’s outpatient pharmacy. Police say a pharmacist and pharmacy tech were shot behind the glass. HPD spokesperson John Cannon said surveillance video shows the female pharmacist was at her work station when […]

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We are 17 TRILLION in debt because ?

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

America’s $7.6 billion war on Afghan drugs fails, opium production peaks http://rt.com/news/197708-afghanistan-opium-us-war/ Despite Washington spending $7.6 billion on counter-narcotic initiatives in Afghanistan, 2013 witnessed a record surge in the amount of opium poppy cultivation, according to the US inspector general for Afghan reconstruction. Battle-hardened Afghanistan produces more than 80 percent of the world’s opium. Guess […]

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“Rare medication errors ” increasing ?

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

http://consumerist.com/2014/10/20/walgreens-gives-teen-wrong-prescription-shrugs/ From the article: It’s bad enough that a Michigan Walgreens pharmacy gave a 14-year-old customer someone else’s prescription, but the teen’s family says the drugstore chain made the situation much worse by demanding that the family go out of pocket to finally obtain the correct drug. A rep for the drugstore chain tells WOOD-TV […]

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Maybe we don’t need doctors ?

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Idaho Board of Pharmacy about to disrupt relationship between patients, doctors http://www.idahopress.com/members/idaho-board-of-pharmacy-about-to-disrupt-relationship-between-patients/article_ee92f1d2-5970-11e4-a3c1-67dda5b646a6.html From the article: The Idaho Board of Pharmacy is considering a proposed rule to allow pharmacists to unilaterally substitute complex specialty medications, known as biologics, with biosimilar drugs – without providing any notice or communication to the doctor. As the mother of a […]

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WAGS addressing Rx drug abuse.. by refusing to fill “BE WELL”

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

Has Walgreens change prescription policy for some? http://www.firstcoastnews.com/story/news/health/2014/10/21/walgreens-prescription-policy/17681239/  Spokesperson Phil Caruso did not address the individual cases but gave us the following statement regarding its recently handling for prescriptions: “With the sharp rise in abuse of controlled substances in recent years, health care professionals in all practices are continuously striving to find better ways of […]

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Health is everything .. at CVS ?

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve

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