When pained lives are pushed to “end it all “

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

This is a comment that was made on this post on my blog Do some lives matter more than others ? IMO, this brings home the point as to the physical/mental desperation that some chronic painers have reached, who have been denied pain management or provided some “token doses” to treat their otherwise debilitating pain.  […]

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Pharmacogenomics is the science that allows us to identify a patient’s response to drugs based on their genetic makeup.

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

https://youtu.be/fGjG_9EEeeA Pharmacogenomics is the science that allows us to identify a patient’s response to drugs based on their genetic makeup.

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#CVS customer SHOT during robbery

Posted on September 3, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Customer shot during robbery at DeKalb CVS http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/shots-fired-during-armed-cvs-robbery/nnXf8/ DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — DeKalb County police say they are searching for at least one person who opened fire during a robbery inside a CVS Pharmacy Thursday.   The incident happened at the location on 2586 Lawrenceville Highway near Frazier Road in Decatur around 9:15 a.m.   […]

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Protect the controlled meds.. pts and employees are on their own ?

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Pharmacy robberies soar; CVS makes move to curb them INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Indiana has a new distinction as the nation’s leader in pharmacy robberies with nearly 130, according to authorities. An I-Team 8 investigation has found that the bulk of the robberies, more than 80, have occurred at CVS stores in Indianapolis. CVS, up until five days […]

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Just grab anything of value ?

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Wife of accused WPB pill mill doc wants her jewels back http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/crime-law/wife-of-accused-wpb-pill-mill-doc-wants-her-jewels/nnDQ9/ WEST PALM BEACH — The wife of a West Palm Beach doctor who is accused of causing the overdose deaths of two patients wants her diamond jewelry back. In a lawsuit filed last week in Palm Beach County Circuit Court, Misuk Christensen claims […]

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The BULLIES WITH BADGES HAVE WON !

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

To got this email this AM… even the STRONGEST can be intimidated… I wonder how many deaths/suicides this will cause ? Of course, no one in the judicial system will be considered guilty or contributing to those deaths.  The judicial system TORTURES our citizens… to either secure their jobs or self affirm their own importance. […]

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Corrections Officers Took Away Diabetic Man’s Insulin, Then Watched Him Slowly Die

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Corrections Officers Took Away Diabetic Man’s Insulin, Then Watched Him Slowly Die http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/09/01/3697394/carlos-mercado-diabetes-video/ The New York Times has obtained harrowing new jail footage of the final hours of diabetic Rikers Island inmate Carlos Mercado, who died because correctional officers had taken away his insulin. Mercado, 45, was arrested in August 2013 for attempting to sell […]

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it is shameful that people are stigmatized because they have pain, they’re isolated, and they’re denigrated often.

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

The Painful Truth: How Patients Are Treated Shamefully http://www.painnewsnetwork.org/stories/2015/8/25/the-painful-truth-how-pain-patients-are-treated-shamefully Lynn Webster, MD, is past President of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, vice president of scientific affairs at PRA Health Sciences, and one the world’s leading experts on pain management. He treated people with chronic pain for more than 30 years in the Salt Lake […]

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“Black Market” Congress created in 1914 is alive, well, and GROWING !

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA: ‘Meth … is dark horse riding side by side with heroin’; Mexican cartels operating in Northwest http://q13fox.com/2015/08/31/dea-methamphetamine-is-a-dark-horse-riding-side-by-side-with-heroin-mexican-drug-cartels-in-the-pacific-nw/ A drug epidemic is fueling crime in western Washington and now we know where it is coming from. The DEA has already seized more meth this year than ever before and it can be traced right back to […]

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Is MJ a gateway drug to alcoholism ?

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Pharmaciststeve

Alcohol sales get higher after weed legalization contrary to industry fears http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/aug/31/alcohol-industry-sales-marijuana-colorado?CMP=ema_565 Underlying the debate over marijuana legalization has been an equally fierce battle between marijuana and another so-called vice industry: alcohol. As an increasing number of states look to join the four states and Washington DC in legalizing recreational marijuana, many in the alcohol […]

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