PHARMACIST STEVE

  Kroger, CVS, and Walgreens settle lawsuit with West Virginia for $3 million http://www.whsv.com/content/news/Kroger-CVS-and-Walgreens-settle-lawsuit-with-West-Virginia-for-3-million-390332992.html CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WHSV) — Kroger, CVS, and Walgreens have settled a lawsuit with West Virginia over prescription drugs for about $3 million, according to West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. This is the latest development in a lawsuit that targeted five […]

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This showed up in my inbox today… this is from a staffer from a National Pharmacy Association that I have been a member of since 1983, only national pharmacy association that I have been a member of.  Hi Steve, We’ve been contacted by a reporter who is looking into increasing rates of prescription drugs, particularly […]

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Quest Diagnostics data breach puts health care security in the spotlight http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2016/12/14/quest-diagnostics-data-breach-puts-health-care-security-in-spotlight.html Quest Diagnostics joined the list of health care companies targeted by hackers this week when it announced a data breach that exposed the health information of about 34,000 people. In a statement released Monday, the diagnostics specialist said that “an unauthorized third party” […]

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DEA Hurts Growing Industry and Exceeds its Authority Regarding Scheduling Controlled Substances; Enacts Final Rule Seeking to Make Any Extract of the Cannabis Plant a Schedule 1 Drug http://www.einnews.com/pr_news/358098567/dea-hurts-growing-industry-and-exceeds-its-authority-regarding-scheduling-controlled-substances-enacts-final-rule-seeking-to-make-any-extract-of-the As I have stated before.. our “shadow government regulators” tend to “go off the reservation” when we are between Presidents and Congress not being in session.  […]

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Prescription Drug Errors May Be Concealed by Nursing Home Management or Staff www.marylandnursinghomelawyerblog.com/2016/12/prescription-drug-errors-may-concealed-nursing-home-management-staff.html A pharmaceutical journal’s review of a recently conducted study concerning the prevalence of prescription errors in nursing homes found that while the total number of errors was relatively high, the prevalence of incidents that result in serious complications from the mistakes was […]

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New DEA Rule Says CBD Oil is Really, Truly, No-Joke Illegal https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/new-dea-rule-says-cbd-oil-really-truly-no-joke-illegal The US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) this morning made CBD oil a little more federally illegal in a little-noticed bureaucratic maneuver this morning.  Today’s Federal Register (Dec. 14, 2016) contains an item (21 CFR Part 1308) that establishes a new drug code for […]

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As Afghan Trade Booms, DEA Insists U.S. Heroin Is Mostly Mexican http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2016/12/14/afghan-trade-booms-dea-insists-u-s-heroin-mostly-mexican/ Only an estimated one percent of the heroin seized by law enforcement in the United States originates from the Southwest Asia region that includes Afghanistan, the top producer of opium and heroin in the world, reports the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in its […]

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Leading the Way? Northern California Cities To Embark On Soda Tax Spending khn.org/news/leading-the-way-northern-california-cities-to-embark-on-soda-tax-spending/? Asian Health Services, a community health center in Oakland’s buzzing Chinatown, sees about 6,000 dental patients a year. Hundreds of others are on a waiting list. “We simply cannot meet the demand,” said Dr. Huong Le, the center’s dental director. But now […]

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Lilly rolls out insulin discount program http://www.drugstorenews.com/article/lilly-rolls-out-insulin-discount-program? INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. —  Eli Lilly & Co. has outlined a new initiative, set to begin Jan. 1, 2017, that will offer access to Lilly insulin at discounted prices to patients via Blink Health’s mobile and web platforms through a partnership with Express Scripts.    Through the partnership, Express […]

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Physician-Assisted Dying: Our Society Needs It, Says MD http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/872510 Editor’s Note: Arthur Caplan, PhD, interviewed Timothy Quill, MD, as part of the Medscape video series Both Sides Now. Only a portion of Dr Quill’s interview could be included in the video because of time constraints. Here, we are posting the interview in its entirety. In […]

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