Don’t Rush to Ban or Use Kratom, Expert Says

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Don’t Rush to Ban or Use Kratom, Expert Says http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/872535? A new review contends that the herbal remedy kratom has some beneficial properties and suggests that a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) proposal to make it illegal could bring legitimate research to a standstill. The leaves from the kratom tree (Mitragyna speciosa), which is found in […]

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Misguided Repeal to Cure Opioid Crisis Ignores Patients’ Pain

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Misguided Repeal to Cure Opioid Crisis Ignores Patients’ Pain thepainfultruthbook.com/2016/12/misguided-repeal-to-cure-opioid-crisis-ignores-patients-pain/ Once again, I read the Intractable Pain Act (along with the section of it known as the “Pain Patient’s Bill of Rights”) which was passed by the Tennessee House and Senate in 2001 and repealed in 2015. I did not see anything in the legislation […]

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Maybe we should go back to being a English colony ?

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

UK Reclassifies CBD Oil as Medicine Just as America Puts It in Class With Heroin http://www.alternet.org/drugs/uk-reclassifies-cbd-oil-medicine-america-puts-class-heroin After the DEA moved to further constrain Americans’ access to medically miraculous CBD oil by classifying it alongside heroin and cocaine, Britain chose compassion and common sense — and just classified cannabidiol (CBD) as a medicine. On Monday, Britain’s Medicines & […]

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state of WA.. where MJ is LEGAL… DEA spends 760,000 on eradication

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

DEA’s marijuana-eradication program still targets Washington, where (some) pot is legal http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/marijuana/deas-marijuana-eradication-program-still-targets-washington/ The Drug Enforcement Administration spends millions of taxpayer dollars each year to eradicate illegal marijuana plants — even in Washington state, where the drug has been legal since 2012.   By Drew Atkins Special to The Seattle Times It’s a scene that continues […]

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Has WAGS “Good Faith Policy” finally starting to impact sales ?

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Walgreens reports surprise drop in quarterly sales http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/01/05/walgreens-reports-surprise-drop-in-quarterly-sales.html It has been a few years since Walgreens has implemented their “good faith policy” on filling opiates and allows their Pharmacist to “BLACK BALL” a pt from all 8500 stores… and turn down filling any particular prescription if no more than “they don’t feel comfortable”… I know […]

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The next step in “MAKING SOME NOISE”

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

There has been a small dedicated groups of chronic painers that have finished the list of twitter address for both House/Senate and working on list of TV/news media. How is the next step in the program is to get those in the chronic pain community to send us links from local news media about how […]

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Another F-ing BUREAUCRAT wanting to practice medicine with only a BA degree and NO MEDICAL BACKGROUND

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Pence’s Indiana successor backs fewer needle exchange limits http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2017-01-05/pences-indiana-successor-backs-fewer-needle-exchange-limits INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s incoming governor pledged Thursday to roll back some restrictions on needle exchanges that his predecessor, Vice President-elect Mike Pence, signed into law as part of the state’s response to its largest HIV epidemic. Republican Eric Holcomb, who takes office next week, said […]

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Imagine this: Psychiatric, behavioral conditions linked to future long-term opioid use

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Psychiatric, behavioral conditions linked to future long-term opioid use http://www.clinicaladvisor.com/pain-information-center/psychiatric-and-behavioral-conditions-with-opioid-use/article/629637/? Preexisting psychiatric and behavioral conditions and psychoactive medication use are associated with subsequent claims of prescription opioids, according to a study published in Pain. The preexisting psychiatric and behavioral conditions include substance use disorders (SUDs), opioid use disorders (OUDs), suicide attempts and other self-injury, depression, […]

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Hate crime charges filed in Chicago beating streamed on Facebook Live

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com Hate crime charges filed in Chicago beating streamed on Facebook Live http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/05/hate-crime-charges-filed-in-chicago-beating-shown-on-facebook-live.html Where is all the anti-racial critics ?  Where is the outrage of this happening to a mentally challenged/handicap/disabled person ?  It reportedly took FACE BOOK…  TWENTY FOUR HOURS to take this down.  No wonder that Obama is […]

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Independent Pharmacies Tout Enhanced Services

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Pharmaciststeve

Independent Pharmacies Tout Enhanced Services http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drug-topics/news/independent-pharmacies-tout-enhanced-services? Independent community pharmacies have a new tool to help them promote the enhanced services that they provide their patients. Irvine, California-based PrescribedWellness has expanded its software services offering to include promoting enhanced services via cloud-based data mining software. “Community pharmacy lacked a centralized voice. We are creating a national […]

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