Is your insurance/PBM telling you to use a pharmacy that is not your pharmacy of choice ?

Posted on June 3, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve

Good morning- Have you felt pressured by your health insurance company or pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) to utilize a pharmacy of their choosing rather than your own choosing? Maybe you have received calls from a PBM such as Caremark, Express Scripts or Optum after filling a prescription telling you that you could save money if […]

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Patient Abuse … let me count the ways !

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve

51 yr old Patient comes to ER after falling 3 days prior. They are in severe back pain barely able to walk, tried to tough it out. Xrays shows fractured T9/10. They were given 12 Percocet 5’s. 1 every 4 hrs next day follow up w/neurosurgeons NP. Patient arrives next day & told ER failed […]

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CDC refuses responsibility in Chronic Pain Care because of the Opioid crisis

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve

CDC refuses responsibility in Chronic Pain Care because of the Opioid crisis Footage from the RX summit in Atlanta, Georgia.

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song writer: Rob Thomas wrote this song for his wife who suffers from chronic pain

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Pharmaciststeve

Has anyone heard the song that Rob Thomas wrote for his wife who suffers from chronic pain? It’s called “Her Diamonds” which means her tears. It made my husband cry. It might be good for caregivers

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