PHARMACIST STEVE

Hopefully, the vast majority of you will have this day off to enjoy it with family and friends For those of you who don’t.. thank you for being there for those who are or become ill.. or just suffer from forgetfulness and/or procrastination !    

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Trump Cabinet teams up to end animal abuse Bondi says prosecutors will be placed in every state to handle animal cruelty cases https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-administration-launches-multi-agency-strike-force-crack-down-animal-abuse https://www.foxnews.com/video/6386776126112 Senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration say they are cracking down on animal cruelty, rolling out coordinated actions across the Justice Department, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department […]

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Methadone can be a excellent med for pain management, but a decade ago either the state of Washington or Oregon had a mandate that all chronic pain pts that were on Medicaid, could only have Methadone prescribed for pain management, because Methadone was the least expensive opioid. They were having 2-4 pts for every 1,000 […]

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Rescheduling Isn’t Enough—and Medicare Could Make CBD Worse https://www.cato.org/blog/rescheduling-isnt-enough-medicare-could-make-cbd-worse At today’s White House ceremony, President Trump signed an executive order requiring the Drug Enforcement Administration to reschedule cannabis from a Schedule I controlled substance to a Schedule III controlled substance. During the event, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Mehmet Oz announced plans […]

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Pay Cuts and Unnecessary Visits: How Medicare Is Compromising Cataract Care https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/119085 It’s time for payment reform and a lasting remote follow-up option With nearly 1% of Americans undergoing cataract surgery each year, the procedure is the most common operation Medicare covers. For many older adults, it’s a small miracle: a 15-minute procedure and suddenly the world […]

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The impact of the PBM/Insurance industry is mentioned very little in the article and not until near the end of the article. Little/no mention of lower profit margins for that part of our drug distribution system that other countries do not have within their healthcare system. Most Favored Nation’ Pricing May Cut Drug Costs. It […]

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AARP for a long time, endorsed United Health Insurance products and have “branded” the United Health prgms as provided under AARP’s association. Live Long. Live Well. We help you save money, stay healthy, and navigate your life. And we’ll never stop fighting to protect Social Security and Medicare.  https://www.aarp.org/ https://www.aarp.org/membership/benefits/insurance/uhc-medicare-plans/ AARP® Medicare Plans from United […]

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While this EO “reads” rather straight forward! BUT… the DOJ/DEA has done very little in a straight forward arena in applying the CSA against those in the controlled substance distribution system. There are FOUR FDA APPROVED Fentanyl analogs as safe for use in humans. HOWEVER, if one of those four FDA approved Fentanyl analogs are […]

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Chronic Persistent Pain Can Kill https://www.medcentral.com/pain/chronic/chronic-persistent-pain-can-kill Case report of a male patient whose death was hastened by chronic pain. Having been a physician for over 30 years, I have treated literally thousands of patients of all ages who have come from virtually all walks of life. As a solo private practitioner for over 25 years, […]

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