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compare the following article’s health outcomes with the USA’s given the fact that Rx opioids peaked in 2010-2011 – suggesting less treatment for pain as well as the 2016 CDC opioid dosing guidelines – suggesting less treatment for chronic pain and when did the increase in illegal fentanyl start rising and poisoning/ODing from people using […]
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Hi Steve, just want to share if this may help someone else. I just had a huge issue getting my script filled last month for my C-2. CVS pharmacist refused to fill for no reason, only the nature of the med. Been filling for the last 10+ yrs.I filed a formal complaint with the Corporate […]
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https://www.perplexity.ai/search/compare-the-following-article-Juqy3.z7R3.sLi1dOlVKGg This is a discussion I had with Perplexity.ai it states toward the end of all of this that <2% of chronic pain pts are now receiving long term opioid therapy and within that group upwards of 20% are using a Suboxone type product. If there is 100 million people dealing with chronic pain and […]
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TERRORISTIC TACTICS??? My Doc said,,last time,,,,”the dea keeps changing shit,” everyday its something new their forcible changing,,,,,if that ain’t practicing medicine,,,what is???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Sooo picture this,senior guys ,,,our doctors in a conference room,,in a hospital,,across from a DEA agent,,,who KNOWS NOTHING OF REAL MEDICINE,,” but can take this doctors life away,,if he doesn’t say ,’yes master,”s,””THE DEA […]
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What could go wrong? When the same company owns abt a 10,000 store community pharmacy, a mail order pharmacy, one or more “specialty pharmacy(s), the largest nursing home pharmacy and also owns the largest PBM. A $290 million fine after a whistleblower accused the business of overcharging Medicare on prescription drugs in 2013 & 2014, […]
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Now that we know how many laws/rules that are being broken How many laws are their violating – let me count the ways The DOJ/DEA falls under the saying we heard on a regular basis during the last Presidential administration. No one is above the law, except those who enforce our laws and/or friends with […]
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Remember the primary basis of the practice of medicine is the starting, changing, stopping a pt’s therapy. Zepbound (tirzepatide) is the only GLP-1 product that activates GIP and GLP-1 receptors, which regulate appetite, insulin response, and digestion. All the other “GLP-1” only activates ONE RECEPTOR. There is a third receptor glucagon receptor (GcgR), which will […]
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One of the primary basics of the practice of medicine – starting, changing or stopping a pt’s therapy. The DEA started creating production quotas of control meds abt 2015 and ended up overall reducing the availability of control meds by > 50% over the following years. How many pts have a valid medical necessity for […]
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I was talking to a gal this week that I have known for 3+ decades and she is involved with a local recovery center because her Nephew also had a fatal OD. She was telling me that the judges in the drug courts are getting really pissed because people assigned to the drug court are […]
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Walgreens’ chief pharmacy officer proposes fixes to a system that broke long ago https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/12/community-pharmacy-crisis-rite-aid-bankruptcy-walgreens/ Earlier this year, the second largest independent pharmacy chain in America, Rite-Aid, filed for bankruptcy. While many were caught off guard, I wasn’t. After 30 years in community pharmacy, I saw this coming. Financial pressure has been building for years. Burnout […]
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