Here we go again: Before We Push the New Omicron Vaccine, Let’s See The Data

When the first COVID-19 vaccines, came to market… two were made with a – what I considered – a process that was too new and too untested… that was the Pfizer & Moderna based on the mRNA process and the third one was being produced by J&J/Jansen using a process that we had used to […]

When stores, like pharmacies, can’t stay open as promised, it’s time to shop elsewhere

When stores, like pharmacies, can’t stay open as promised, it’s time to shop elsewhere https://www.blueridgemuse.com/node/64327 Often, Floyd’s CVS Pharmacy is closed, without notice, for days at a time . They’re not alone. A lot of Floyd County residents found themselves without access to needed prescription medications because the pharmacy at CVS on Main Street in […]

Armed Feds Pay a Visit: Amish Farmer: for practicing his religious freedom to grow and prepare food according to his religious beliefs

This farmer uses NO FERTILIZER…. NO PESTICIDES … MAYBE NO DIESEL TRACTORS Armed Feds Pay a Visit: Amish Farmer Faces Hundreds of Thousands in Fines https://www.westernjournal.com/armed-feds-pay-visit-amish-farmer-faces-hundreds-thousands-fines/ Amos Miller, an Amish farmer who runs a holistically managed small farm in Bird-In-Hand, Pennsylvania, grows and prepares food in tune with nature, the way he believes God intended. […]

Letter on Patient’s Fatal Overdose May Curb Benzodiazepine Prescribing

I have highlighted several sentences in this article that suggest that the people doing the study were making some  GUESSES …like this one…Patients who die of overdose may have more than one prescribing physician and may overdose on illicitly obtained drugs. Just in one sentence they used the WORD MAY… but these medial examiners are […]

“sunshine” can be a great sanitizer

 A few days ago I shared this quote from Socrates: In ancient Greece, Socrates had a great reputation for wisdom. One day someone came to meet the great philosopher and said: – Do you know what I just heard about your friend? – One moment –Socrates answered– before you tell me, I would like to […]

Peer-Reviewed Study Validates Bamboo Health’s NarxCare as Effective Patient Screening Solution for Opioid Risk ?

I just happened to stumbled on to this while looking for something else…  Maybe I am wrong, but to develop a whole system that comes to a conclusion that a particular person’s risk of being or become addicted when they are taking controlled meds, is based on just using the data on 1523 pts.  Back […]

Socrates: stating truth/facts vs spreading rumors

In ancient Greece, Socrates had a great reputation for wisdom. One day someone came to meet the great philosopher and said: – Do you know what I just heard about your friend? – One moment –Socrates answered– before you tell me, I would like to make you a test of the three sieves. – The […]

The high price of medications and the Insurance/PBM industry

When I first started working in a pharmacy – in the summer of 1967 – while I was a student. There was NO PBM’s… 95%+ was brand name meds and everything was CASH… The average Rx price was $4-$5.  The PBM industry was created by the national UAW contract in the fall of 1969 – […]

If the CPC keeps circling the drain – they will eventually end up going down the drain

I have been maintaining and adding to my blog for over 10 yrs .. I have actually lost count.  There has always seem to be some infighting within the chronic pain community.  Over the last few years, the in fighting has been escalated from in fighting to attempting to be down right DISRUPTIVE. The community […]

DEA reports finding ‘rainbow fentanyl’ pills in DC region

Is it just me… or according to this ––Jennifer Lofland, Field Intelligence Manager for DEA Washington division, says pills have been seized in and around D.C. for at least the last 18 months. – what other major shift happened in our country 18 months ago ?  In the article this is stated She said they’re […]