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Survey: Unsafe pharmacy conditions put patient safety at risk, spark resignations among pharmacy techs https://drugstorenews.com/survey-unsafe-pharmacy-conditions-put-patient-safety-risk-spark-resignations-among-pharmacy-techs The survey shows that a significant percentage of pharmacy technicians are leaving their roles due to poor working conditions that are creating concerns for patient safety. Sandra Levy Senior Editor Under staffing, increased expectations and new COVID-19 era responsibilities are […]

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Aspirin, ibuprofen and other pain-relieving drugs may actually make agony WORSE, study warns https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2599808451704/aspirin-ibuprofen-and-other-pain-relieving-drugs-may-actually-make-agony-worse-study-warns Taking aspirin and ibuprofen as painkillers could be completely pointless, a study suggests. Experts have now warned the cheap drugs may actually leave patients in agony for longer. The findings call into question the conventional practice of treating pain with anti-inflammatory […]

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Oklahoma Board of Pharmacy Needs Volunteers Posted: 09 May 2022 02:53 PM PDT  Task Force/Committee Volunteers Needed  The Board of Pharmacy is needing volunteers to create a Task Force/Committee for evaluating temperature excursions and the shipping of prescriptions by pharmacies to patients who are located in state and out of state. This Task Force/Committee will more […]

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#StopTheWHO: How You Can Take a Stand Against International Health Regulation Amendments https://worldcouncilforhealth.org/campaigns/stop-the-who/2022/05/stopthewho-oppose-international-health-regulation-amendments/73799/ #StopTheWHO The WHO is making a power grab over our health sovereignty by changing the International Health Regulations In May 2022, World Health Organization (WHO) intends to amend the International Health Regulations to give greater control to itself and Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General […]

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I’m not sure if you already know, but the State of Minnesota has been openly discriminating against chronic pain patients enrolled in Minnesota healthcare programs. Here in MN, people with lower incomes who are enrolled in programs like Medicaid and Minnesotacare (these are a population mostly comprised of low income, disabled and minority enrollees) has […]

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Combining Certain Medications With Ibuprofen Can Permanently Injure Kidneys Combining Certain Medications With Ibuprofen Can Permanently Injure Kidneys Commonly prescribed hypertension medications may be harmful in combination with ibuprofen. Anyone who is taking a diuretic and a renin-angiotensin system (RSA) inhibitor for hypertension (high blood pressure) should be cautious about also taking the painkiller ibuprofen, […]

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When Jan 1, 2023 comes around and you are on Medicare Part D or Medicare Advantage Prgm … if the PBM’s do not change the contracts that they are “offering” independent pharmacies for 2023… your independent pharmacy will either be a “cash only” pharmacy or out of business. Since the PBM’s came around in 1969-1970, […]

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I have never claimed to be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but after being a licensed Pharmacist for 52 yrs… I have never seen a new medication come to market in less than a DECADE of clinical trials and even then I have seen meds going thru 10 yrs of clinical trials get pulled […]

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Petition for Compassionate Release by Paul Volkman, MD https://doctorsofcourage.org/petition-for-compassionate-release-paul-volkman-md/ 75 y/o Paul Volkman, MD was given 4 life sentences for treating pain patients with opioids.  He is applying for compassionate release from prison.  He won’t be practicing medicine again, and he is not a danger to society.  The problem he faces, however, is that the […]

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‘Wonderful’ mother-of-two, 36, died from first dose of Covid Pfizer vaccine, inquest told https://theworldnews.net/uk-news/wonderful-mother-of-two-36-died-from-first-dose-of-covid-pfizer-vaccine-inquest-told A family listened in shock today as a pathologist revealed his belief that a mother-of-two died of rare complications from the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination. A post-mortem examination on the body of Dawn Wooldridge, 36, had previously proved inconclusive. But today, an […]

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