New Study Finds Kratom Effective for Pain, Addiction

Posted on January 25, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

New Study Finds Kratom Effective for Pain, Addiction https://www.paintreatmentdirectory.com/posts/new-study-finds-kratom-effective-for-pain-addiction The controversy over kratom safety Kratom is a Southeast Asian herb that is being used by millions of Americans to treat chronic pain, anxiety, depression and opioid withdrawal. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the FDA have been trying to ban kratom for several years. […]

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when are health practitioners going to have their feet held to the fire ?

Posted on January 24, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

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Another New Covid Variant? Omicron Sub-Lineage BA.2 Under Investigation

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Another New Covid Variant? Omicron Sub-Lineage BA.2 Under Investigation https://www.sentinelassam.com/health/another-new-covid-variant-omicron-sub-lineage-ba2-under-investigation-574335 New Delhi: If you thought that the world is finally about to get rid of Covid, then you were mistaken. In fact, it seems like it is far from getting over. New strains of covid, most notably the Delta variant and the Omicron variant, has […]

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The nonsense of dosing opiates to treat chronic pain

Posted on January 23, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Morning Mr. Steve, I hope you’re and Barb are fairing well with the cold. It’s freezing here After explaining to my “Pain Management“ doctor yesterday  that all I’ve tried all his recommendations in terms of injections and oral medications without success in lowering my pain. I went on to further explain it’s impossible to find […]

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Pharmacy is currently CLOSED due to staffing issues

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

In our small county of 80K population, we have 3 independent pharmacies and I am not aware of any of them not being opened their scheduled hours…  Can’t say the same for the two chains that have the most community pharmacies in our country. The independent pharmacy that we patronize … they tell me that […]

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Walgreen/Boots: Pharmacists Under Pressure?

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

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HHS OIG Report Finds Many Medicare Beneficiaries Are Not Receiving Medication to Treat Opioid Use Disorder

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

How many chronic pain pts have had a Dx added to their list of health issues by Medicare Parts B, C, and D and the Medicare pt doesn’t have a clue about it ?  How many Medicare folks are going to start getting a ‘talking to” by their PCP about them dealing with their OUD […]

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website that shows you all sorts of stats that you never thought you would ever need to know

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

https://www.worldometers.info/ THIS IS JUST ONE SMALL SEGMENT OF ALL SORTS OF DATA AVAILABLE FROM THIS WEBSITE – IN REAL TIME Health 735,649Communicable disease deaths this year 28,083Seasonal flu deaths this year 430,737Deaths of children under 5 this year 2,419,037Abortions this year 17,515Deaths of mothers during birth this year 43,345,764HIV/AIDS infected people 95,262Deaths caused by HIV/AIDS […]

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Another pharmacist using the excuse “I’m not comfortable” as a reason to deny providing valid medical care

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

Dear Steve, I have been a chronic pain patient since 2006. I am 66 and disabled. CVS is the only  drug store I can walk to as it’s close to my home.  For over 3 years I’ve filled my C-II. there with no issue.  It was due 1-9-22. I got a text saying out of […]

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Medicare Quality Improvement Organization – one more way to file a complaint against a Medicare vendor

Posted on January 21, 2022 by Pharmaciststeve

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