Email steve@steveariens.com 502-938-2414
Pay Attention
I wonder how much stock this judge has in CVS, United Health Care or other major PBM’s Federal judge blocks implementation of Arkansas Act 624 banning PBMs from owning pharmacies https://drugstorenews.com/federal-judge-blocks-implementation-arkansas-act-624-banning-pbms-owning-pharmacies The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas Central Division has granted a preliminary injunction to stop the implementation of Act 624. […]
Filed under: General Problems | Leave a Comment »
https://www.wgal.com/article/cvs-statement-pharmacists-suicides-colleague-support/65501050 national pharmacist workforce study done last year showed a majority of pharmacists rated their workload level as “high” or “excessively high,” especially those at chain and mass merchandiser pharmacies. News 8 On Your Side’s Susan Shapiro looked into it after several recent suicides among pharmacists in the Susquehanna Valley and elsewhere, and how it […]
Filed under: General Problems | Leave a Comment »
Trump signs HALT Fentanyl Act with 10-year minimum sentence for traffickers https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/07/trump-signs-halt-fentanyl-act-with-10-year-minimum-sentence-for-traffickers.html WASHINGTON, D. C. – Flanked by parents holding photos of loved ones who died from drug overdoses, President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that will boost penalties for fentanyl trafficking. The “Halt All Lethal Trafficking (HALT) of Fentanyl Act” co-authored by Bowling […]
Filed under: General Problems | Leave a Comment »
I know that everyone – both Pharmacists, technicians and pts would like for things to run smoother. A Pt might be amazed if they took a few minutes to talk to the lead tech or the Pharmacist and just ask them is there anything that I can do that will make YOUR JOB easier so […]
Filed under: General Problems | 4 Comments »
Why not pray for the poppy crops-if they still exist!! In the pharmacy OptumRx just told me they have around 100 pcs.of each type of pain drugs,or C-2’s.WTH???? that’s a full blown crisis.!! tomorrow I get a 1-wk.supply,no eta on inventory restock.Do I use it,or save it to take all at once,and END the anxiety […]
Filed under: General Problems | Leave a Comment »
Filed under: General Problems | Leave a Comment »
From: Shirley Buck I don’t usually do these things, but right now knowing so many are suffering right along with me, with us… I asked myself yesterday How long will I struggle and be in so much pain? Its worse than when my neck, back and sacrum/coccyx were fractured…I understand… I’ll keep on trying to […]
Filed under: General Problems | 2 Comments »
Usually when I ask a AI prgm a question, the answer it provides causes me to have another question. This is just one such situation that I asked the AI prgm a question and ended up asking two more questions. This started by asking what should/could a pt do when the practitioner reduced/stopped the pt’s […]
Filed under: General Problems | 3 Comments »
Many state that it is stated in the Hippocratic Oath that it says “to do no harm” here is a hyperlink to the original oath and the last revision. I have done a word searched in both versions and the word “harm” does not appear. https://doctors.practo.com/the-hippocratic-oath-the-original-and-revised-version/ I think that most would agree that various practitioners […]
Filed under: General Problems | 4 Comments »
If you pay attention to the talking heads in the media, at least once a week, they talk about how MUCH or how LITTLE money a particular party has amassed to help one party or the other will control the House and the Senate, because they are in the majority. In a typical U.S. midterm […]
Filed under: General Problems | Leave a Comment »
