War on Doctors: Tricks Used in Prosecutions

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve

War on Doctors: Tricks Used in Prosecutions https://aapsonline.org/war-on-doctors-tricks-used-in-prosecutions/ This is a very long article about how our federal judicial system functions in getting any “targeted prescriber” convicted. To boil down their basic tactics… they raid and shut down a prescriber’s practice and confiscate all the prescriber’s assets under our Civil Asset Confiscation law. This leaves […]

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Employee shot and killed at Walgreens in Madera identified

Posted on April 1, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) — The employee who was shot and killed at a Walgreens in Madera on Monday has been identified as Erick Velasquez. Police say the shooting happened at the location on Cleveland and Schnoor just after 9:30 pm. EDITOR’S NOTE: The video above is from a previous broadcast and will be updated. When […]

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When are disabled people going to get a DAY OF VISIBILITY? Where is the equity?

Posted on March 31, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve

Today is Transgender Day of Visibility: Honoring Trans Heroes and Sharing Stories of Resilience https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/transgender-day-of-visibility-honoring-trans-heroes-and-sharing-stories-of-resilience According to this: Approximately 1.6 million people in the United States identify as transgender, representing around 0.6% of the population aged 13 and older. This includes about 1.3 million adults (0.5% of the adult population) and 300,000 adolescents aged 13 […]

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Have you ever been ASKED?

Posted on March 30, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve

Have you ever been asked by your practitioners and/or a staff member? Have you ever considered harming yourself? In all the years that I have been doing my blog, I now notice that the number of ESTIMATED suicide and attempted suicides published by the CDC has remained unchanged. 2012 when I started my blog, and […]

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Read this and weep – AGs and National Opioid Agreement – nicely put CPs OUT IN THE COLD

Posted on March 23, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve

If the opioid settlement agreements result in shortages of prescription opioids for patients with legitimate medical needs, those patients may face significant challenges in pursuing legal recourse against the participants in the agreement. Here are key considerations: 1. Legal Protections for Settlement Participants The settlement agreements were designed to resolve litigation and include provisions that […]

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US Government Sues Pharmacy Chains CVS and Walgreens for Their Alleged Role in the Opioid Epidemic AGAIN

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve

I find it interesting that in this article this statement – As for Walgreens, recent litigation revealed that the pharmacy used an “honor system” rather than conducting regular audits of pharmacists’ prescribing patterns Pharmacists do not have prescriptive authority and has neither the training nor facilities to do an in-person exam, but make some sort […]

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As the Trump Admin close more and more of our borders restricting the flow of illegal Fentanyl Consequences?

Posted on March 20, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve

The Deadly Cost of Drug Busts: How Law Enforcement Fuels the Overdose Crisis https://www.cato.org/blog/deadly-cost-drug-busts-how-law-enforcement-fuels-overdose-crisis Two years ago, I reported on a study published in the American Journal of Public Health that examined data from Marion County, Indiana, covering the period from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2021, to determine whether changes in the number […]

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Not Even Regulations The CDC’s guidelines alone created increasingly harsh con

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve

Not Even Regulations: The CDC’s guidelines alone created increasingly harsh conditions for Americans with chronic and severe pain. https://substack.com/home/post/p-159290287 Trish Randall Mar 17, 2025 President Trump’s first week in office included an order effective til at least February 1st, suspending all CDC, HHS and NIH communications: regulations, announcements, reports, advisories, updates and online posts. This aligns […]

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Of course, Congress cares about your healthcare and its cost – NOT!

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve

Continuing resolution keeps government funded, skips health care, PBM reform https://ncpa.org/newsroom/qam/2025/03/17/continuing-resolution-keeps-government-funded-skips-health-care-pbm-reform Last week, the House of Representatives passed the slimmed-down government funding legislation without PBM reform. On Friday, the Senate took up consideration of the funding bill. Senate Democrats threatened to shut down the government, attempting to negotiate potential amendments as well as introducing their […]

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The End of Compounded GLP-1s: What Physicians Need to Know

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Pharmaciststeve

The End of Compounded GLP-1s: What Physicians Need to Know https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/end-compounded-glp-1s-what-physicians-need-know-2025a100063o For the last 2 years, compounded versions of glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) medications have been big business. Nearly 137 million American adults are eligible to use these costly drugs to treat diabetes and obesity, or for secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. That’s more than […]

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