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Kat Timpf on fentanyl crisis: Don’t intensify the failed war on drugs
Posted on August 2, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
How many piles of bodies will be amassed by the end of the year ? – thanks to our DOJ system?
Posted on August 1, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
The war on drugs/pts has seemingly taken a dramatic change in direction. The SCOTUS with a 9-0 vote in the Ruan/Kahn case in June 2022 that told the DEA that they could no longer use objective criteria when evaluating how a practitioner is treating pts dealing with subjective diseases ( pain, anxiety, depression, ADD/ADHD & […]
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Statement from HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on the 33rd Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act
Posted on July 31, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
When Congress pass the Americans with Disability Act, they INTENTIONALLY made the law VERY VAGUE, their intention was that the ADA would be defined in our court system. Since Congress is typically 40% attorneys, the ADA could also be called … make law firms more money act. The agency that was put in charge of […]
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CVS health: Corporate consolidation is ruining pharmacies and hurting patients
Posted on July 27, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
The top 5 PBM’s are now owned by the top 5 insurance companies, so those two industries are the largest creator of “pharmacy deserts” CVS health: Corporate consolidation is ruining pharmacies and hurting patients https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/07/26/cvs-hellth-corporate-consolidation-is-ruining-pharmacies-and-hurting-patients/ If you spent any time in a pharmacy on July 10 or 11, you may have noticed prescriptions were delayed, […]
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CVS:where working conditions have steadily declined harming workers’ and pt’s health
Posted on July 27, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
I found this little gem online. Thank you for this excellent piece. While media attention might not solve this, the more people are aware of the truth, the easier the fight. State and federal lawmakers must step in.
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DEA: celebrating 50 yrs of a failed program and looking to continue it going forward
Posted on July 27, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
https://www.getsmartaboutdrugs.gov/quiz/dea-50th-anniversary-quiz
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Government’s Fentanyl Crackdown Is Bound to Fail, Like All Prohibitions Do
Posted on July 26, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
Government’s Fentanyl Crackdown Is Bound to Fail, Like All Prohibitions Do https://www.thedailybeast.com/fentanyl-crackdown-is-bound-to-fail-like-all-prohibitions Lawmakers are right to want to do something that stops the rise in overdose deaths. But adding one category of opioids to the list of Schedule 1 drugs is an exercise in futility. Overdose deaths recently reached a record high of 109,000 Americans, […]
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Cigna Sued Over Algorithm Allegedly Used To Deny Coverage To Hundreds Of Thousands Of Patients
Posted on July 26, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
Cigna owns the PBM Express Scripts – according to this article https://www.drugchannels.net/2022/04/the-top-pharmacy-benefit-managers-of.html Express Script is the SECOND LARGEST PBM, HOWEVER, recent announced merger between Humana & United Health, suggests that merger will push Express Script down to THIRD PLACE. One of the basics of the practice of medicine is starting, changing, stopping a pt’s therapy. […]
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CRPS and the Need for Early Diagnosis & Treatment – RSDSA AKA “the suicide disease”
Posted on July 25, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
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Patient harmed, 1,800 doses of controlled drugs lost at CVS pharmacy, regulator says
Posted on July 25, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve
Patient harmed, 1,800 doses of controlled drugs lost at CVS pharmacy, regulator says https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/07/24/patient-harmed-1800-doses-of-controlled-drugs-lost-at-cvs-pharmacy-regulator-says/ Pharmacy giant CVS continues to call them “isolated incidents” even after reports emerged earlier this month that the Ohio Board of Pharmacy found hundreds of problems that could endanger patients at eight of the company’s understaffed pharmacies. Then on Thursday, the […]
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