Some Mexican pharmacies sell pills laced with deadly fentanyl to U.S. travelers

Posted on March 26, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Some Mexican pharmacies sell pills laced with deadly fentanyl to U.S. travelers https://www.npr.org/2023/03/14/1163146258/fentanyl-mexico-pharmacy-american-medical-tourism-overdose Some Mexican pharmacies that cater to U.S. tourists are selling medications that appear safe but are laced with deadly fentanyl and methamphetamine. That’s the conclusion of new research that examined medications purchased legally in four cities in northern Mexico where travelers from the U.S. […]

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FDA: Watch for Joint Replacement Device Failure After Exactech Recall

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

FDA: Watch for Joint Replacement Device Failure After Exactech Recall Revision surgery only recommended for patients with pain https://www.medpagetoday.com/orthopedics/orthopedics/103686 The FDA reminded healthcare providers and patientsopens in a new tab or window on Thursday that several Exactech joint replacement devices packaged in defective bags should be closely monitored for device wear or failure. Many of the devices […]

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Ascend Laboratories LLC. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Dabigatran Etexilate Capsules, USP 75 mg and 150 mg, Due to the Detection of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Impurity

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Ascend Laboratories LLC. Issues Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Dabigatran Etexilate Capsules, USP 75 mg and 150 mg, Due to the Detection of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Impurity https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/ascend-laboratories-llc-issues-voluntary-nationwide-recall-dabigatran-etexilate-capsules-usp-75-mg Summary Company Announcement Date: March 22, 2023 FDA Publish Date: March 22, 2023 Product Type: Drugs Reason for Announcement: Detection of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Impurity Company Name: Ascend Laboratories LLC. […]

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David Fincher: The Bleeding Edge (The Definitive Documentary) – The Directors Series

Posted on March 24, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

 

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BCBS takes steps to respond to opioid abuse

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

This article is from Aug 2017, and according to this .. their timetable for and contributing factors to opiate epidemic. Once again Congress gets a pass on their passing of the Decade of Pain Law that became law in 1999-2000. That was a significant cause of the creation of “the fifth vital sign” and the […]

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Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.): we don’t only try to prevent people from taking up a drug

Posted on March 23, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

Is Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) suggesting that opiates should not be prescribed to treat pain and/or all opiate prescribing creates addicts ? Senators Press HHS Chief on Alzheimer’s Drugs, Opioids at Budget Hearing https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/healthpolicy/103674 WASHINGTON — Alzheimer’s disease treatments, the opioid epidemic, and funding for rural healthcare were all in the spotlight during a Senate […]

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A conversation with Kristen Ogden, patient advocate for Dr. David Bockoff

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

A conversation with Kristen Ogden, patient advocate for Dr. David Bockoff  

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Watch Cops Seize Combat Vet’s Life Savings [RARE FOOTAGE]

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

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Civil Asset Forfeiture: “Take-now, explain-never forfeiture”

Posted on March 19, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

The FBI took her life savings. Now she’s fighting to help others get theirs back https://www.foxnews.com/us/fbi-took-life-savings-now-fighting-help-others-get-back Linda Martin feels ‘misled’ and ‘angry’ after the FBI seized her life savings Linda Martin thought she was being responsible by putting her nest egg in a safe deposit box where she wouldn’t be tempted to touch it.  She […]

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UAB among first in Alabama to offer new treatment for chronic pain

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Pharmaciststeve

This unit appears to be just a “re-invented” T.E.N.S. unit or SCS.  We stocked T.E.N.S. units when we had our pharmacy and Home Medical Equipment (HME) business… and a T.E.N.S. unit that uses topical electrodes and some sort of gel on the electrodes to transfer the electrical impulses thru the skin in an attempt to […]

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