It took 66 million votes in 2008 to get Obama elected… and there was about 130 million total votes cast for the two major candidates. You do the math…
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Pharmacists using tougher guidelines to curb medication misuse
Posted on November 19, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
http://www.wfla.com/story/27430868/pharmacists-using-tougher-guidelines-to-curb-medication-misuse
From the article:
Retired Sheriff detective David Gottgalf suffers with extreme pain from severe arthritis. So he was shocked when his Walgreens pharmacist recently cut off his methodone and oxycodone.
“They walked up to me, in the pharmacy, and said to me, “We can no longer fill your prescriptions. You are classified as no longer a good-faith customer,” Gottgalf said.
He contends there was no reason. His prescription didn’t changed and he filled it at the same pharmacy for seven years.
“I have enough to deal with living with this pain, to treat me like this is not right,” he said.
I would not wish chronic pain on anyone.. but.. how ironic is it that a retired Sheriff Detective has gotten caught in WAG’S “good faith policy” DRAGNET ?
Maybe he will talk with Florida AG Pam “fill up the jails” Bondi ?
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I wonder if this customers got a gift card for “bad service” ?
Posted on November 19, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
An Osceola County CVS pharmacy technician said she was chased down and attacked after a customer confronted her and threatened to come after her once she got off work.
http://www.wftv.com/videos/news/cvs-pharmacy-tech-says-customer-followed-her-beat/vC3P9k/
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I’m Not Comfortable part 5
Posted on November 19, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
My “instincts” leads me in making decisions … I don’t need to call the doctor… I don’t needs any other facts ?
Remember all those soldiers under Hitler… their defense was ” I was just following orders”… they say that history repeats itself..
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The media is catching the “med error bug” faster than the flu ?
Posted on November 19, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Accuracy takes back-seat to speed in drive-thru pharmacies
http://thedailycougar.com/2014/11/19/accuracy-takes-back-seat-speed-drive-thru-pharmacies/
From the article:
Attention to detail is important in any job, but imagine working in an environment where losing focus, even momentarily, could result in harming another person. This is the stress that pharmacy staff members deal with on a daily basis.
In spite of the high stakes of working in a precarious profession where mistakes can often be fatal, pharmacists are pressured to work in an environment where profit has eclipsed accuracy.
Chain retail pharmacies are pushing staff to fill as many prescriptions as possible in the smallest amount of time with the least amount of help. The current pharmacy culture prefers speed to accuracy, which comes from the demands of higher-ups and customers alike. With unrealistic expectations on both sides, pharmacy personnel struggle to fill prescriptions while maintaining patient safety.
Pharmacies are chronically understaffed. Big chains, always looking at the bottom line, want scripts to be filled with the fewest technicians on the clock.
However, staffing is only part of the problem; technician rollover is also a major component, mainly due to pay. Though pharmacies make large profits, they are notoriously bad at paying a living wage to their technicians, who are typically doing a great deal of the work.
Pharmacy technicians are among the top ten most underpaid jobs by US News and World Report. The pay, beginning at around $10 per hour at retail pharmacies, is simply not commensurate for the amount of work and stress related to the position. For the hourly rate, pharmacies aren’t staffing seasoned professionals; they’re having prescriptions filled by inexperienced techs that are willing to work for a pittance.
The equally overworked pharmacists have the added responsibility of overseeing the work of their technicians, for whom they are solely responsible. The pharmacist is accountable for verifying the accuracy of the technician’s work before a script is dispensed to the patient.
The verification step, by far the most important part of the filling process is done in a harried environment of excess stress. A pharmacist is expected to verify scripts while being constantly interrupted to answer the phone, counsel patients, administer immunizations, give transfers to other pharmacies and transcribe new prescription orders called in by physicians, all while maintaining an impossible 15-minute wait time for scripts and never taking a moment to pause.
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Hooded man robs Newport News Walgreens wearing medical mask
Posted on November 19, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
Hooded man robs Newport News Walgreens wearing medical mask
http://wtkr.com/2014/11/18/hooded-man-robs-newport-news-walgreens-wearing-medical-mask/
Newport News, Va. – Police say a bold crook walked into a Newport News Walgreens wearing a medical mask on his face, but he wasn’t protecting himself from germs.
On Monday, a man walked into the 12750 location, approached the pharmacist and demanded the drug Oxycodone while holding a knife.
The pharmacist gave the man the drugs, put them in a bag along with a pack of syringes.
Police say the drugs were valued at several thousand dollars.
Officials cannot confirm that the same person was involved in a Rite Aid robbery on the same day.
If you know anything about this robbery, you’re asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
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Robber demands oxycodone from Rite Aid pharmacist
Posted on November 19, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
http://wavy.com/2014/11/18/robber-demands-oxycodone-from-rite-aid-pharmacist/
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) – A man walked into a Newport News Rite Aid Monday night with one goal in mind — to steal as much Oxycodone as he could.
Police say the suspect held a white t-shirt over his face when he walked into the pharmacy in the 600 block of J. Clyde Morris Boulevard around 8 p.m.
He displayed no weapon, but got away with thousands of dollars worth of the prescription drugs, according to Sgt. Randy Rajkumar with the Newport News Police Department.
No one was injured.
Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP℠.
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Indiana keeps trying failed processes and keeps failing
Posted on November 18, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
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Meth, heroin dealing suspects rounded up in Johnson County raids
six months investigation and 50 cops to round up 18 “bad guys”… Indiana’s AG Greg Zoeller is throwing every 20th century process at the war on drugs… and Heroin use/abuse/deaths are going thru the roof… Indiana is at or near the top of the most pharmacy robberies and the number of meth lab busts. These “bad guys” that are using 21 st century technology is just out smarting the bureaucrats in Indiana.
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Another veteran -FOUR TOURS – Denied benefits ?
Posted on November 18, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
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In case there was some doubt
Posted on November 18, 2014 by Pharmaciststeve
SHORELINE MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO PHARMACY ROBBERY
Several Pharmacies Targeted In December 2007 Crime Spree
http://www.justice.gov/usao/waw/press/2008/feb/dent.html
From the article:
Drug Enforcement Administration Group Supervisor Ruth Carter stated, “DEA will continue to aggressively pursue and seek federal prosecution of individuals who commit violent offenses against DEA registrants, including pharmacies, hospitals, clinics, and other locations where controlled substances are kept.”
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