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At Walgreens and CVS, Complaints of Medication Mistakes Go Missing…
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In Oklahoma, a State Board of Pharmacy released a complaint against a CVS pharmacy regarding a medication error made last year.
The board took the rare step of citing the pharmacy in addition to the pharmacist involved in the error.
The perils of discontinuing your epilepsy meds…
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One of the most common questions is “when can I stop taking my meds?”
Especially for those whose seizures have been under good control.
It makes sense. Because if you’re doing well, you start to wonder: “Why do I need these meds anymore”?
Trump wants tariffs on pharmaceutical drugs!
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Here’s which drugs could disappear from hospitals first…
From epidurals to life-saving cancer treatments, the results could be disastrous.
Marijuana’s time has come. ..
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“If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place.
Even if one takes every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value, marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than marijuana ever could.” — William F. Buckley Jr.
Americans have spoken.
Congress listened.
Marijuana’s time has come.
Tags: marijuana pros and cons, medical, recreational
What you don’t know about your blood type could save your life!
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Do you know your blood type?
There’s a good chance that you don’t.
More Americans know their horoscope sign (66 percent) than their blood type (51 percent), according to a recent survey published by the medical laboratory company Quest Diagnostics.
Tags: Blood Type A, Blood Type A and B, Blood Type B, Blood Type O, health
Epilepsy Without Vaccinations — The Risks
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I started this article assured that vaccinations of children with epilepsy was a definite no-no.
And boy, was I surprised.
Depressing news about popular painkillers
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Popping an aspirin or ibuprofen may seem like a good idea when you have a minor ache or pain. But these NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs), could be affecting your antidepressant. And not in a good way.
Especially if you’re taking a popular SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) like Celexa, Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac or Lexapro.
According to a new report published April 25, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the effectiveness of SSRI antidepressants was reduced by 15% when taken alongside anti-inflammatory drugs…
Prescription switching. Do you know what you’re REALLY getting?
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How many times have you had a prescription switched without your knowledge or permission?
Not just switched to a generic version of the prescribed drug, but to a different drug altogether.
Yet the practice of swapping out medications is perfectly legal in most states.
It’s called “therapeutic substitution” and it happens when a patient is switched to a cheaper medication in the same class of drugs.
Tags: alternatives, cheaper medicines, prescription switching, profit, side effects
Anti-epilepsy drugs and osteoporosis — it’s not just a woman’s disease…
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Do anti-seizure drugs cause reductions in bone density?
Why ask this question?
Tags: Actonel, AEDS, Boniva, Carbatrol, Dilantin, Fosamax, Mysoline, Osteomalacia, Osteopenia, Osteoporosis
The REAL crooks who are stealing your medication money…
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Their gain is our loss. In a big way.
Welcome to the world of pharmaceutical benefit managers.
Tags: Cigna, CVS Health, high drug prices, loss, middle men, pharmaceutical benefit manager, profit, UnitedHealth
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