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1. Previous post entitled The Thriving Compounding Pharmacy Industry In Tampa Bay is a press release. It was put out by Father David, LLC d/b/a "Maxcare Pharmacy" (http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/
1. Previous post entitled The Thriving Compounding Pharmacy Industry In Tampa Bay is a press release. It was put out by Father David, LLC d/b/a "Maxcare Pharmacy" (http://ww2.doh.state.fl.us/
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2. The supervising pharmacist is Rita Shoukry, R.Ph. She has only had a license since October 6, 2011. Not exactly years and years of experience.
3. Dr. Scott Gottleib has nothing to do with this pharmacy. He might be surprised that they are using his name (and quotes from him, supposedly from a Forbes magazine article), as a way of promoting their pharmacy. Shouldn't he be "paid" for being a spokesman for this company? If I found out that a private company was using quotes from me in this manner, I would have my lawyer send them a "cease and desist" letter, telling them to stop, and to remunerate for the false use of my name.
4. Father David, LLC d/b/a MaxCare Pharmacy is actually owned by its supervising pharmacist. This is RARE IN FLORIDA. Florida is one a few states that doesn't prohibit unlicensed persons from owning medical clinics (such as the pain clinics that have been pumping out Oxycontin, Oxycodone, Xanax and Soma - creating addicts from Florida to Kentucky to Ohio ...; such as "Rejuvination Clinics" that pump out steroids (testosterone) and Human Growth Hormone (HGH) to Major League Baseball Players such as Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun; such as diet clinics that pump out HCG and Phentermine ... etc. http://search.sunbiz.org/
5. The reason why I bring up the "corporate practice of ____" (medicine, pharmacy, etc) - is that Florida is a hotbed for criminal activity because unlciensed businessmen (a.k.a. the mafia) will start these clinics and pharmacies as an easy way to do Medicare/Medicaid fraud, and/or prescribe/dispense drugs without medical justification. Florida is the laughing-stock of the country. 6. Regardless, this pharmacy wants to break into the compounding pharmacy business because it is so lucrative, and because regulation and enforcement is so lax. Hopefully, the U.S. Congress will not water down the Senate Bill going through the sausage-making machine. Hopefully, Florida's Legislature will pass stricter laws, but actually enforce the laws they have. I'm not as hopeful for Florida doing its part. We don't have a good track record, and there are so many probems I've uncovered at the Florida Department of Health's Bureau of Enforcement (that are not being addressed), that I feel that Florida will feed poisonous drugs to the nation for a long time to come (just look at Franck's Compounding Lab, Signature Pharmacy, etc.). | ||