Hot Topic!! Must Read! One small town, two drug companies and 12.3 million doses of opioids

One small town, two drug companies and 12.3 million doses of opioids

Washington Post-19 hours ago

Two of the nation's biggest drug distributors shipped 12.3 million doses of powerful opioids to a single pharmacy in a tiny West Virginia town over an eight-year period, a congressional committee revealed Thursday. The Family Discount Pharmacy in Mount Gay-Shamrock received the drugs from McKesson Corp. and ...

In two years, drug giant McKesson shipped 5 million pain pills to ...
Charleston Gazette-Mail-16 hours ago

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There's more to being a pharmacist than meets the eye

Insider Louisville-2 hours ago

Whether you're shopping at your favorite grocery or department store or happen to be visiting your neighborhood drugstore, you've likely needed to visit the pharmacy to pick up or refill a prescription. The pharmacist retrieves your order, tells you what you need to know about your prescription—if they haven't already done ..

A Former Naturopath Blows the Whistle on the Industry

A Former Naturopath Blows the Whistle on the Industry

HowStuffWorks-18 hours ago

After graduating from Bastyr and practicing as a naturopathic doctor for three years, she had a "pretty gnarly experience." She discovered that her boss and mentor was treating cancer patients with a non-Food and Drug Administration-approved natural chemotherapy drug called Ukrain. Compounded with growing fears that ...

Compounded drug marketing firm owner pleads guilty in $45 million ...

Reuters-14 hours ago

The owner of a company that marketed compounded medications has pleaded guilty in New Jersey federal court to orchestrating a scheme to defraud private and government-funded healthcare programs out of $45 million by submitting claims for medically unnecessary drugs. Steven Butcher, a former pharmaceutical sales

Compounded drug marketing firm owner pleads guilty in $45 million ...

Reuters-14 hours ago

The owner of a company that marketed compounded medications has pleaded guilty in New Jersey federal court to orchestrating a scheme to defraud private and government-funded healthcare programs out of $45 million by submitting claims for medically unnecessary drugs. Steven Butcher, a former pharmaceutical sales