Should Pharmacists Be Held Responsible for a Doctor’s Irresponsible Prescribing Habits?

Should Pharmacists Be Held Responsible for a Doctor’s Irresponsible Prescribing Habits?

One particular requirement of a pharmacist’s actions is that they always be in the best interest of the patients. That puts them in an often uncomfortable and compromising situation where pharmacists have the knowledge to identify irresponsible prescribing behavior on the part of the doctor. That behavior can put patients at risk of developing addictions…

Prescription Pills Push Users to Street Drugs

Prescription Pills Push Users to Street Drugs

For the last few years, we’ve seen the use of prescription pain killers meet an all-time high, then drop drastically. Across the country, pharmacists, doctors, and medical networks are cracking down on prescription drug misuse. That means restricting prescriptions, ending ongoing prescriptions, and evaluating other ways to help people manage chronic pain. However, there’s something…

Update on the Opioid Epidemic – Publicity, Changes, and Recent Lawsuits

Update on the Opioid Epidemic – Publicity, Changes, and Recent Lawsuits

In a single 12-month period, over 47,000 people have died from opioid overdoses, and a reported 10.3 million people in the U.S. misused or abused prescription opioids.  In 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services announced the opioid crisis, and later that same year, the current presidential administration declared the crisis a public health…

How to Spot an Opioid Overdose

How to Spot an Opioid Overdose

Would you be able to tell the difference between your loved one sleeping it off or having an opioid overdose? While overdoses may seem like something easy to identify many happen and go untreated because the people around them simply don’t understand what’s happening. It’s difficult to tell if someone is high or in the…