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03-23-2020, 08:06 PM | #10186 |
"You like to drink?"
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"Just a month"
It'd be one thing if people were being honest. |
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03-23-2020, 08:07 PM | #10187 | |
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03-23-2020, 08:15 PM | #10188 |
"You like to drink?"
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03-23-2020, 08:15 PM | #10189 |
testing ... 1, 2, 3
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Some of you may find this of interest ...
Yesterday, I had a fairly long conversation with a friend who happens to be a pharmacist currently employed by Walgreens. I've known this guy for a very long time and he is legit and honest. He said that their pharmacy has recently been inundated with prescriptions for hydroxychloroquine. He gave two brief examples; 1) 2 scripts presented simultaneously for 17-year old and 16-year old sisters (from 1 doctor) and 2) a 50-year old male who was taking blood pressure meds. These customers had records at Walgreens but nothing that indicated any need for this particular drug. It has now reached the point that the pharmacists are forced to call the doctors and ask that they provide a clear diagnosis of some approved justification for prescribing this drug (like arthritis or malaria or whatever). They are doing this because their supply of hydroxychloroquine for approved use is now well below the threshold they consider necessary to provide for their existing customers. FAX |
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03-23-2020, 08:16 PM | #10190 |
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Will you guys take the pissing match to another thread or to private messages, please.
I hate checking this thread to see people ****ing arguing instead of posting news, and it’s normally the same people arguing |
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03-23-2020, 08:18 PM | #10191 |
SuperBowl or bust
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Donger needs to learn how to do a fatality
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03-23-2020, 08:18 PM | #10192 | |
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03-23-2020, 08:21 PM | #10193 | |
testing ... 1, 2, 3
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Apparently, doctors make a bit of coin each time they write or phone in a prescription. FAX |
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03-23-2020, 08:23 PM | #10194 |
SuperBowl or bust
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03-23-2020, 08:25 PM | #10195 |
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This is incorrect. Other than by virtue of the fact that prescribing a medication changes the complexity of a visit type in some cases
Generally it makes no difference. For instance, treating strep throat with antibiotics is the same visit type as seeing a URI case with no prescription. |
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03-23-2020, 08:26 PM | #10196 |
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It's correcting information, but I fully understand. I'm done.
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03-23-2020, 08:29 PM | #10197 |
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I am not a Doctor but my ex-wife worked for one for over 20 years. They absolutely get kick backs from certain drug companies. They most certainly get commissions from big pharma companies. I know that the Doctor she worked for got them constantly. It was part of the reason he steered people certain directions in med choices and diagnosis.
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03-23-2020, 08:33 PM | #10198 | |
I love your mom
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03-23-2020, 08:33 PM | #10199 | |
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This information is reported, and can be searched by anyone. https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov The major outlier would be subspecialists getting compensated for giving talks about a drug to a group of physicians at a conference. |
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03-23-2020, 08:37 PM | #10200 |
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Great news out of Italy. Second consecutive day of a thousand fewer news cases. Unfortunately, Spain and Germany had the opposite.
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