Tag:

..Florida Board of Pharmacy approved a rule change…aimed at training pharmacists to change their mindset about prescriptions for controlled substances, in a reaction that followed pleas from desperate patients unable to get pain medications…change switches the rule from a focus on reasons to reject prescriptions for highly addictive narcotics to an emphasis on ensuring that legitimate patients get the medications…"Instead of starting out with trying to find a reason to doubt a prescription, you start off with an assumption that everything in the prescription is good…rule also includes requiring pharmacists to take a two-hour, "Validation of Prescriptions for Controlled Substances" course to educate pharmacists about ensuring access to pain medications for "all patients with a valid prescription."

'Throwing out the prescription pad' is key to preventing fraud and abuse..With e-prescribing of controlled substances now legal nationwide, providers and pharmacies are empowered with a new technological tool in the fight against prescription painkillers… there's some progress yet to be made on this front. NLR(National Law Review) points to statistics that show that while… one-third of pharmacies were equipped to handle eRx of controlled substances as of the end of 2013, just 1 percent of prescribers were able to do so.

civil settlement with CVS Health in connection with allegations that the CVS pharmacy in Carver (Boston area) violated federal regulations related to the sale of prescription drugs… armed robbers stole large quantities of Schedule II prescription drugs.. CVS reported one of the thefts immediately but waited three weeks to report the other one…investigators found… discrepancies… to keep complete and accurate records of its controlled substances..

Nevada State Board of Pharmacy will hold a public hearing at 9:00 a.m., on Thursday, October 15, 2015, at the Hilton Garden Inn, 7830 S. Las Vegas Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada. The purpose of the hearing is to receive comments from all interested persons regarding the adoption and amendment of regulations that pertain to chapters 453 and 639 of the Nevada Administrative Code.

The following information is provided pursuant to the requirements of NRS 233B.060

Amendment of Nevada Administrative Code 453.510 - Schedule I

1. The need for and the purposed regulation or amendment

The proposed amendment to NAC 453.510 will add newly identified synthetic drugs to the list of controlled substances listed on Schedule I, and provides for other matters properly related thereto.

96% of online pharmacies are noncompliant with federal and state laws or National Association of Boards of Pharmacy safety and pharmacy practice standards…Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program revealed that 10,588 of the 11,015 online drug outlets it analyzed were noncompliant.

Drug Enforcement Administration’s New York Division…announced today the indictment and arrest of Dr. Gerald Surya, an internist and senior aviation medical examiner with offices at JFK International Airport... sold prescriptions for oxycodone, a powerful opioid painkiller, and other controlled substances to a select group of "patients" in exchange for cash...allegedly wrote prescriptions in the names of individuals with no legitimate medical need for the controlled substances..

Sterigenics International LLC …agreed to pay $450,000 to settle allegations by the..Department of Justice…failed to keep and maintain adequate records pertaining to controlled substances,.. failed to comply with the Controlled Substances Act in at least 156 instances..