Archive for May 5th, 2008

What hydrocodone order?

On May 3, the Maryland-based prescription drug distributor McKesson Corp. announced that it had agreed to pay $13 million in civil fines in order to settle allegations that it had sold 3 million units of hydrocodone to NewCare Pharmacy in East Baltimore and large quantities of phentermine-based products to Smeeta Pharmacy in Highland. The owners [...]

No Pain, No Gain

Time magazine recently reported that a landmark study on pain found that, of the millions of Americans suffering from chronic pain, the vast majority come from lower-income households. “Americans in households making less than $30,000 a year spend nearly 20 percent of their lives in moderate to severe pain, compared with less than 8 percent [...]