Word: pharmacist
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Madanian’s father, a Boston pharmacist, bought the store in 1975 and it’s been a part of her life ever since. Indeed, she practically grew up in pharmacies—her earliest memory is of spinning on the fountain stools in her father’s Boston shop. But after a life in the business, she decided last month she couldn’t afford to keep going...
...Hours before Noelle Bush arrived at the Walgreens pharmacy near the Tallahassee Mall on the north side of the capital, the pharmacist there had received what he told police were suspicious messages from a doctor to fill a Xanax prescription. When the pharmacist discovered that the doctor was no longer practicing in Tallahassee, a colleague of that doctor instructed him to consider the call fraudulent. When Noelle Bush arrived at about 1 a.m., the pharmacist called the police...
...imagine you?ve endured the treatment, hoping for the best, and your doctor calls you with terrifying news: The pharmacist who made your treatment has been accused of diluting chemotherapy mixtures down to 1 to 39 percent of their prescribed strength...
...Monday, a federal judge considered that nightmare scenario as he presided over a hearing for Robert Courtney. The Kansas City pharmacist, who allegedly diluted the chemotherapy treatments for at least 35 patients, is charged with one federal count of adulterating and misbranding drugs. Courtney, who is reportedly worth at least $10 million, has admitted to investigators that he?d diluted the expensive drugs "out of greed and in order to make more money." If convicted, he could face a $250,000 fine and a three-year jail term...
...actions, Dr. Bull adds, could easily have thrown off the intricate timing of cancer treatment. "This is a fairly dire scenario in that chemotherapy drugs are most effective against tumors at the highest dose you can get in without toxicity, and the patients who received dosage from this pharmacist obviously weren?t getting that potency...