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Pharmacist and Pharmacy Technicians are you in the incorrect profession?

I have been a Pharmacy Technician for over 10 years now, for the last 2 I have been working for a Pharmacy Benefit Management company (PBM) and every day I noticed lots of pharmacist and pharmacy technicians that are not willing to help patients. You need to know your job in order to help others, if you don’t take the time to learn how can you know how to read a medication when has been rejected when an online claim is process. For example One of the major pharmacies here in the states is Walgreens and is my opinion that is one of the pharmacies that they don’t care too much. You might say...
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Things you should know before you buy Health Insurance

I have been working as a pharmacy technician for over 11, currently I work for a PBM (Pharmacy Benefits Management) company. I get calls every day from very upset members and the reason, they are miss inform with their benefits. Bottom line is YOU the members’ responsibility to read and understand your insurance plan but must important your benefits. Under the pharmacy benefits you should asked some of these questions: Copay structure for medications including local pharmacy and mail order pharmacy. Do you have mail order benefits and the name of the pharmacy they use as mail order. Maximum...
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Psych Drugs Gaining Widespread Acceptance (HealthDay)

HealthDay – FRIDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) — A growing number of Americans now have a positive opinion on psychiatric medications, a new study contends.
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Clinical Trials Update: July 10, 2009 (HealthDay)

HealthDay – (HealthDay News) — Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of ClinicalConnection.com and CenterWatch:
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