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May 04, 2024
Costly Prescriptions Putting Dent In Patients' Pockets

NASSAU, BAHAMAS - Former Prime Minister Dr. Hubert Minnis is blasting the high cost of medication.

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July 30, 2010
Participating Pharmacies - National Prescription Drug Programme

As referenced by the Rt. Hon. Prime Minister in his wrap up of debate on the National Insurance Regulation Amendments, the list below is of the additional pharmacies that have indicated their participation in the NPDP:

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January 19, 2021
Pharmacy CEO: Prescription drug prices likely to increase by Q2

Bahamians can expect to pay more for critical prescription medication by spring, now that major pharmaceutical companies hiked prices at the start of 2021. US-based research firm 3 Axis Advisors released data earlier this year showing that drugmakers including Pfizer Inc., Sanofi SA and GlaxoSmithKline Plc (GSK) planned to raise prices on more than 300 ...
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July 02, 2020
PMH Prescription Refill Program launched using WhatsApp

The Pharmacy Department at the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) is launching a new program for prescription refills for chronic illness medications...

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March 09, 2020
Vanderpool-Wallace fined for prescription fraud

Tietchka Vanderpool-Wallace. FILEAfter spending a week in prison, a woman who forged prescriptions for narcotic painkillers was freed yesterday after paying a $2,500 fine. Tietchka Vanderpool-Wallace, 54, of Paradise Island, was arrested on Saturday, February 29, after Livingston Seymour, 54, of Hospital Lane, attempted to fill the [...]
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March 03, 2020
Woman admits forging narcotics prescription

A WOMAN pleaded guilty to forging prescriptions to obtain narcotics from a local pharmacy after being arraigned in Magistrates' Court yesterday. Tietchka Vanderpool-Wallace, 54, was arraigned alongside Livingstone Seymour, 54, before Senior Magistra

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March 03, 2020
Woman admits prescription fraud

Livingston Seymour. Photos: RACARDO THOMASThe wife of former Minister of Tourism Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace yesterday admitted to prescription fraud. Tietchka Vanderpool-Wallace, 54, of Paradise Island, was arrested on Saturday, February 29, after Livingston Seymour, 54, of Hospital Lane, attempted to fill the forged prescriptions in the name of Mable Turnquest [...]
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March 08, 2010
$10k in prescriptions drugs confiscated

The Bahamas Pharmacy Council (BPC) and the Drug Enforcement Unit took $10,000 worth of prescription drugs from two businesses that were selling them illegally.

The businesses - a restaurant and another business ? were both selling the drugs without a trained pharmacist according to chairman of the Bahamas Pharmacy Council, Philip Gray.

Several sexual-performance drugs were included in the ...

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August 03, 2010
Pharmacies participating in National Prescription Drug Plan

In New Providence:

o Lowe's Pharmacy
o Your Walk-in Pharmacy
o Best Discount Pharmacy
o The People's Pharmacy
o Centreville Pharmacy
o Wilmacs Pharmacy
o Doctors Hospital Pharmacy
o Heaven Sent Pharmacy
o QVS Pharmacy
o The Community Pharmacy
o Oliver's Pharmacy
o Infinity Pharmacy
o Sabre Pharmacy
o Your Friendly Pharmacy
o Total Therapy Pharmacy
o Family Pharmacy
o McCartney's Pharmacy
o Island...

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July 11, 2016
A new prescription for you

Dr. Joseph Mercola, a well-known health advocate, has an interesting take on exercise. He believes that it should be prescribed, like any other medication -- in daily doses.
"The simple act of writing out a prescription for exercise is an excellent approach to being proactive in regard to your health. It's also far more logical, inexpensive and actually radically reduces your risk of almost every ...

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