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CVS has been selling a generic version of the EpiPen since the beginning of 2017.

https://www.pharmacytimes.com/...

Just had to see what this place looked like - "a pharmacy in an a shack" wouldn't be too far from the mark.

Also saw this on the search query:

n the recent case of Tug Valley Pharmacy et al v All Plaintiffs (2015 W.Va. LEXIS 673 [May 13, 2015]), the West Virginia Supreme Court weighed in on public policy concerning the diversion of controlled substances. The ruling allowed substance abusers to sue the prescribers and pharmacists who supplied the medications, even though the patients acknowledged engaging in an array of illegal activities including criminally acquiring narcotics by misleading physicians and pharmacists, doctor shopping, and ingesting the medications in amounts greater than prescribed.

http://www.pharmacytimes.com/p...

First, there have been no reported deaths from this infection as per the article, so how exactly is this deadly? Dangerous, potentially deadly? So, please, lets title these articles responsibly. The remainder of this post is not meant to bash the parent, just to define terms and clarify concepts. My opinion is at the end.

Not a doctor, but there is only a little overlap between antibiotics and antifungal medications.

The term antibiotic covers both anti-bacterial agents (e.g. penicillin) used against bacteria, and anti-fungals (e.g. fluconaole/Diflucan), and technically, they also refer to anti-virals (e.g. aciclovir), but in the most common use, antibiotics refer to antibacterials, and never to antivirals. There are no medications that treat both bacteria (prokaryotes [no nucleus]), fungus (eukaryotes [true nucleus]) simultaneously; yes, bleach (sodium hypochlorite) can destroy both, but internal use is discouraged [and as referenced in the wikipedia article, your body's neutrophils (a type of white blood cell - cells that fight infection) uses hypochlorous acid as an antimicrobial . So.....yes and no. [sorry that kept getting longer and longer]

This stuff is resistant to Diflucan (I'm not trying to spell the generic name correctly right now),

Flu con a zole - that's not too hard....Talimogene Laherparepvec...that's hard. :-)

which is often handed out with much less oversight than antibiotics.

Ummm, no. You can get pretty powerful topical antibiotics and topical antifungals over the counter. Fluconazole is an oral antifungal that still requires a prescription (at least in the US and other "responsible" countries).

Any bio-female could probably get a few doses for a yeast infection without seeing their doctor; calling in and asking is all most require since it is a common ailment.

It is a common ailment, but it is also a true infection that can be cultured and proven, and usually requires treatment. (I don't want you to poo-poo this aliment :-), pretty miserably for those afflicted), and unless there is a well established relationship between physician and patient, an exam is required (and strongly encouraged to rule out other more dangerous diagnoses).

The problem is that many primary care doctors have been told that C. albicans (the common human strain) can not become resistant. I was told the same, only to be corrected by a very indignant Tropical and Infectious Disease specialist who had seen that first line drug become useless in a few cases.

I see fluconazole resistant candida albicans frequently (reported 7% resistance rate), but I work at a tertiary care referral center, so YMMV. Never been under the illusion that it could not become resistant. Every organism (meaning microbial species) given enough time and opportunity can become resistant to just about anything.....The only thing that microbial organisms will never become resistant to is fire, well heat anyways (shout out to the the post below).

But this doesn't mean we need to panic and shut down Madagascar. There are other classes of drugs, like the old standby nystatin, and other families of antifungal medications in the larger azole drug category. This should be treatable if caught early. The danger is that drugs like nystatin can not be absorbed so

Same kind of things happened here in Baltimore during the riots. They looted the local CVS, where their friends worked, and which provided services for the local community.

http://www.pharmacytimes.com/n...

They also looted a check cashing place, that helped people without the ability to get bank accounts get their paychecks cashed...a real horrible place that totally deserved it.

When people talk about the terrible things that happened to the African people in the US, I think they forget that the Chinese immigrants and Irish went through much the same things. Yet you don't have issues with the Irish (those evil red heads?) or Chinese doing these things, despite all the racism and slavery they dealt with.

As the summary mentions, the company was engaged in "product hopping", or "evergreening".

This involves using the courts to delay the introduction of generic medicines. Meanwhile, they continue to sell their products at full price.

A couple of interesting links for you:

FTC report 2002
Pharmacy Times

New, faster way to make the flu vaccine, doesn't use eggs. Could improve things by waiting later before going to production?

http://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/FDA-Approves-New-More-Quickly-Produced-Flu-Vaccine

Feel free to actually research the topic before posting then. As to your specific skin condition that's completely beside the point. You're correct in that it's alleviated by removing oil from the skin but the norm is for the skin to _become_ rashed if oil is removed by excessive showering (see link below).

Tell me, do you believe in evolution? If so, do you believe the human skin evolved under daily wash&soap conditions?

http://www.pharmacytimes.com/issue/pharmacy/2001/2001-11/2001-11-6820