Must see video on the importance of handling our medications with care.
Read MoreThe polar vortex has shadowed over much of the United States. Medications are being shipped in extreme temperatures and many are being delayed. For those whose lives do not depend on medications, this can be life-threatening.
Read MoreWhen life-saving medications are shipped by mail, patients lives are at risk. Shipping life-saving medications by mail is unlike any other shipment.
When it comes to mail-order pharmacy, patients with chronic conditions often have to risk their lives to get medications and the care they need. Today, many patients are only offered coverage if they use mail-order pharmacy. Any delay in medication can be a patients life such as in the case of transplant patients like my son or for patients with many other chronic conditions.
Read MoreWe don't take life for granted. We are thankful to our hero, a 3-year-old little girl. Wesley received a lifesaving liver transplant at the age of 2 after getting the flu. He received a transplant within one week of his first flu symptom. I recall hearing for the first time that he would need a liver transplant. I was walking up to the pediatric intensive care unit where he had just been transferred and observed a doctor/nurse standing outside of my son's room in a white coat holding a clipboard. It was as though she was anxiously waiting to tell us something urgent…
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