(ANTIMEDIA) An eight-year-old boy who loved to dance recently died as a result of taking 1,000 times the recommended dose of his hyperactivity medication, his mother believes. Now, the pharmacist who allegedly made the allegedly toxic mixture of drugs is under scrutiny.
You may know Walgreens as a place to get your prescriptions and toiletry items, but the pharmacy chain has since launched a major initiative to help millions of Americans gain access to resources to aid mental health. With funding constantly being cut and insurance costs rising, many are without the resources to treat serious psychological issues, so Walgreens is stepping in to try and fill that void.
Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals who increased the price of the AIDS drug Daraprim 5,000%, is having a bad week. A competing pharmaceutical company has announced that it will start offering a generic version of the drug for $1 per pill.
