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4 Common Medications That Spike Your Dementia Risk, According to a Pharmacist
Kevin Hwang, MD, tells GoodRx that research has found a possible link between anticholinergic drugs and dementia. Anticholinergics treat different conditions that include urinary incontinence. But Hwang points out that “Anticholinergics block the effect of acetylcholine, a chemical in your brain that helps send messages between cells. Blocking acetylcholine can cause temporary drowsiness, confusion, and memory loss.”
According to Drugs.com, the most common anticholinergic drug classes used by the elderly are tricyclic antidepressants, first generation antihistamines, and overactive bladder antimuscarinics.
“Overall, a higher overall use of anticholinergic medications (three years or more) across all groups of patients was linked with a 54 percent higher risk for developing dementia than taking the same dose for three months or less,” Drugs.com reported, also cautioning that “the risk for dementia with anticholinergics [may] remain even after drug discontinuation.”
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El Paso Walgreens pharmacist mistakenly gives woman Covid vaccine, not flu shot
(Editor’s note: Martin initially said it was a pharmacy tech who administered the shot, but later indicated that she learned it actually was a pharmacist.)
EL PASO, Texas — El Pasoan Becky Martin went to her local Walgreens store for a flu shot but left with the Covid-19 vaccination shot instead.
Martin posted her story to social media about what happened and also spoke with ABC-7 about the mishap.
“The pharmacy tech gave me the shot then said ‘oh no,'” Martin explained.
She said the pharmacist apologized profusely and the store manager told her, “this has never happened in the 20 years I have been here.”
Martin said she is now worried about possible side effects from the Covid vaccine injection as she prepares to go on a planned trip later in the week.
In response to questions from ABC-7, Walgreens issued the following statement:
“Due to privacy laws, Walgreens can’t comment on specific patient events, but know that patient safety is our top priority. Generally speaking, such instances are rare. However, we take these matters very seriously. In the event of any error, our first concern is always our patients’ well-being. Our multi-step vaccination procedure includes several safety checks to minimize the chance of human error and we have reviewed this process with our pharmacy staff in order to prevent such occurrences.”
Maryland man killed pharmacist brother over COVID-19 vaccine: court docs
A Maryland man killed his pharmacist brother because he thought he was “poisoning” people by administering COVID-19 vaccines, court documents show.
Jeffrey Burnham, who was wanted in the deaths of his brother, sister-in-law and an elderly woman, was arrested Friday in West Virginia after the three slayings more than 100 miles apart, NBC News reported.
Cops found Burnham’s brother, Brian Robinette, 58, and his sister-in-law, Kelly Sue Robinette, 57, fatally shot last Thursday in their Ellicott City, Maryland, home.
SEATTLE PD ALREADY IN STAFFING ‘CRISIS’ BRACES FOR MASS FIRING AS HUNDREDS YET TO SHOW VACCINE PROOF
Burnham’s mother told police he wanted to confront his pharmacist brother about his role in doling out the COVID-19 vaccines, court document show.
“He wanted to confront Brian with the government poisoning people with COVID vaccines,” Burnham’s mother told police, according to reports from WUSA. “He repeatedly stated ‘Brian knows something!’”
Burnham’s mother called cops and told them her son was claiming the FBI was after them, prompting her to worry about his mental state, charging documents show.
Jeffrey Burnham was wanted in the deaths of his brother, sister-in-law and an elderly woman before his arrest in West Virginia.
(Allegany County Jail)
A day before allegedly gunning down his brother and sister-in-law, Burnham, 46, killed Rebecca Reynolds, 83, who was found dead in her Cumberland home with obvious trauma to her body, according to police. Burnham stole her 2020 Lincoln to drive to the second crime location two hours away, WUSA reported.
Reynolds was a classmate of Burnham’s mother, NBC News reported.
Burnham, Cumberland, also allegedly stole his brother’s Corvette after last Thursday’s slayings and stopped at someone’s home to ask for gas, NBC News reported. He told the homeowner he’d soon be seen on TV and that his brother was “killing people with the COVID shot,” charges state.
Prosecutors declined to comment Wednesday due to the ongoing investigation, NBC News reported.
Burnham has been charged with murder and vehicle theft in Allegany County, Maryland, and faces additional murder counts in Howard County, Maryland. He was arrested while driving his brother’s 2007 red Corvette that he stole from his home following the double slaying, WUSA reported.
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Police said a gun was found inside the Corvette and that all three victims were targeted by Burnham, who remains held without bail. Court records did not list an attorney for him as of late Wednesday, according to NBC News.
An online fundraiser set up for Kelly and Brian Robinette described them as “beautiful” members of their community who leave behind two children.
“The funds will help them manage costs associated with the unexpected loss of their parents,” the website reads. “Please join us in honoring Kelly and Brian’s legacy and supporting their family.”
This story was originally published by the New York Post.
Maryland Man Jeffrey Burnham Slays Pharmacist Brother for ‘Killing People’ With COVID Vaccine, Cops Say
A Maryland man allegedly murdered his brother and sister-in-law because the brother, a pharmacist, was “killing people with the COVID shot,” as he allegedly told one person. Howard County police say Jeffrey Burnham, 46, shot and killed Brian Robinette, 58, and Kelly Sue Robinette, 57, last week. Burnham allegedly gave a paranoid warning to his mother, Evelyn, before the attack, saying, “Brian knows something.” She had called local police because of her son’s paranoid ravings, according to charging documents. Burnham is charged in an another stabbing in Allegany County that took the life of a childhood friend of his mother, Rebecca Reynolds, 83. He allegedly stole Reynolds’ car and drove it to Robinette’s house. Burnham was taken into custody in West Virginia, where he allegedly told a firefighter he had been “forced to kill three people.” He is being held without bond at Allegany County Detention Center.
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Pharmacist arrested for selling CDC COVID vaccine cards to unvaccinated, feds say
Enlarge / Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa holds his vaccination card after receiving his first shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
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A Chicago pharmacist was arrested yesterday on charges that he sold 125 authentic CDC vaccination cards to 11 buyers for about $10 per card, the Department of Justice announced.
“Knowingly selling COVID vaccination cards to unvaccinated individuals puts millions of Americans at risk of serious injury or death,” Special Agent Emmerson Buie Jr. said. “To put such a small price on the safety of our nation is not only an insult to those who are doing their part in the fight to stop COVID-19, but a federal crime with serious consequences.”
The licensed pharmacist, 34-year-old Tangtang Zhao, was indicted in July. Zhao worked for a pharmacy that went unnamed by the DOJ and that “distributed and administered COVID-19 vaccines at its physical locations nationwide.” The company “provided a CDC Vaccination Record Card to each vaccine recipient” as required by the CDC, and “Zhao obtained and subsequently offered authentic CDC vaccination cards for sale online,” the DOJ said.
Zhao is charged with 12 counts of theft of government property and faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison per count if convicted. The indictment lists 12 sales of between eight and 17 vaccine cards each from March 25 to April 11, 2021. The listed sale amounts total $1,277.43.
Thousands of counterfeit vaccine cards seized
In addition to misuse of authentic vaccine cards, the US is also dealing with counterfeits. The arrest for selling real COVID vaccine cards to unvaccinated people came four days after the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said its officers at the Area Port of Memphis have been intercepting hundreds of counterfeit COVID vaccination cards every night.
“The recipients of this ubiquitous contraband are unfortunately all over the United States,” the CBP press release said. “This fiscal year to date, Memphis has made 121 seizures totaling 3,017 of these vaccination cards.”
The CBP press release described a single night in which there were 15 intercepted shipments of fake vaccine cards intended for different cities. One of those shipments was headed to New Orleans and contained “51 low quality, counterfeit COVID-19 vaccination cards.”
The US vaccination cards aren’t nearly as hard to fake as those in Europe, which use a digital certificate. But the fake cards shipped from Shenzhen, China, to New Orleans apparently wouldn’t have fooled many people who looked at them closely. They had “blanks for the recipient’s name and birthdate, the vaccine maker, lot number, and date and place the shot was given, as well as the Center for Disease Control (CDC) logo in the upper right corner,” CBP said. “However, there were typos, unfinished words, and some of the Spanish verbiage on the back was misspelled.”
Identifying which packages contained fake vaccine cards also wasn’t much of a challenge for CBP officers, the announcement said. “Sometimes the manifests describe the shipments as ‘Paper Greeting Cards/ Use For-Greeting Card,’ sometimes they are ‘PAPER PAPER CARD,’ but they are always from China,” the CBP said. “Though they may come in packs of 20, 51, 100, there are never any attempts to conceal them in anything. They aren’t hidden in books, nor are they stuffed in the back of framed paintings.”
Buying, selling, or using a counterfeit COVID vaccine card “can be categorized as the unauthorized use of an official government agency seal (such as HHS or CDC) and may be punishable… [by] a fine and up to five years in prison,” the CBP noted, citing an FBI advisory. “These vaccinations are free and available everywhere,” said Michael Neipert, the CBP’s director of the Area Port of Memphis that covers seven ports of entry in Tennessee and Arkansas. “If you do not wish to receive a vaccine, that is your decision. But don’t order a counterfeit, waste my officers’ time, break the law, and misrepresent yourself.”