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Diabetes Management Can Reduce Employer Health Care Costs
Jonathan G. Marquess, PharmD, CDE, explains that employers can save a great deal on health care costs by helping their employees with diabetes effectively manage their condition.
Hydrocodone Combination Product Rescheduling: The Bigger Picture
Jeff Fudin, PharmD, FCCP, argues that the way to make hydrocodone combination products safer for patients is to provide more education for those who prescribe the medications and pharmacists who dispense them.
Why Should Hydrocodone Combination Products Be Categorized as CII Drugs?
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, explains why hydrocodone combination products should no longer be categorized as Schedule III drugs.
Codeine and Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products
Jeff Fudin, PharmD, FCCP, argues that categorizing hydrocodone combination products as Schedule II could lead to increased prescription of codeine, a much “sloppier” drug that could create problems for patients.
Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products Will Lead to More Responsible Use
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, argues that rescheduling hydrocodone combination products will lead to more responsible prescribing of the drugs and monitoring of their use.
Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products: Lessons from New York State
Jeff Fudin, PharmD, FCCP, discusses the effect of rescheduling hydrocodone combination products as CII in New York State on prescription of other opioids, including oxycodone.
How Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products Will Reduce Abuse
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, explains how rescheduling hydrocodone combination products as Schedule II drugs will help reduce levels of abuse.
Abuse Liability of Hydrocodone Combination Products
Jeff Fudin, PharmD, FCCP, argues that studies comparing the abuse liability of hydrocodone combination products with that of other opioids have produced conflicting results.
Rationale for Categorizing Hydrocodone Combination Products as Schedule III
Mary Lynn McPherson, PharmD, discusses why hydrocodone combination products were categorized as Schedule III in the first place.
