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Pharmacy Stakeholders Aim to Curb Compounding Errors
A recent series of initiatives from both the public and private sector suggest a shared goal of reducing errors and increasing patient safety in drug compounding.
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Senate Bill Would Fine Pharmacists $1000 a Day for Refusing to Furnish Plan B
Pharmacists could soon face hefty fines for refusing to provide Plan B to women who request it.
4 Legislative Actions Affecting Prescription Drugs
Generic drug pricing and medical marijuana access among pharmacy-related legislation at the state level.
3 Ways Pharmacists Can Prevent Acetaminophen Overuse
Acetaminophen overuse is a pervasive problem with potentially deadly outcomes.
4 State Legislative Actions Affecting Prescriptions
A series of recent bills at the state level are adding to an already busy year for pharmacy-related legislation.
Opioid Prescriptions Decreasing, But Overdose Deaths Still Climbing
For the first time in 20 years, prescriptions for opioids are steadily declining.
6 Questions Pharmacists Can Ask to Prevent Polypharmacy
Unnecessary or inappropriate use of medications is a costly and potentially deadly problem.
Almost Half of Antidepressant Prescriptions Aren't Written for Depression
A whopping 45% of prescriptions for antidepressants are written for nondepressive reasons, recent research has revealed.
Legislation Puts Pharmacists on Front Line of Opioid Abuse Combat
Several pieces of legislation heading to the White House highlight pharmacists as critical players in preventing and identifying opioid misuse and abuse.
4 Women's Health Trends Pharmacists Should Watch
The term women's health" shouldn't be limited to reproductive matters.
FDA Draft Guidance Encourages Access to Abuse-Deterrent Generic Pain Drugs
The abuse and misuse of prescription opioid analgesics have created one of the most serious and growing public heath epidemics in modern health care.
Generic Prescribing Increases with EHR Default Display Change
Health care providers are much more likely to select a generic drug when their electronic health record system displays generics by default.
3 Critical Ways Health Technology Optimizes Care
An increasingly more seamless and accessible health information technology infrastructure is helping shift episodic and reactive health care to proactive and continuous health care.
Maryland Begins to Offer Free Plan B
Contraceptive Equity Act contains provisions aimed at expanding birth control access for women looking to prevent unwanted pregnancies.
FDA Advises Against Using Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics for Uncomplicated Infections
Serious side effects associated with fluoroquinolones can outweigh the benefits for patients with conditions such as sinusitis and bronchitis.
Federal Bill Aims to Speed OTC Birth Control Efforts
A new federal bill would compel the FDA to review contraceptive drug applications more quickly and make them available OTC.
Plan B Is Now Free in Maryland
A first-of-its-kind law in Maryland requires health insurers to completely cover the cost of emergency contraception.
8 Significant Generic Drug Approvals in 2015
The FDA approved 700 generic drugs in 2015, constituting a banner year in the agency's efforts to clear its generic backlog.
FDA Advises Against Fluoroquinolone Antibiotic Use for Uncomplicated Infections
Serious side effects associated with fluoroquinolones generally outweigh the antibiotics' benefits for patients with uncomplicated infections like sinusitis and bronchitis, the FDA announced.
Drug Cost Growth May be Limited by Therapeutic Substitution
Certain drug classes account for the vast majority of overall excess prescription drug spending.
Therapeutic Substitution May Limit Rising Drug Costs
Pharmacists currently play a minimal role in therapeutic substitution.
FDA Issues Compulsive Behavior Warning for Aripiprazole Products
Warnings include uncontrollable urges to gamble, binge eat, shop, and have sex associated with the use of the antipsychotic drug aripiprazole.
Spending May Increase With Healthcare Cost Transparency
More than half of US states have passed price transparency laws to help patients and healthcare providers evaluate service costs.
Congressman Pushes for Pharmacist Provider Status
Gaining provider status is a complex and multifaceted objective.
Therapeutic Substitution Could Curb Skyrocketing Drug Costs
Patients prescribed and dispensed a brand-name drug instead of an equivalent generic version spent an estimated total of $24.6 billion in excess prescription drug costs between 2010 and 2012, a new study has uncovered.
Record Number of Unwanted Drugs Collected During DEA's Latest Take-Back Day
Americans dropped off a record 447 tons of unwanted medications during the latest Drug Enforcement Administration National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
Health Care Cost Transparency Could Actually Increase Spending
Even when patients are granted access to a health care services price transparency tool, they don't seem to reduce their spending habits.
NJ Pharmacists Could Soon Prescribe Birth Control
New Jersey could become the next US state to permit pharmacists to provide birth control without a prescription.
Congressman Buddy Carter Makes Case for Pharmacist Provider Status
US Representative Earl L. Buddy" Carter, the only pharmacist in Congress, recently penned a passionate op-ed in The Hill to make a case for pharmacist provider status.
5 Tips for Pharmacists to Help Patients Save on Prescription Costs
Skyrocketing prescription drug prices sit squarely at the center of policy debates about the US health care system.