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State-Level Confidentiality for Compounding Pharmacies Preparing Medications to Be Used in Lawful ExecutionsFollowing in the footsteps of its subsidiary hospira inc, Pfizer is the latest, and largest, pharmaceutical company to take a stand against its products being used for lethal injection.
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PGY-1 Resident Finds Niche in Geriatrics PharmacyAn Interview with Dr. Hien Nguygen, a PGY-1 Resident at Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health who has a love for geriatric pharmacy
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Making Lemonade out of Lemons: Fighting the Opiate EpidemicWe pharmacists have found ourselves stuck in the crossfire of a national opiate epidemic.
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Community-Acquired PneumoniaCommunity-acquired pneumonia (CAP) is defined as pneumonia acquired outside hospital or health care facilities.
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Board of Pharmacy Revokes Expired License of a Former PharmacistThe question arose whether the court would allow the pharmacist to recover his attorney fees
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HIV PEP Therapy: Is the United States Holding Back?Inspired by her volunteer work at an AIDS foundation, a pharmacy student investigates HIV PEP therapy across 3 continents.
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Annual Stroke Costs to Health Plans Among Atrial Fibrillation PatientsAn incidence-based model was developed to estimate the annual ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke–related healthcare costs to a hypothetical US health plan with 1 million enrollees.
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A Closer Look at New FDA Actions Merck's DuleraDulera (mometasone furoate and formoterol dehydrate) Inhalation Aerosol is FDA-approved for the treatment of asthma in patients aged 12 and older.
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The Importance of MentoringPharmacy students need to understand the value of mentoring and seek a quality mentor while still in school. Here are some guidelines for establishing this vital support system.
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Telepharmacy and Its Impact on Formulary AdherenceTelepharmacy is comparable to usual care in transitioning members new to an HMO onto formulary medications.
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Predictors of Healthcare Costs After Initiating Dabigatran Versus WarfarinThe study found no mean difference in all-cause healthcare costs for patients with newly diagnosed nonvalvular atrial fibrillation initiating treatment with dabigatran versus warfarin.
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Pharmacy's Societal Mission and the Need for a ForumMr. McAllister is a health-systems consultant based in Chapel Hill, NC.
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Therapeutic Interchange of Carvedilol to Bisoprolol for Chronic Heart Failure: The Singapore ExperienceA carvedilol to bisoprolol interchange program was carried out in a Singapore hospital with substantial cost savings of US$116 per patient-year without increase in adverse outcomes.
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Cost-Effectiveness of Docetaxel-Cyclophosphamide Versus Doxorubicin-Cyclophosphamide for Breast CancerCompared with doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide, docetaxel plus cyclophosphamide was highly cost-effective for adjuvant treatment of operable breast cancer.
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The Expanding Health Benefits of Prebiotics and ProbioticsA Continuing Education program, featured in the February 2018 issue of Pharmacy Times.
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Emergent Management of Ischemic Stroke: Treatment ABCsStroke affects nearly 700,000 Americans a year. Emergency management is key to a positive patient outcome.
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Total Health Care in Aisle 5Pharmacy jobs at grocery chains offer pharmacists regular contact with their patients, a positive work environment, and a total health care approach to their pharmacy practice.
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Cost-Effectiveness of Rasagiline Compared With First-Line Early Parkinson Disease TherapiesExamination of the cost-effectiveness of rasagiline versus other approved first-line Parkinson disease therapies indicated that rasagiline was either cost saving or cost-effective in all cases.
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Pharmacists Play Role in Impairment Care PlanningCollaborating with providers offers opportunities to help patients maintain their brain health.
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Where's the Special in Specialty? Has the Increase in the Number of Players Diluted Services?The growing cost of specialty products places greater importance on the support that patients receive.
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2010 Lifetime Achievement: Randy McDonoughRandy McDonough has bettered the field through his tireless work on behalf of patients, with a special focus on medication therapy management.
