Community/Retail

Health care providers walk a tightrope when they employ oral anticoagulants in the treatment of atrial fibrillation.

ASHP recently released ASHP Best Practices 2015-2016, its annual compilation of quality policy positions, statements, guidelines, therapeutic position statements, and therapeutic/clinical practice guidelines available to the pharmacy profession.

"Today's House proposal seeks in part to balance the budget on the backs of America's vulnerable Medicaid population, and will reduce patient access to affordable generic medicines."

Walgreens Boots Alliance and Rite Aid Corporation have entered into a definitive agreement under which Walgreens Boots Alliance will acquire all outstanding shares of Rite Aid.

A pharmacist sentenced to 4 years in prison for charges related to the sale of counterfeit medications has been released from prison early.

Blair Green Thielemier, PharmD, an independent clinical pharmacist, specializes in marketing and implementing new clinical services, such as medication therapy management.

The FDA is requiring AbbVie to add new warnings about serious liver injury to the labels of its hepatitis C treatments, Viekira Pak and Technivie.

Americans want more medications to treat obesity and depression, among other conditions.

James Schiffer, RPh, associate at Allegaert Berger & Vogel LLC, describes the current relationship between pharmacies and the DEA.

Two pharmacy students attended President Barack Obama's forum in West Virginia, where he unveiled new steps to curb prescription drug abuse and heroin use.

ASHP will hold its first virtual House of Delegates November 13-20, 2015, providing delegates the opportunity to take early action on ASHP policy recommendations through online discussion and voting.

Pharmacists should be asking their patients with HIV not only if they are taking their medications, but also how they are taking them.

Red flags are meant to catch a community pharmacist's attention.

The FDA has approved Endo Pharmaceuticals and BioDelivery Sciences' buprenorphine buccal film (Belbuca) for the management of chronic pain.

Take this quiz to see which pharmacy career may be a better fit for your personality.

The FDA is requiring Concordia Pharmaceuticals to conduct studies on its hyperkalemia treatment, sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate), to see if it binds to other medications administered by mouth, which would decrease potency.

Patients don't need to make elaborate gestures to acknowledge the hard-working pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in their community.

Independent community pharmacists can network together across diverse practice settings to achieve dramatically improved patient health, according to a landmark study with direct application to a health care system transitioning toward value-based reimbursement for pharmacists and other providers.

Lawmakers are seeking input on potential improvements for the medication therapy management (MTM) program for Medicare Part D beneficiaries.

Ronna B. Hauser, PharmD, vice president of pharmacy affairs for the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), provides an overview of some of the most important aspects of the Drug Quality and Security Act.

James Schiffer, RPh, associate at Allegaert Berger & Vogel LLC, discusses some red flags related to prescriptions that can lead to administrative action from the DEA.

The FDA has approved Iroko Pharmaceuticals' 5 and 10 mg meloxicam capsules (Vivlodex) for the once-daily management of osteoarthritis pain.

CMS is accepting bids for plan participation in its Part D Enhanced Medication Therapy Management model.

Pharmacists across the nation expressed their gratitude for pharmacy technicians in recognition of National Pharmacy Technician Day on October 20.

Many stereotypes about aging can mislead your own thinking.

The University of Maryland School of Pharmacy recently celebrated the reopening of the nearby Rite Aid that was damaged during the Freddie Gray protests back in April.

Many younger women who experience a heart attack are not prescribed cardioprotective medications afterwards, new research suggests.

President Barack Obama recently announced new efforts to reduce prescription drug abuse that will affect pharmacists nationwide.

Recently, the organization announced that a new Muppet was born. Her name is Julia, and she is autistic.

Lovelace Westside Hospital has been named a Blue Distinction Center for Bariatric Surgery from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico.