June 2017 Women's Health

What should these pharmacists do?

Can you figure out what these prescriptions say?

Read about rushed prescriptions, blissful ignorance, and more pet peeves.

Read about the new generic products featured in June.

A recent FDA draft guidance could facilitate the development of more generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal sprays.

The changes that the Affordable Care Act has brought to the practice of pharmacy may not be well known.

Although moderate drinking is commonly thought to lower an individual’s risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared with heavy drinking or abstinence, the results of a recent study suggest that these protective benefits may only extend to certain heart conditions.

The results of a recent study indicate that patients with severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression, are significantly more likely to develop cardiovascular disease than the general population.

A recent study has found that women who consume a diet associated with chronic inflammation as adolescents or young adults may face a heightened risk of premenopausal breast cancer.

Although current guidelines indicate that women at average risk do not need to be screened for cervical cancer after age 65, the results of a recent study suggest that women up to age 85 can benefit from these screenings.

This Continuing Education activity is supported by an educational grant from Sandoz Inc.

The use of vaginal progesterone in women who are pregnant with twins and have a short cervix can reduce the risk of preterm birth, neonatal complications, and neonatal death, according to the results of a recent study.

Screening is considered the most effective method of preventing and reducing the impact of domestic violence.

Unintended pregnancies remain high in the United States, at an estimated 50% of all pregnancies.

Is a legal duty of due care owed to a nonpatient who is injured by a patient who received medications that arguably impaired her ability to operate an automobile safely or is liability limited to the patient with whom a relationship existed with the health professional?

Although RoxyBond is not the first abuse-deterrent oxycodone immediaterelease product, it is different.

Since September 2012, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices has been operating the ISMP National Vaccine Errors Reporting Program to collect data about the types of vaccine errors and their underlying causes.

The FDA has approved an expanded indication for Spiriva Respimat for the long-term, once-daily maintenance treatment of asthma in patients 6 years and older.

Read about the new Rx products featured in June.

As direct-acting oral anticoagulants (doacs) have become increasingly popular, instances of drug interactions in patients have begun to appear in the literature.

Pharmacists should be prepared to answer these questions because they are qualified to help preconceptive, pregnant, and breast-feeding patients.

Read about the new OTC products featured in June.

What OTC products should these pharmacists recommend?

Daily feminine hygiene and care is an important part of good gynecological health.

Third-party payers in the pharmacy arena came along in the 1970s as a means by which a patient’s medications could be covered.

Speculation about the future tends to be hyperbolic, and reality often turns out to be somewhere between the best and worst scenarios imagined.