September 2017 Immunization

What should these pharmacists do?

Can you figure out what these prescriptions say?

Read about disrespectful patients, audacious parents, and more pet peeves.

Gastrointestinal conditions make up a big part of health care in the United States.

Over the past decade, physician employment has skyrocketed, with small-business primary care clinics being gobbled up at staggering rates by large corporations.

Two fixed-ratio combination insulin/glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists have been approved by the FDA.

As we head into flu season, the associated challenges of dealing with the virus will highlight the importance of vaccination and pharmacists’ growing contribution to it.

The debate about the extent to which CYP2D6 activity affects tamoxifen efficacy in patients with breast cancer continues.

The FDA has approved Qtern tablets by AstraZeneca to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes.

Direct-to-consumer advertising is a continuously growing sector of the pharmaceutical industry’s cost expenditure.

A patient in a mid-Atlantic state filed a lawsuit on his own, seeking to have his physician and 2 chain pharmacies split the cost of his insulin and rooting his argument in the Affordable Care Act.

Law enforcement must continue to concentrate on large-scale dealers that reap the monetary rewards of drug trafficking, ensuring that they receive hefty jail sentences and returning the forfeiture laws to a common-sense level so that these folks are punished by losing all their ill-gotten gains.

Read about the new generic products featured in September.

Read about the new Rx products featured in September.

Read about the new OTC Products featured in September.

Which OTC products should these pharmacists recommend?

The 2017-2018 influenza immunization season is right around the corner, and we need to ensure that community pharmacies across are prepared for the influx of patients.

Considerable discussion regarding the safety and effectiveness of vaccines, including statements made by celebrity spokespeople for the anti-vaccination movement, has led many parents to decide against immunizing their children.

The critical role and complex functions of the immune system in overall health and protection are often underestimated until the immune system is not working properly.

Failure to follow through on prescribed drug regimens is a common—and costly—problem: Of the 32 million adult Americans who take 3 or more medications daily, 75% are nonadherent.

In a survey of 512 people, 15.2% said they believed that adults do not need to be vaccinated.