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“Pharmacists, lobby your legislators!” says BOP insiderIf you want improved working conditions in the pharmacy, you're gonna hafta help.
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How pharmacists should be fighting the heroin epidemicOnce we as individuals in the healthcare profession finally begin to accept addiction as a disease and not a moral failing, the affected individuals will have a better chance at recovery and we will gain a better understanding of this epidemic.
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Pharmacy of tomorrowTomorrow's pharmacists and pharmacies will need to find ways to increase profit margins by reducing the cost of prescribing, embracing technology, and focusing more on patient counseling, immunizations, education, and other offshoots of their clinical expertise.
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Niche pharmacies serve children and the elderlySpecialty pharmacies are developing to meet the growing needs of children and senior citizens.
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Drug Topics CPE accreditor begins 3-year service to AACPDuring the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) Annual Meeting in Kissimmee, Fla. in mid-July, Jill Fitzgerald, PharmD, who is Drug Topics CPE accreditor, was sworn in as chair-elect to the AACP Continuing Professional Education Section.
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Pipeline drugs 2010Categories to watch in this year's diverse drug pipeline include oral agents to treat multiple sclerosis and a host of new diabetes, cardiovascular, and pain-management products.
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Is the pharmacist shortage over?Increasing enrollment in pharmacy schools and changing economic factors appear to have eased the national pharmacist shortage. In order to plan appropriately for all stakeholders, we need to quantify the numbers when we talk about a pharmacist shortage.
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Opinion: Compounding Pharmacists Must Rebuild the IndustryFour steps that compounding pharmacists must take to restore their credibility.
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A retail pharmacist examines the consequences of working in a fishbowlDoctors don't do it. Attorneys don't do it. Physical therapists, insurance agents, title agents, audiologist, and nurse practitioners don't do it. Who came up with the fishbowl model of retail pharmacy anyway?
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Continuous Glucose Monitors Useful for Predicting Pre-DiabetesWhen employed as a prescreening tool, care must be taken to avoid overdiagnosis of healthy individuals without diabetes.
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Drug Topics' 2010 business outlook surveyRespondents to this year's business outlook survey are generally upbeat about the business their pharmacies are doing and their prospects for the coming year.
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FDA warns against prolonged use of magnesium sulfate to stop preterm laborFDA advised healthcare professionals not to use magnesium sulfate injection for more than 5-7 days to stop preterm labor in pregnant women.
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Q&A: Medicare Price Negotiations Put Pharmacies, Patient Access at Risk | AAP 2025A discussion with Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA, CEO of NCPA, at AAP 2025.
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Launch Your Own Diabetes Prevention ProgramThe CDC estimates that 83 million Americans have prediabetes and that 84% of them don’t know it and community pharmacy can play a major role in preventing diabetes.
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Drug delivery systems: Multiple- vs. single-doseAll hospital and health systems must decide whether to use multiple-dose vials or single-dose vials of drugs, a decision that usually rests on two considerations: Cost reduction and patient safety. The pros and cons of the two systems lead to an inescapable conclusion.
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Problem-solving in the pharmacyConfronted with these three common scenarios in your daily practice of pharmacy, what would you do?
