Authors


Michael J. Schuh, BS, PharmD, MBA

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A retail pharmacist examines the consequences of working in a fishbowl

Doctors 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?


Ken Krizner

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Top Challenges in Managing Diabetes

Cost, education, self-monitoring, and more. 


Christine Blank

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Continuous Glucose Monitors Useful for Predicting Pre-Diabetes

When employed as a prescreening tool, care must be taken to avoid overdiagnosis of healthy individuals without diabetes.


Ron Rajecki

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Drug Topics' 2010 business outlook survey

Respondents to this year's business outlook survey are generally upbeat about the business their pharmacies are doing and their prospects for the coming year.


From staff reports

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FDA warns against prolonged use of magnesium sulfate to stop preterm labor

FDA advised healthcare professionals not to use magnesium sulfate injection for more than 5-7 days to stop preterm labor in pregnant women.


B. Douglas Hoey, RPh, MBA

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Q&A: Douglas Hoey on How Rite Aid’s Closure Will Impact Independent Pharmacies

Douglas Hoey, CEO of NCPA, discusses what independent pharmacies can do to handle an influx of patients and what the chain’s situation means for the pharmacy landscape.



Fred Gebhart

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Launch Your Own Diabetes Prevention Program

The 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.



Keith W. Trettin, RPh, MBA

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Drug delivery systems: Multiple- vs. single-dose

All 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.


James M. Scanlon, BS, RPh

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Problem-solving in the pharmacy

Confronted with these three common scenarios in your daily practice of pharmacy, what would you do?


Mari Edlin

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Collaborative practice agreements

When pharmacists manage drug therapy for physicians, diabetes patients see a significant improvement in key measures.


Marvin Moore, PharmD

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How to Talk About Being a Pharmacist

When someone asks about your job, how do you answer?


From staff reports

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Immunizations without prescriptions available at some Good Neighbor pharmacies

Good Neighbor Pharmacy stores in 19 states are now providing immunization services to patients without doctor’s prescriptions.


Drug Topics staff

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Drug Topics Top 10: Most Read Stories From April 2024

Check out this list of our 10 most read stories from April 2024.


Michele B. Kaufman, PharmD, RPh

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Oral oncology drugs

The management of oral oncology drugs is an unending series of responsibilities involving safety issues, billing requirements, patient needs, prescriber details, and reimbursement challenges.


Jeffrey Bendix, Senior Editor

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COVID-19 Vaccination Rates More Sluggish in Children Than Adults

Study links discrepancy to adults’ misbeliefs about vaccine safety


Ellen Whipple Guthrie, PharmD

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R.Ph. named director of UConn's Evidence-based Practice Center

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the Department of Health and Human Services recently awarded the University of Connecticut a 5-year contract and up to $1 million per year to establish a new Evidence-based Practice Center.


L.D. King

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FDA's stand on compounding is bad for R.Ph.s and patients

A compounding leader takes issue with FDA's position that compounding is the production of a new drug that needs to be approved.


Bruce T. Roberts, RPh

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Drug prices can't depend on who's buying

In the prescription drug market, discriminatory pricing is common for independent community pharmacies and their patients. This fall, a Federal District Court in New York will consider a critical case: Drug Mart Pharmacy Corp. et a. v. American Home Products Corp. et al. The outcome of the case may determine whether discriminatory pricing techniques are illegal.


Jennifer Johnston

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Retail pharmacy and the diabetes epidemic

More than 23 million Americans, close to 8 percent of the population, have diabetes. For drugstores, the medical nature of their retail business makes them the outlet of choice for shoppers purchasing diabetes products. Retail pharmacists may choose to maximize patient awareness by placing their diabetes-care display and educational literature near the pharmacy counter.


Eric Durbin, RPh

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Rx copay cards: There's an easier way

Instead of giving out cards that reduce the copay of a prescription, why not just decrease the price per bottle of medication?


Mari Edlin

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New Migraine Meds Pharmacists Need to Know About

New drugs for acute migraines are almost ready for prime time. Here's what you need to know.



Jake Galdo, PharmD

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Pharmacy business apps can boost profits

A round-up of apps that can improve the pharmacy bottom line and help with patient care


Catherine M. Radwan, Senior Editor

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Pharmacy technicians face states' scrutiny, regulation

Keep reading to learn about some legal roadblocks in the way of pharmacy technicians.




Dawn Wiemer, PharmD

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Hospital pharmacists take the lead in discharge counseling

Adding pharmacists to the hospital discharge process is shown to have a positive effect on combating hospital readmission rates


Jason Milner, PharmD

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Hospital pharmacists take the lead in discharge counseling

Adding pharmacists to the hospital discharge process is shown to have a positive effect on combating hospital readmission rates

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