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More face-to-face interaction between pharmacists and patients would reduce chronic diseases, cut healthcare costs, and lessen the misuse of medications, according to a May 21 white paper by RxAlly.

How to handle the folks who think that none of the rules apply to them

Two new analyses result in conflicting findings

Even with inadequate help and pressure from above, the pharmacist must always put the patient first

Doctors would have to prescribe antibiotics to 12,000 patients diagnosed with common colds to prevent one hospital admission for pneumonia, study shows

Remember that Nike ad? Just do it!

Advocacy and education will change attitudes

Patient-centered outcomes research makes pharmacists even more important members of the healthcare team

Six steps compounding pharmacies can take to create and maintain a culture of quality assurance

"Compounders" and "compounding manufacturers" defined

Approval requires canagliflozin manufacturer to complete five post-marketing studies

Through patient education and screening processes, pharmacists can identify and support underserved patients with mental illness

Drug Topics readers weigh in

FDA asks stakeholders to weigh in on solutions

How can health systems simultaneously improve population health and patient satisfaction, yet reduce per capita costs? A Walgreens model points the way.

New Rx, Generics, and OTC

For the third consecutive year, Walgreens is partnering with Greater Than AIDS and local health departments across the country to provide free HIV testing between June 27 and June 29.

Reports and presentations made during the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education’s Advancing Quality in Pharmacy Education: Charting Accreditation’s Future Conference last year are available online.

Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Schaumburg, Ill., on June 11 announced a voluntary nationwide recall of three lots of vecuronium bromide for injection 10 mg (NDC number 25021-657-10).

Despite being considered a protected class of drugs, anticonvulsant medications for the treatment of epileptic seizures had lower levels of coverage for Medicare prescription drug plans (PDPs) than commercial health plans.

Unsafe injections remain a problem in the United States and throughout the world, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

The Obama administration on Monday abandoned its attempt to restrict access to the emergency contraceptive Plan B One-Step (Teva Women’s Health Inc.) as an over-the-counter medication-a decision that’s being celebrated by some groups.

Fruth Pharmacy, an independent chain of pharmacies with 25 stores in West Virginia and Ohio, has launched a mobile app to help its customers manage prescriptions.

Aceto Corporation, Port Washington, N.Y., announced June 11 that its generics subsidiary, Rising Pharmaceuticals Inc., Paramus, N.J., will launch the 50-mg strength of riluzole tablets.

Older adults with diabetes mellitus may be at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease or vascular dementia following a hypoglycemic event, according to a study published online by JAMA Internal Medicine on June 10th.

Faced with a 68-year-old woman undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer that had spread to her lungs, chest, and spine, more than three quarters of doctors surveyed recently by the New England Journal of Medicine said they’d prescribe medical marijuana.