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Study finds that targeting the pharmacy service to patients who are most likely to benefit is important.

“Healthcare professionals should consider whether the benefits of Doribax treatment are likely to exceed its potential risks in patients who develop pneumonia while on ventilators,” says FDA.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will collect unused medications at sites across the country during its National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on April 26.

For one day only, Google will make its Goggle Glass computer available for sales to any adult in the United States. Up until now, the technology has not been available to the general public.

A recent victory for New York State pharmacists fighting against reduced Medicaid reimbursements may be a victory for pharmacists across the country.

There is no testimony without tests. How are we handling ours?

Drugs dispensed by physicians are far more expensive than those dispensed by pharmacies. And there are other issues.

The fight over whether pharmacists serve "patients" or "customers" continues. And now there's a new question: How come a major national pharmacy organization has no opinion?

How does it feel to have your brainchild critiqued by an audience of your peers? Dennis Miller gives us an idea.

Pharmacies that don't use social media will soon go the way of the dinosaur. Here are six tips for making these modalities work for you.

By maintaining a strong knowledge base about HCV infection and management, pharmacists can be a resource to providers and patients alike.

Things aren't as simple as the DEA would have us believe.

Pharmacists and consumers alike need to educate themselves about the proper use of these products, taken either alone or with Rx medications.

As opposition to execution drugs grows, manufacturers are cutting off supplies and compounding pharmacies are under pressure.

Some early adopters - well, beta testers - give us the lowdown on current and future applications of Google Glass in pharmacy.

Conditions targeted by the first guidelines geared specifically to women include migraine, high blood pressure, preeclampsia, and atrial fibrillation.

Once-daily simeprevir should be used in combination with peginterferon alpha and ribavirin. It is not a monotherapy.

Like oral medications, topical analgesics can offer patients well-controlled pain relief, but they do so without adverse systemic effects.

Groundbreaking new therapies for HCV are now available. As experts in screening and treatment guidelines, pharmacists can lead in managing these new options for patient care.

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New Rx, formulations, indications, and generics

Two hardcore public health campaigners urge you to join their movement to stamp out pharmacy tobacco sales.

Family members and caregivers can be ready to act swiftly if they suspect opioid overdose.

A coalition that includes several pharmacy groups is asking Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to delay implementation of the Medicaid average manufacturer’s price (AMP)-based federal upper limits (FULs) for prescription medications.

CVS Caremark agreed on Tuesday to pay a $20 million fine to settle the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) charges that it misled investors in 2009 about financial setbacks and used improper accounting methods for boosting its financial results, according to a SEC statement.

Critically ill patients requiring mechanical ventilation in an intensive care unit (ICU) may be at increased risk of a new psychiatric illness and medication use following hospital release, according to a report published March 19 in JAMA.

The Specialty Pharmacy Certification Board (SPCB) recently announced its 2014 board members and officers.

Contributor Steve Ariens takes another run at the question of how to deal with prescriptions for controlled substances.