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Pharmacy-based bone mineral density screening found that 78% of patients were unware of their risk of fractures and 70% of the moderate or high risk patients referred to a physician actually visited the doctor and 24% of those patients were started on therapy, according to the Project ImPACT: Osteoporosis study.

2004 Index of Articles

Stockchecker from Hamacher on low carb items

The proliferation of two-in-one drugs calls for increased caution on the part of health professionals

Buying reimported drugs carries risks

CHPA session featuring Bodine from CVS and Fuller from NACDS talking about challenges in pharmacy

To control rising drug costs, companies are resorting to innovations in benefit design

Breaking News for May 3, 2004 issue

Two legal rulings favor PBMs over community pharmacists

More states set up preferred drug lists

Pharmacy board officials lament over dangers related to drug reimportation

Clinicians will soon be able to offer their patients with upper respiratory infections (URIs) an antibiotic that avoids bacterial resistance by 2 different mechanisms. The FDA recently approved telithromycin (Ketek, Aventis), the first member of the ketolide class of antibiotics to be approved for use in the U.S. Telithromycin is approved for the treatment of acute exacerbation of chronic bronchitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, or Moraxella catarrhalis; acute bacterial sinusitis due to S. pneumoniae, M. catarrhalis, or Staphylococcus aureus; and community-acquired pneumonia of mild-to-moderate severity due to S. pneumoniae (including multidrug-resistant isolates), H. influenzae, Chlamydophila pneumoniae, or Mycoplasma pneumoniae. The drug will be available in pharmacies by the end of July.

Another state, New Jersey, passes law requiring hospitals to report med errors

A record number of pharmacists requested transfer of their licensures to other states in 2003, according to a National Association of Boards of Pharmacy survey.

Pharmacist interventions can make a difference in patient care, according to a study presented at the American Pharmacists Association's 2004 annual meeting.

AAAAI meeting presents new research findings on treatment for anaphylaxis.

Happy Harry's Discount Drug Stores is Drug Topics' chain of the year in 2004

Featured at tables on insulin prepared by the American Diabetes Association

Medication errors in patient's homes and USP's recommendations on how to avoid them.

Pharmacies must start preparing for new security requirements, which are looming

The reformulation of Kaopectate means there will be three versions of the product out on the market, creating a potential for drug errors

A Washington state pilot project allows trained pharmacists to prescribe and dispense birth control pills and devices to women who fill out a health screening questionnaire.

This installment depicts a contrast between two customers

Community pharmacies are pulling out all the stops to derail mandatory mail-order plans

Do black box warnings on drugs do a good job of managing risk?

Breaking News for April 19, 2004

JC Penney's sale of Eckerd to Jean Coutu group and CVS

Some 28 companies have been chosen by CMS to offer Medicare discount cards