Community Practice

What treatments are available for the growing number of children with Type 2 diabetes?

New diabetes drugs and those that are being developed.

Low back pain guidelines are released from the American Pain Society and American College of Physicians

FTC cites retail health clinics as having potential to expand.

Instead of giving out separate written information for six infant vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention is proposing to combine them into one document.

CMS will begin rejecting Medicare claims that do not use NPI numbers.

Pharmacy and consumer groups approve of new FDA bill that will track drug safety after approval and speed some generic drugs to market.

Somatropin (Norditropin, Novo Nordisk) approved by FDA for Turner syndrome

President Bush signs law to delay implementation of tamper-resistant prescription pad rule six months

Recordkeeping requirements for chemical distributors may be revised by FDA

Publix's offer of free antibiotics is rankling some pharmacists. Investigational drug access for terminally ill patients?

The Food and Drug Administration most emphatically is not against compounding of drugs, Steven Silverman, a key enforcement officer in that agency, told the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy recently.

The author relates his personal experience with mercury toxicity through dental amalgams and calls on pharmacists to watch out for the condition among their patients.

Updates on e-prescriptions, smart pillboxes, electronic health records, and other technologies for pharmacists.

Advice on the area of collaborative drug therapy managment.

New branded Rxs, OTCs, home health care items, health & beauty, etc.

The International Pharmaceutical Federation addressed progress in identifying and dealing with issues related to ersatz (or replacement) drug products.

This article reveals new vitamins and dietary supplements that promote eye health.

Pharmacists must stand up for themselves and become a united voice if they hope to live up to their billing as one of the most trusted professions.

New Jersey woman sues hospital for drug error that led state to take away newborn daughter.

Pharmacists as licensed prescribers.

In its coverage of incidents of Tylenol tamperingin the 1980s, Drug Topics urged pharmacists not to panic.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services moves fowarded with implementing new tamper-restantant prescription pad rules.

An effort coordinated by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program has created a comprehensive update to their asthma guidelines. The new guide emphasizes the importance of keeping the condition under control and highlights the fact that part of the process means appropriate use of both quick-relief and long-term control medications.

FDA seeks comments on behind-the-counter drugs