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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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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.

Partly fueled by television and the internet, the demand for nutritional products and supplements is growing. Jennifer Hughes, PharmD, Greenwood Compounding Pharmacy, says pharmacies should be looking to this segment to increase profits.

Unfortunately, U.S. adults don’t know enough about the safety of vaccines and the risks associated with not receiving scheduled vaccinations for highly contagious diseases, according to a survey released by the National Consumers League (NCL).

Inventory control and timely communications are key to managing during a drug shortage.

Everyday, approximately one in 25 U.S. patients contracts at least one infection during the course of their hospital care, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Publix’s 622 Florida Pharmacy stores are promoting the Lock Your Meds ® campaign throughout April.

The increased use of U-500 insulin, due to an increase in insulin resistance problems in the United States, has led to a high number of medication errors, but there are a few potential solutions, according to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices.

When patients present valid prescriptions for controlled medications and pharmacists refuse to dispense, the patients have options. And the ADA is just the beginning.

The National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) has requested pharmacists in all settings complete the NAPLEX pharmacy practice analysis survey.

FDA will not be approving 108 abbreviated new drug applications (ANDAs) for prescription medications that contain more than 325 mg of acetaminophen, according to a March 27th Federal Register notice.

Sandoz this week introduced its calcipotriene and betamethasone dipropionate ointment in the United States. It will be the first generic version of Leo Pharma’s Taclonex ointment in the market.

That’s the charge being made by a government watchdog group and a labor federation, which alleges that the Indiana Board of Pharmacy in 2011 approved Walgreens’ new pharmacy design with the help of the former board president who is employed by the drug chain.

FDA has approved non-prescription esomeprazole 20mg (Nexium 24HR, Pfizer).

Poor transitions in care cost the U.S. healthcare system $45 billion in 2011. Of the 1.5 million medication errors that harm patients each year, approximately 60% occur during transitions of care, according to Stephanie Kleyman, PharmD, who spoke about opportunities for pharmacists in transitions of care at the 2014 American Pharmacists Association annual meeting in Orlando.

During the American Pharmacists Association’s annual meeting in Orlando last weekend, the leadership called on its members to advocate for provider status and expanded scope of practice.

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) Foundation, with its partner PrescribeWellness, is offering community pharmacies new tools to help diabetes patients manage their disease and health, according to an announcement from the APhA annual meeting in Orlando.

ASHP, ISMP, AHA, and other stakeholders have developed a list of long-term strategies to address drug shortages and released their recommendations in a new report.

A coalition of groups that includes the NAACP and Amnesty International is urging the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) to ban its members from making compound drugs used in lethal-injection executions.