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An exclusive survey of pharmacists shows how they feel about their drug middlemen

The case presented here involves a patient with high cholesterol levels along with acute pancreatitis and new-onset diabetes

This installment follows up on the Rite Aid suit involving a Lyme disease patient who charged that the chain didn't warn her about the danger of drinking milk and taking doxycycline

Options for refractory asthma

Instead of keeping transplant patients on long-term immunosuppressants, one hospital tries short-term therapy and is pleased with the results

New cough, cold, and sore throat products for upcoming season.

Duke University study finds that pharmacists can prevent many drug errors in the cardiovascular area by going on patient rounds

Here's how to get more R.Ph.s to use their prescriptive authority, allowed in most states but lagging in practice

This case involves an HIV patient with high cholesterol

How do you prevent stroke in an African-American patient with transient ischemic attack?

New guidelines offer recommendations on how to manage diabetes in patients who underwent a transplant.

ASHP 2003 summer meeting roundup.

Case involves an African-American schizophrenic with gestational diabetes--What antipsychotic should be ordered for her?

Lehigh Valley Hospital deploys latest technologies to utilize pharmacy resources to their fullest potential.

ASHP 2015 Initiative

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has garnered a lot of media attention over the past several months, but a lingering and more insidious health problem is getting far less press than SARS. According to infectious disease experts, the public health threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a healthcare crisis that requires immediate attention.

Instead of racking up hours of continuing education, pharmacists should build, implement and evaluate portfolios for continuing professional development and lifelong learning, according to the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.

Like the tiers of a wedding cake, co-pays are climbing and creating concern.

Venlafaxine and EP procedure? Suggestions on how to proceed.

New on-line service gives patients information on cancer trials.

How to select a temporary staffing service

Washington state pharmacists will be able to prescribe smoking cessation products in a first-of-its-kind program slated for national adoption.

Medicap Pharmacies is conducting a pilot program offering spirometry to smokers, former smokers, patients with repiratory diseases, and patients with occupational exposure.

Cardinal Health offers new staffing service for hospital pharmacies

Two new studies drew conflicting conclusions on what's the best way to treat hypertensives.

Top 200 brand and generic drugs for hospitals in 2002

Treating atrial fibrillation after CABG

ASPEN meeting reviews how health professionals should proceed when guidelines call for differing treatments to be given

CMS quality assurance program

Calcium intake in a diabetic patient on dialysis