Viewpoints

Whether you like it or not, your patients are paying attention, and judging all of us.

People are looking--and judging.

Why are Rx drugs so expensive? No one seems to have a good answer.

Anxious new pharmacists get a shot in the arm from columnist Pete Kreckel, RPh.

A coordinated effort needs to be made to preserve the health and safety of life on earth.

There are so many opportunities for pharmacists out there. Technology can help uncover them, and we can follow them to a fulfilling career.

Medicare should have the same authority that Medicaid has to negotiate drug prices directly with manufacturers. If the government can do it for one program, it can do it for another.

Epinephrine saves lives. So does naloxone. Why are they regarded differently?

Pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare resource. Once trained in naloxone use, we can train our patients in all aspects of opioid use. This will make a difference.

Really? Still? Why?

David H. Kreling, PhD, a professor at the School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and the principal investigator for the ADI project for the Midwest Pharmacy Workforce Consortium, thinks a surplus of pharmacists could spur positive change.

Retired pharmacist offers valuable suggestions

The culture shock between pharmacy school and the real world is mind-boggling.

A 60-year debate accompanied the elevation of pharmacy education to the doctoral level. When the provider status bill now moving through Congress is enacted into law, it will put paid to that particular conversation.

In some professions, eternal vigilance comes with the territory.

The fly in the ointment: CMS' current plan for HCPCS codes is a real buzz kill.

It's a modest proposal with potential for significant consequences. And all it will cost is a little more time.

Who says the options are limited? Not this family.

Interested in finding out what integrative/functional pharmacy is all about? Here's a list of resources to get you started - and a thought to take away.

For starters, you get more than you give. Contributor Kelly Howard counts the ways.

What was it like when townspeople turned to their druggists for healthcare? Here’s a look back from someone who was there.

Sometimes it's not the demanding customers or condescending physicians, it's their own colleagues who drive pharmacists right up the wall.

Don't knock your BOP till you hear the whole story.

Pharmacists need to unionize. You've heard all the reasons. Here's another one -- and it's time-sensitive.

A staunch defender of the profession responds to "Good Morning America."

Some pharmacists are annoying as all get-out. They may not know who they are. But you know - and so does Dennis Miller. Here's his list.

Drug Topics' annual salary survey asks about salary levels and job satisfaction. Can higher pay make up for lost family time, lost peace of mind, and lost self-respect?

You know how integrative pharmacy is practiced. Here's what to do about the pushback.

And if they are, what can be done about it?

Opposition, disbelief, resistance, and pushback will stand in the way of your New Pharmacy practice. Here's a few things you can do about it.