From Drug Topics: News stories for pharmacists about Rx and OTC products for treatment of illnesses ranging from the common cold to cancer
July 1, 2009
By:Drug Topics staff
Credentials issued by the Commission for Certification in Geriatric Pharmacy (CCGP) now total 1,500 pharmacists specializing in geriatric issues. The CCGP was established in 1997 to oversee standards in this area of pharmacy practice.
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July 1, 2009
By:Drug Topics staff
A new national retail pharmacy, Fresenius Medical Care Rx, has opened in Nashville. It will provide prescriptions, OTC medications, and diabetic testing supplies through the mail to dialysis patients and will offer them access to pharmacists with specialized training in kidney disease.
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July 1, 2009
By:Drug Topics staff
Novo Nordisk, Bayer, and Health Mart are sponsoring a campaign to highlight the role of community pharmacists in supporting early detection and management of diabetes.
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July 1, 2009
By:Martin Sipkoff
Controversy has surrounded the use of drug-eluting stents (DES) since their introduction as a tool of interventional cardiology in 2003. Studies released that year associated DES with increased risk of blood-clotting several years after implantation, and use declined. Since 2007, when the FDA concluded that DES could be appropriate therapy for some patients, intense scrutiny has produced little evidence that DES carry more risk than bare stents do.
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July 1, 2009
By:Dana K. Cassell
Perhaps as a byproduct of global warming, poison ivy, oak, and sumac plants are spreading in numbers and their virulence is expanding. Several manufacturers are offering products designed to treat the rash, blisters, and infamous itch of these seasonal irritants.
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July 1, 2009
By:Martin Sipkoff
Underpinning the epidemic of type 2 diabetes across America is the epidemic of prediabetes, a condition that makes the development of full-blown diabetes 15 times more likely. Only about 4 percent of prediabetic adults are informed of their status by their healthcare practitioners. Community pharmacists are in a unique position to raise consumer awareness and implement interventions through screening, patient counseling, and physician referrals.
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June 1, 2009
By:Scott Dallas, RPh, USPHS, Carol Holquist, RPh, USPHS
The FDA warns that insulin pens are meant to be used by one patient only. Patients should never share insulin pens, cartridges, or needles. Such sharing may result in transmission of blood-borne pathogens such as HBV, HCV, and HIV.
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June 1, 2009
By:Dana K. Cassell
In a recent National Headache Foundation survey, 53 percent of respondents had switched from Rx drugs to OTC medications in order to save money. In addition to the old standbys, a few new products are now available.
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May 6, 2009
By:Alaina Scott, Senior Editor
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced recently the approval of Creon (pancrelipase), a pancreatic enzyme replacement product designed to help patients with cystic fibrosis and others with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) digest and absorb nutrients from foods.
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| What do you spend the most time counseling customers on? | | | OTC medications | | 58% | | | Painkillers | | 13% | | | Adverse drug reactions | | 20% |
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