Recently, the FDA approved a new drug with a unique function. It’s designed to treat a very specific type of insomnia, where the sufferer wakes in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep. Intermezzo (zolpidem tartrate sublingual tablets), a drug manufactured by made by Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Port Richmond, California, […]
Last month, the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, otherwise known as the super committee, failed to find ways to avoid across-the-board cuts in the federal budget, which could affect the Medicare Part D program…and your bottom line.
According to Dutch researchers, very few women actually benefit from taking low-dose aspirin to help prevent strokes. Most doctors agree that aspirin is beneficial for patients with a history of heart issues, but there has always been controversy over aspirin’s efficacy as a preventative measure, and the findings of the Dutch study bear out these […]
As we close the doors on Lung Cancer Awareness Month, do you wonder why it went by completely unpublicized? Why the NFL players didn’t sport incongruous ribbons and accessories in the color designated for the illness? IS there a color designated for lung cancer, a disease that kills more than 156,000 people per year? That’s […]
Pharmacists across the U.S. came together to form a coalition to advocate transparency in drug pricing. So far, 600 pharmacists in 40 states have joined Pharmacists United for Truth and Transparency to expose the tactics that pharmacy benefits managers (PBMs) use to drive up drug prices.
OptumRx and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) have teamed up to launch a new educational initiative for students in grades 8-12 to spark interest in the pharmacy field.
Six central Alabama hospitals dispensed dangerous medications to patients following a careless pharmaceutical mistake. Nineteen patients received amino acid solution prepared by Meds IV, a compounding pharmacy in Birmingham. Nine of those patients died.
With the huge numbers of baby boomers rapidly aging and becoming more dependent on medications, drug shortages are reaching national crisis stage. Medicines in short supply include cancer treatments, pain medications, and anesthesia drugs, along with other lifesaving and critical drugs. The need has increased dramatically in the last five years, but production has not […]
