Three Brand New Weight-Loss Drugs
One of the Food and Drug administration groups will have a meeting on July 15, 2010, to discuss one of the weight-loss medications which are…
2010
Safe Medications Use By FDA
Institute of Medicine’s (IOM’s) roundtable discussed health literacy in April gathered a group to talk about how they can help Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
ADHD Drug Holidays For Kids
Should there be a summer-long break from the ADHD medications for your child? The break may work fine. If you will let your child not…
Amgen’s Prolia™ (denosumab) Was Approved By FDA
On June 1, 2010, Amgen inc. announced, that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Prolia™ (denosumab) for the treatment of postmenopausal women…
Drugs With Almost-The-Same-Name
Now Shelley Sanders is not sure, what caused the medication mistake: it could be the typing error or a telephone message. All she knows is…
Healthcare Reform Effects On Pharmacies
On March 21, 2010, the Congress passed the legislation called “The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act”. President Obama signed it and since March 23,…
Pharmacy Specialists Communicate To Prevent Errors And Increase Medication Adherence
National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE) reported 75% of patients don’t take their drugs as prescribed. This issue causes about $47 billion hospitalizations…
Medication Compliance Can Be Tracked With Electronic Transmitters In Pills
New technology, which will allow the U.S government to monitor if ordinary citizens are complying with taking prescribed drugs is in development since the health…
Medicare Part D Program From Pharmacy School Reaches New Territory In Health Policy Education
For successful deployment of United States health care reform a huge increase in the policy competition and literacy of all the health care specialists (pharmacists,…
Consumers Are Paying More Attention To Brand-Name Drugs Price
Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions, Inc. released the results of a new Insight study. Pharma Solutions is a one of the leaders in collecting data in…