At least one in every four children and one fifth of teachers had a problem telling medicines from candy in a new study carried out by two seventh-grade students. Casey Gittelman and Eleanor Bishop presented their study at the American Academy of Pediatrics National conference Exhibition, Boston, Mass…
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Student pharmacist Samuel Akinyele noticed on her chart that Maria’s blood sugar was too high. He suspected that her insulin dose was too low. Akinyele reviewed her medications with volunteer pharmacist Faramarz Zarfeshan, RPh, who brought a physician and other team members into a huddle…
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Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that $6.7 billion was spent in one year performing unnecessary tests or prescribing unnecessary medications in primary care, with 86 percent of that cost attributed to the prescription of brand-name statins to treat high cholesterol…
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A preliminary report warns of potentially serious threats to the legitimate US drug supply chain of counterfeit and substandard drugs, say the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), NABP (National Association of Boards of Pharmacy) and some pharmaceutical companies. The FDA warns of serious risks and vulnerabilities in the drug supply chain in the USA…
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A new international study finds that popular painkillers or anti-inflammatories knows as NSAIDs can increase the risk of heart attack or stroke by a third, with some having a much stronger effect than others, and size of dose also making a difference…
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An Associated Press Review of health industry, including interviews with experts, discovered at least one death per month being caused by drug shortages in hospitals. Problems are occurring because the correct pharmaceutical is out of stock, or from confusion caused by trying to use less than ideal alternatives. The mortality rate does not show the whole story though…
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A regulatory bias against taking oral anti-cancer medications with food places many patients at increased risk for an overdose and forces them to “flush costly medicines down the toilet,” argues Mark Ratain, MD, an authority on cancer-drug dosing. In a commentary published early online Sept. 19 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, Ratain, the Leon O…
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A study discussing the dramatic increase in the number of children being poisoned by unintentionally ingesting medications was published online in the Journal of Pediatrics. This study shows that in recent years, the number of unintentional poisonings in children has significantly increased. These poisonings have resulted in increased emergency room visits…
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“Doctors who have worked with, and patients receiving care provided by, pharmacist prescribers are highly supportive and value their prescribing roles but research indicates that the service is not being optimised due to a lack of strategic direction and policies to support its place in patient care” said Professor Derek Stewart in his keynote lecture as the winner of the Pharm…
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New research shows there has been a sharp rise in the US in recent years in the number of young children seen in emergency departments or admitted to hospital because of accidental pharmaceutical poisoning from taking a potentially toxic dose of medication…
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