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A Pharmacist's Guide to Medical Marijuana
In an interview with National Public Radio in February, Burt Aldrich, of Kingston, New York, echoed the stories of countless patients who have benefited from the use of medical marijuana to provide relief from debilitating symptoms.Physicians told Aldrich...
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Pharmacy Law: Legal Standard for Physicians Applied to Pharmacists
Issue of the Case A pharmacist is engaged in an expanded scope of practice that includes medication therapy management (MTM) activities traditionally performed by physicians, and a patient alleges that damages were suffered due to a deviation from standards of...
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Drug Diversion and Abuse: Keeping Pharmacies Safe
Cmdr John Burke John Burke, commander of the Warren County, Ohio, drug task force and retired commander of the Cincinnati Police Pharmaceutical Diversion Squad, is a 40-year veteran of law enforcement.Cmdr Burke also is the current president of the National...
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Proper Use of OTC Analgesics
A survey conducted by the National Council on Patient Education reports that an estimated 78% of individuals surveyed used OTC analgesics for the management of pain.1 Various OTC analgesics are frequently used for the treatment and management of headaches,...
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Waste Not, Want Not: Drug Disposal and the Role of the Pharmacist
Continuing education (CE) requirements for Pharmacy Technicians vary from state to state.Waste Not, Want Not: Drug Disposal and the Role of the Pharmacist.
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Pharmacy Law: Three-Year Delay in Medicaid Suspension Appealed
Fink is professor of pharmacy law and policy at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington.Issue of the Case A case arising in a Midwestern state focused on a nearly 3-year delay by the federal government in imposing on a pharmacist an order...
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Drug Diversion and Abuse: Pseudoephedrine Tracking SystemNPLEx
Cmdr John Burke John Burke, commander of the Warren County, Ohio, drug task force and retired commander of the Cincinnati Police Pharmaceutical Diversion Squad, is a 40-year veteran of law enforcement.Cmdr Burke also is the current president of the National...
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The Important Role of Vitamin D
Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in a few foods, is added to other foods, and is available in many nutritional supplements.Vitamin D has the properties of both a hormone and a vitamin and is necessary for mineral homeostasis and...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis and Women: A Debilitating Condition
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), affecting 1.3 million Americans, is a chronic autoimmune systemic inflammatory disease with unknown etiology.1 RA primarily targets synovial linings of peripheral joints symmetrically, although other organs (heart, lungs, eyes,...
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