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Fiber Supplements
According to the recommendations of the American Dietetic Association, ideally, healthy adults should have a daily intake of 25 to 30 g of dietary fiber, while children older than 2 years of age should consume a daily intake of dietary fiber...
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Pharmacy Law: Dismissed Diverting Pharmacist Goes on the Offensive
Does a pharmacist filmed diverting controlled substances have legal recourse against her employer?Fink is professor of pharmacy law and policy at the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, Lexington. Issue of the Case May a...
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Health Care Reform and Its Impact on Health System Pharmacy
As a new administration prepares to take office, now is the time for pharmacists to be proponents of the change promised for health care.McAllister is a health-systems consultant based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Regardless of your...
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It's All in the Name (and Sometimes NDC Number)
Attention should be paid to drug name suffixes to prevent mixups.Gaunt is a medication safety analyst and the editor of ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Community/Ambulatory Care Edition! Using Suffixes Where Suffixes Do Not Exist Drug...
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Alcohol: Drug or Social Amenity?
Individuals today drink two thirds less than they did in the 1780swhen alcohol was a pharmacopeial staple, a community ritual, and a safer beverage than tainted water or spoiled milk.1 National surveys indicate that US alcohol consumption...
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Control Your Cholesterol: Some Helpful Tips
Has your doctor told you that you have high cholesterol?Cholesterol is a normal component of the human bodyour bodies make some, and we get some from the foods we eat? Our cholesterol levels may get out of balance if (1) our body makes...
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Generic, Biogeneric Meds Save Patients Greenbacks
When economic times are difficult, people turn to cost-saving measures to stretch their money.When it comes to health care, Americans are delaying care or going for needed medical tests. Pharmacists across the country can share...
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Rx Product News: Profile: A Closer Look at New FDA Actions: Actonel
Procter & Gamble's and sanofi-aventis' Actonel On April 22, 2008, the FDA approved the use of Actonel (risedronate sodium) 150-mg tablets as a once-monthly dose to treat and prevent postmenopausal osteoporosis.1 Actonel's original...
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Drug Transporters: The Final Frontier for Drug Interactions
Transporter proteins transport drugs in and out of cells and are susceptible to reduced or enhanced activity depending on drug exposure.Horn and Hansten are both professors of pharmacy at the University of Washington School of Pharmacy.
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2-Minute Consultation: Hypotension Calls for Aggressive Monitoring
As with hypertension, clinicians must aggressively monitor hypotension, which is associated with many serious conditions.Zanni is a health systems consultant and psychologist based in Alexandria, Virginia. Up to 30% of individuals are...
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