Drug Formulary Review articles from January 2008

Drug Formulary Review archives from January 2008

Medication reconciliation improved, adverse events decreased.
January 1, 2008... Medication reconciliation improved, adverse events decreased Physicians came to rely on pharmacists' reconciliation Research conducted by Temple University Hospital and Temple University School of Pharmacy has found that having a...

Inpatient insulin pen use yields patient satisfaction.(Clinical report)
January 1, 2008... Inpatient insulin pen use yields patient satisfaction Health center is now a 'pen hospital' Researchers at Creighton University Medical Center and the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions have found that using prefilled disposable...

Reducing medication discrepancies.
January 1, 2008... Reducing medication discrepancies Pharmacists empowered to edit med lists Using a multidisciplinary medication reconciliation process can reduce the number of medication discrepancies that occur during admission and discharge. ...

Health system pharmacists ready for BTC medications.
January 1, 2008... Health system pharmacists ready for BTC medications The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) says pharmacists in hospitals and health systems are ready to play an expanded role in patient care and medication therapy if FDA...

Pharmacists not required to dispense Plan B.
January 1, 2008... Pharmacists not required to dispense Plan B But must refer patient to another source A federal judge suspended controversial Washington State rules that required pharmacies to dispense the Plan B emergency contraceptive. The judge said...

ASHP again pushes medication safety changes.
January 1, 2008... ASHP again pushes medication safety changes Medication-use processes under fire Spurred by a medication error involving dangerous doses of heparin administered to the newborn children of actor Dennis Quaid, the American Society of...

News Brief.
January 1, 2008... Trasylol marketing suspended FDA asked Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corp. to suspend marketing of Trasylol®, used to control bleeding during heart surgery, pending detailed review of preliminary results from a Canadian study suggesting an...

Drug Criteria & Outcomes: "Breaking" update on bisphosphonate use in postmenopausal osteoporosis.
January 1, 2008... Drug Criteria & Outcomes "Breaking" update on bisphosphonate use in postmenopausal osteoporosis By Ashley Morgan, PharmD Candidate, Auburn University It is a well-known fact that as we get older, our bones lose mass and become...

Drug Criteria & Outcomes: New FDA Approvals.
January 1, 2008... Drug Criteria & Outcomes FDA recently announced these approvals: Novartis' Tasigna® (nilotinib) capsules has been approved by FDA for treating Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemia in adults whose disease has...

CE Objectives/Questions.
January 1, 2008... CE Objectives and Questions This CE program will improve participants' ability to: *Compare the clinical efficacy and safety of one therapeutic agent over another used in the same setting. *Assess clinical trial data and explain...