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This month we would like to know...
How do you deal with the physically stressful side of work in the pharmacy (e.g., being on your feet for 12 hours a day, cradling the telephone handset between your shoulder and neck, etc.)?
• I receive chiropractic/ massotherapy/ acupuncture/ etc. as needed
• I am receiving physical therapy
• I have had some form of surgery
• I have no physical problems connected with work
• Denial is working well for me
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Clinical news
Fluzone High-Dose vaccine covered under Medicare Part B
Written confirmation is now available from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services indicating that Fluzone High-Dose (Sanofi Pasteur) influenza virus vaccine for patients 65 years or older is a benefit covered by Medicare Part B and will be reimbursed for the upcoming 2010–11 influenza season. More... |
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CMS favors continued local pharmacy distribution of diabetes-testing supplies to seniors
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed regulation on June 25 that would exempt community pharmacies from the upcoming bidding process for Medicare Part B diabetes-testing supplies, along with instructions that exempt most independent community pharmacies from accreditation requirements. More... |
Recent low back pain guidelines offer similar advice
Recent clinical practice guidelines offer similar recommendations for assessing and managing low back pain, and clinicians can improve patient care by adopting these recommendations, according to a review published in the June issue of The Spine Journal, reported HealthDay News. More... |
Updated recommendations for endometriosis released
Women who suffer from endometriosis-related pain should be treated first with conservative, nonsurgical approaches and then with more invasive options if pain does not resolve, and with hysterectomy only as a last resort, according to a practice bulletin issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and published in the July issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology, reported HealthDay News. More... |
Statin use lowers after gastric bypass surgery
Long-term data from a retrospective cohort study showed that hyperlipidemic obese patients had more than a 90% reduction in their need of lipid-lowering therapy following laparoscopic gastric-bypass surgery, MedPage Today reported. More... |
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Medication safety
Coumadin 1-mg tablet blister packs recalled
A recall of 3 lots of physician sample blister packs of Coumadin 1-mg tablets and 5 lots of Coumadin 1-mg tablet hospital unit dose blister packs has been initiated by Bristol-Myers Squibb. More... |
Cardiology clinicians neglect to determine patient use of nutraceuticals and OTC agents
The use of nutraceuticals and nonprescription over-the-counter (OTC) drugs may be high; however, the use of these agents may largely be ignored by cardiovascular clinicians, according to research published in the July 6 issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. More... |
Folic acid, vitamin B12 do not reduce vascular events
Supplementation with folic acid and vitamin B12 over an extended period does not have a beneficial effect on vascular outcomes in individuals who have had a myocardial infarction, but it also poses no excess cancer risk, according to a study in the June 23/30 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, HealthDay News reported. More... |
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Meeting
August 28–31 NACDS Pharmacy & Technology Conference
San Diego, CA
Contact:
413 North Lee Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
703-549-3001
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