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Survey
Last month's survey results:
Does your pharmacy use social media (blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) as a marketing tool?
• Yes, we are using an automated system. 27%
• No, we are not yet using an automated system. 56%
• No, but we plan to use an automated system in the next 6 months. 6%
• No, but we plan to use an automated system in the next 12 months. 10%
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This month we would like to know...
Have you ever reached into your own pocket to help a patient pay for a prescription?
• Never
• Once
• A few times
• Several times
• Frequently
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BOSTON (Reuters) - Access to rogue online pharmacies may be driving a rapid increase in the abuse of prescription drugs like powerful painkillers Percocet and Oxycontin, a new study shows. Read full article. |
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A discussion generated by
Drug Topics’ readers, editorial staff, and advisory board
Oluwole Williams lives in Glenside, Pa., where he works as a relief pharmacist. |
The peculiar experiences of a floater pharmacist
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The Louisiana State Senate recently passed a bill that would expand the authority given to pharmacists to administer immunizations. Read full article.
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Several lots of azithromycin, Quinapril, and other drugs were stolen in mid-May from Pfizer and its Greenstone subsidiary when a company truck was en route to a CVS store. Read full article.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Drug companies are dosing up on price increases to prop up stagnant sales, but will soon need to break that addiction as more medicines face generic competition. Read full article.
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There is no convincing evidence that high doses of selenium can prevent cancer, according to a Cochrane Systematic Review of 55 clinical trials, published online May 11. Read full article. |
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Medication use among pregnant women is widespread and increasing, according to a recent study from the Boston University School of Public Health in Boston. Read full article. |
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The oral lyophylizate ("melt") formulation of desmopressin reduces urine production better than the tablet in children with nocturnal enuresis, if they take it with food, a study from Belgium shows. Read full article. |
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Meetings and Events
June 1-2, 2011 PQA Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
Contact:
Karen Peterson
9687 South Run Oaks Drive
Fairfax Station, VA 22039
Fax: 703-690-1756
kpeterson@pqaalliance.org
June 2-3 PQA/URAC Medication Adherence Summit
Washington, D.C.
Contact:
Jackie Green
1220 L Street NW, Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005
703-927-1599
jgreen@pqaalliance.org
June 3-5 NCPA Diabetes Accreditation Standards-Practical Applications (DASPA)
Brooklyn, NY
Contact:
100 Daingerfield Road
Alexandria, VA 22314
800-544-7447
July 22-25, 2011 NPhA Annual Convention
Atlanta
Contact:
107 Kilmayne Drive, Suite C
Cary, NC 27511
Phone: 404-262-3344
Fax: 404-262-8689
June 25-28, 2011 NACDS Marketplace Conference
Boston
Contact:
P.O. Box 34814
Alexandria, VA 22334-0814
registration@nacds.org
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