(HealthDay)—About one in five patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (NVAF) receives digoxin, with the indication for use considered inappropriate in nearly 60 percent, according to a study published online Sept. ...
Sep 30, 2016
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Longtime customers of Target's pharmacies are finding a change in pill bottle design hard to swallow.
Sep 27, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Two-thirds of American adults think tobacco products don't belong on pharmacy shelves, including half of those who are smokers, a new survey shows.
Sep 1, 2016
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As a result of the overuse or misuse of antibiotics, antimicrobial resistant superbugs represent an extraordinary threat to global health. This threat is particularly great in India, the world's largest consumer of antibiotics ...
Aug 24, 2016
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Hospital readmissions, a $17 billion annual problem, are higher in rural, remote or smaller communities that sometimes have significantly less access to pharmacies, according to a study published today that was one of the ...
Aug 2, 2016
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With the rise of on-demand delivery, prescription medicine joins the countless list of items that can be ordered online with the click of a button.
Jul 29, 2016
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(HealthDay)—The magnitude of the risk of adverse outcomes associated with metamizole use varies in different studies, according to a review published online July 15 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics.
Jul 28, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Among veterans, initiation of many commonly-used medications is associated with increased risk of hospitalization for dehydration or heat-related illness, according to research published online July 4 in the ...
Jul 25, 2016
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Uruguay will this month start signing up smokers to buy marijuana from pharmacies in the world's first scheme for state-production and sale of the drug, an official source said Wednesday.
Jul 6, 2016
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The phone rings off the hook these days at some pharmacies in Florida and the calls are long-distance: from Venezuelans desperate for everything from diapers to cancer medication.
May 10, 2016
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