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U.S. Pharmacy Chains Harm Patients With Medication Errors; NABP Appears Silent

Pharmacy Checkers

When you go to your local CVS and Walgreens – and other big pharmacy chains – are you getting the highest standard of care? Have these pharmacies gone rogue? Yet the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) doesn’t seem to be paying much attention to medication errors at U.S. pharmacies. pharmacy industry.

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Retired Doctors, Nurses Will Be Approved to Give COVID-19 Vaccine, White House Says

The Pharma Data

Retired Doctors, Nurses Will Be Approved to Give COVID-19 Vaccine, White House Says. 27, 2021 — Retired doctors and nurses are being called to the front lines of the U.S. Professional. WEDNESDAY, Jan. COVID-19 vaccination effort, the White House COVID-19 Response team announced Wednesday.

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NEW FEXOFENADINE over the counter – Allevia tablets

Druggist

Allevia tablets will be licensed as General Sale Item (GSL), which means it will be available over the counter in shops and supermarkets and not only in pharmacies. Allevia tablets will be licensed to relieve symptoms associated with seasonal allergic rhinitis (hayfever) in adults and children aged 12 years and over (Gov.UK, 2020).

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Good Doc, Bad Doc: Supreme Court Finds Prescriber Knowledge Counts

FDA Law Blog

This consolidated case has implications not only for prescribers of controlled substances but also for pharmacists and pharmacies who are subject to a “corresponding responsibility” to only fill prescriptions issued for a legitimate medical purpose pursuant to the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. § appropriately licensed, etc.)

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Digital health player UpHealth swells with three-way merger

pharmaphorum

The three-way deal combines UpHealth – which provides patient care management, telemedicine and digital pharmacy services and gives its name to the new group – with CloudBreak, which provides a video consultation platform for doctors and patients.

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Can you get melatonin over the counter in the UK?

Druggist

In the UK, licensed forms of melatonin are prescribed either for the management of insomnia in adults over 55 years of age or to help with jet lag. The supply of prescription-only medicines is possible after a prescription (NHS or private prescription) is issued to the patient by a doctor or another qualified prescriber. . £22.50.

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Diltiazem cream: uses, side effects and availability

Druggist

Diltiazem 2% cream is a prescription-only medicine (POM), which means a doctor needs to issue a prescription for the supply to happen. Even though diltiazem cream is an unlicensed medication, a doctor can prescribe it, for example, if a patient found GTN ointment not acceptable. Diltiazem cream: legal classification.