Patient Compliance

The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) has released a new tool for the management of non-communicable diseases: The regulatory self-assessment and development tool for transforming pharmacy practice.

On the surface, for many pharmacists meeting a customer’s needs might mean filling an Rx accurately with the appropriate counselling, but the more important benefit is not necessarily the patient’s stated purpose.

Those with allergies and asthma advised to clean phones more often to avoid triggers

A new chart offers advice around alternative antibiotics pharmacists can use to treat common children's ailments amid supply issues for amoxicillin suspension products.

Don’t store your patients’ medicines where you’d keep a beer, and other tips.

As Dr. Robert Dickson notes, warts are a frequently frustrating problem for patients and a challenge for physicians.

An eco-formulary has been developed in Scotland.

The proposal recommended by city staff is for a 30-bed centre with a $1.3-million annual cost that would be shared with the province.