Prescription Drugs

Have you ever received a prescription from a patient who lives in the US and the prescription is from a U.S. doctor? The authors did an environmental scan of relevant regulations to find out how pharmacists should respond.

In bygone days, changing the political or financial landscape with poison was not uncommon. Nowadays, the landscape is already polluted—in other ways.

Joint U.S.–Taiwan study evaluates the risk of ventricular arrhythmia or sudden death in patients on an antipsychotic, then prescribed a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.

Study examines the efficacy and safety of daily mirtazapine to treat moderate to severe methamphetamine use disorder in outpatients. 

Acute generalized exanthematous pustulosis (AGEP) presents with sterile pustules and systemic symptoms, and usually improves within days of stopping the trigger.

The 60-day consultation invites input on training for three common ailments and the administration of a injectable opioid treatment.

With male sexual medicine patients, there is a huge amount of DIY medicine going on. Self-guided TRT and abuse of all sorts of pharmaceuticals has moved out of the body-building world into the general population.

Federal update doesn’t change how products are stored or sold, says the Alberta College of Pharmacy.

New article reviews evidence on cannabis use for commonly encountered mental health conditions and highlights groups at higher risk for harms from cannabis use.

Dana Tilton, who owns Dana’s Pharmacy in Spur, about 67 miles east of Lubbock, recently filled an insulin prescription that cost Tilton $414.21 to stock. The PBM reimbursed Tilton $403.16 and the customer didn’t have to pay anything.