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Italian Ministry of Health has banned compounding pharmacies from preparing drugs containing any of seven APIs after chemists were discovered making dangerous off-label weight loss treatments....ban, backed by the Italian Drug Agency, comes after some compounding pharmacies created unregistered slimming drugs from combinations of APIs not intended for weight control.

• TRIAC/tiratricol 
• fluoxetine and bupropion
• clorazepate
• furosemide
• metformin
• topiramate

Brookshire Grocery announced this week that it would be equipping its pharmacies with Fillmaster Plus dispensing technology…feature FlavoRx medication flavoring….using FillPure’s water purification system for all water used in antibiotics and powdered suspension,...The machines make pharmaceutical reconstitution and flavoring easy while reducing dispensing errors…

What happens when a healthcare organization's employees are found to have been inappropriately accessing patient medical records? The actions of one health system might serve as an example….14 of its employees were found to have accessed a high-profile patient's medical records "without a legitimate patient care need,"…"Appropriate actions have been taken with each employee, up to and including termination,"

Diplomat Pharmacy has been named the exclusive distributor for Taro’s primary hyperkalemic and hypokalemic periodic paralysis treatment, Keveyis (dichlorphenamide)… Taro has created the Keys2Care program, which will provide a suite of patient support services to ensure people diagnosed with periodic paralysis can receive treatment with Keveyis as soon as possible…. expected to be available in the third quarter..

PharmTalk is a special production from the University of Arizona, College of Pharmacy that features Keith and Kevin Boesen.

Yes, we know the doctors are usually the stars in the hospital emergency room. And the pharmacist with special training in emergency medicine makes a big contribution too!

Jessica Kerr, PharmD, CDE, and assistant department chair at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville discusses medication errors involving insulin. (video)

Washington and Oregon Walgreens locations will be getting new retail clinics through a new partnership with Providence Health and Services…The partnership will see three new Swedish Express Care and Providence Express Care clinics…Walgreens is harnessing Providence’s name recognition in the region to create a more coordinated care effort for retail clinics and move them beyond urgent care...

As the 10th anniversary of Hurrican Katrina approaches, Walmart and the Walmart Foundation are making a commitment to disaster relief efforts… the two organizations would be donating $25 million over five years to worldwide disaster relief and recovery efforts… We will continue to help communities prepare for - and recover from - the unexpected…

Every medication has risks as well as benefits, and people react to treatment differently. That’s why drug labels are pages long and filled with small print about the possible downsides. Sometimes those side effects actually exacerbate the problem the drug is intended to treat.

1. Addyi
2. Advair
3. Antidepressants
4. Osteoporosis Drugs
5. Epogen
6. MS Drugs

EHR vendor Allscripts and CoverMyMeds have partnered to help patients receive their prescriptions faster…aims to increase the number of health plans available for Allscripts eAuth software clients… enables providers to authorize prescriptions electronically…Performing prior authorization electronically within EHR workflow helps improve efficiencies and reduce costs throughout the prior authorization process…