prescription drugs
REMS Programs Help FDA, Stakeholders Work Together to Enhance Drug Safety
The FDA makes every effort to make REMS requirements as least burdensome as possible. Our goal is to maintain ...
MARCH 10, 2017
ASHP Offers Guidance For Controlling Diversion
The guidelines include a framework for creating a collaborative, comprehensive controlled substances diversion ...
JANUARY 16, 2017
Prescriber Reaction Mixed as States Crack Down on Opioid Use
Worries about the national crisis of prescription opioid and heroin addiction have fueled a flurry of state laws ...
DECEMBER 12, 2016
Study: Hydrocodone Rescheduling Affects Prescribing
Prescriptions for hydrocodone fixed-dose combination products have plummeted since the opioid was rescheduled from ...
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Patient Education: From Whence Should It Come?
It is particularly important for surgeons to participate in the education of their patients, and this education ...
SEPTEMBER 28, 2016
Adding Medication Purpose to Drug Labels Improves Safety
Labels should tell patients the purpose of the medication they are taking. Providing this information helps create ...
SEPTEMBER 16, 2016
Pain Medication Tops Medicaid’s Most Prescribed Drugs
Hydrocodone-acetaminophen (generic Vicodin) is the most frequently prescribed drug in Medicaid from 2014 to 2015, ...
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016
Experts Sift Through Tea Leaves for U.S. Biosimilars Market
The FDA approval of Zarxio and its most recent approval of Celltrion and Pfizer’s Inflectra are just the ...
JULY 5, 2016
ASHP Calls for Ban on DTC Prescription Drug Advertising
The ban is for direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs and medication-containing devices during ...
JUNE 17, 2016
Researchers Surprised by Opioid Scripts for Low-Risk Surgical Procedures
Opioid-naive adults who underwent at least one of four low-risk surgical procedures—carpal tunnel release, ...
MAY 24, 2016
Experts: Stemming the Opioid Tide Will Involve Prescriber Education, Naloxone, Medication-Assisted Treatment
The federal government has set its sights on reducing prescription drug abuse, misuse and diversion. According to ...
MAY 19, 2016
Study: Doctors’ Texts Can Prod Patients To Take Drugs, but Questions Linger
A spoonful of sugar may make the medicine go down, but that’s hardly useful if a patient doesn’t ...
MAY 17, 2016
