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- Cough and Cold Products for Patients with Diabetes
Yvette C. Terrie, BSPharm, RPh
OTC cough and cold products for the diabetes patient population.
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- Editor's Note: Never Events, Pay-for-Performance, and the Pharmacist's Role
James C. McAllister III, MS, FASHP
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- Chronic Care Focus: Controlling Diabetes in the ICU
Susan Sloane, RPh, CDE, CPT
Implementing effective insulin protocols and sharing best practices can improve glycemic control for patients in hospitals and long-term care.
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- Continuity of Care: Diabetic Neuropathy: Bridging the Sensation Gap
Katherine Carey, PharmD, and Melinda J. Throm, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacists in all health care settings play an important role in the prevention and treatment of diabetic neuropathy.
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- The SCRIPT for Diabetic Foot Care
Kristine Russell, PharmD, RPh, and Melinda J. Throm, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacists can use sound advice and practical foot care tips to help patients avert dangerous foot infections.
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- Diabetes and Depression: Knowing the Signs, Improving Outcomes
Marile L. Santamarina, PharmD, MS
Pharmacists should encourage patients to recognize and report any symptoms of depression in order to achieve optimal control of diabetes.
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- Top 10 Best Practices?MTM
Eileen Koutnik-Fotopoulos
Pharmacists should consider a best practices approach when providing MTM services.
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- Promoting Adherence Benefits More Than Just the Patient
Carolyn Heinze
Better medication adherence means healthier patients and lower health care costs; pharmacists are at the front lines of this movement.
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- Snyder Wins RESPy Award Through Selfless Contribution to Pharmacy
Alicia Rybovic
A commitment to volunteerism in his own community and abroad is the hallmark of this month's RESPy winner, Charles "Chase" Snyder.
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- Oral Care Products
Yvette C. Terrie, BSPharm, RPh
Patients with diabetes face an increased risk for oral health problems.
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- City of New Orleans Employees: Building a Healthier Future in Wake of Katrina
Jamie Kirkwood
New Orleans has implemented an Asheville-like disease state management model with the help of the APhA Foundation's HealthMapRx program.
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- Pharmacy Law: Accommodating Pharmacists Who Refuse Certain Patients
Joseph L. Fink III, BSPharm, JD
How far must a pharmacy manager go to accommodate a pharmacist who uses religious grounds to refuse to deal with patients seeking birth control products?
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- Drug Diversion and Abuse: Florida Prescription Drug Abuse Calls for a PMP
Cmdr John Burke
It is time for Florida's legislators to step up and pass a quality prescription-monitoring program to combat Rx abuse in the state.
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- GLP-1 Analogs: An Emerging Drug Therapy for Glycemic Control
Pamela L. Havrilla, PharmD, and Scott R. Drab, PharmD, CDC, BC-ADM
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- Morning Blood Pressure and Hypertension in Pregnancy
Robert Lee Page II, PharmD, FCCP, FAHA, BCPS, CGP
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- Editor's Note: The Pharmacist and Diabetes Care
Fred M. Eckel, RPh, MS
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Susan Farley
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Susan Farley
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- Aggressive Diabetes Management: Insulin as a Front-Line Drug
Susan Sloane, RPh, CDE, CPT
Several landmark trials report that controlling diabetes with insulin therapy reduces the risk of diabetes-related microvascular complications.
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- A Closer Look at New FDA Actions: Bystolic
Monica Holmberg, PharmD
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- A Closer Look at New FDA Actions: Cymbalta
Monica Holmberg, PharmD
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- Diabetes Product Charts
The latest OTC and Rx products, testing supplies, and other resources for patients with diabetes.
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- Protease Inhibitors and PPIs
John R. Horn, PharmD, FCCP, and Philip D. Hansten, PharmD
Proton pump inhibitors are potent inhibitors of gastric acid secretion; their interactions with protease inhibitors are discussed here.
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- More Product Name Mix-Ups
Michael J. Gaunt, PharmD
Pharmacists should take precautions when dealing with these drugs.
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Martin A. Erickson III, RPh
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- Overcoming Barriers to Insulin Therapy
Jerry Meece, RPh, FACA, CDE
Pharmacists have an important role to play in dispelling myths about the use of insulin in effectively treating diabetes.
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Craig I. Coleman, PharmD
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- Long-Acting Insulins for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes
Sandra Leal, PharmD, CDE
A look at the role of basal insulin in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.
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- Coagulation Counseling
Anna D. Garrett, PharmD, BCPS, CPP
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- Rx Response Steps Up When Disaster Strikes
Kathleen Jaeger, GPhA President and Chief Executive Officer
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- Branded Generics: Misunderstood, but Lucrative
Although the name "branded generic" may be an oxymoron, these products are very real and very profitable for many companies.
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