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Almost three-quarters of college students say sharing prescription drugs is common among their acquaintances, and less than a fifth say their schools have established programs to deal with the problem.

The agency rejected a request from the painkiller's manufacturer to outlaw generic versions lacking tamper-resistant features just weeks after deciding the opposite way for generic versions of OxyContin.

The association between use of analgesics in infancy and increased likelihood of developing asthma may actually be due to respiratory infections that prompt analgesic use, a new study indicates.

Early treatment is crucial for the prevention of irreversible damage.

Troy Trygstad, PharmD, PhD, MBA, co-editor of the Directions in Pharmacy supplements, discusses the evolving health care landscape and how pharmacists can navigate it.

Colin Cooke, MD, discusses the role of the Affordable Care Act in expanding insurance coverage and in the formation of accountable care organizations.

Troy Trygstad, PharmD, PhD, MBA, discusses a flexible patient-centric approach to health care.

Timothy Ulbrich, PharmD, discusses the role of the pharmacist and how pharmacists are key to addressing our nation's medication crisis.

Troy Trygstad, PharmD, PhD, MBA, discusses emerging technology trends and how investments in technology will change health care.

Morgan Pharmacy in Washington, DC, has managed to keep its doors open for more than 100 years.

Troy Trygstad, PharmD, PhD, MBA, discusses the importance of the value-based model in health care and the perils and opportunities it poses to pharmacists.

A new review investigates the causes of penicillin failure in treating pharyngotonsillitis as well as antibiotics that can be used in its place.

The American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Family Physicians have updated their acute otitis media treatment guidelines for the first time in almost a decade.

Antibiograms that identify pathogen prevalence and antibiotic resistance patterns can help improve selection of antibiotics for pediatric urinary tract infections.

Too often, ADHD drugs are prescribed to kids whose parents just want some peace and quiet, putting the kids at risk of addiction.

Non-white patients have 50 percent greater odds, women have 10 percent greater odds of being non-adherent to statin medications for treatment of high cholesterol

The LINX Reflux Management System, which was approved by the FDA in 2012, has demonstrated impressive results in a study involving 100 participants with long-term acid reflux.

The meningitis outbreak caused by a Massachusetts compounding pharmacy has set off a debate of whether and how regulation of compounders should be tightened.

A survey of pediatric subspecialists found that 9 in 10 do not follow guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics for treating preschoolers with ADHD.

A review of randomized controlled trials and open-label studies of 6 months or longer finds good evidence that opioid therapy improves pain scores, with weaker evidence for its long-term effect on functional status.

Analysis of claims data finds patients often receive starting doses of Butrans (buprenorphine) that do not follow published recommendations, with more than one-third of patients receiving initial doses that are too low.

A report from IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics finds that per capita medication spending dropped 3.5% in 2012-the first decline since the organization began tracking drug spending in 1957.