June 2018 Women's Health

In general, infertility is described as an inability to conceive despite having frequent, unprotected intercourse for a year or more.

When instructing anyone about what to do during a pharmacy robbery, the most crucial point is that those involved should aim to get themselves, their coworkers, and their customers through the situation unhurt.

Brown bag consults can be essential educational and safety tools to measure and ensure quality care. By asking patients to bring in all their current medications, including OTC, mail-order, specialty, and herbal products, pharmacists can guarantee appropriate and up-to-date care.

Atherosclerosis affects both genders, but its profile in women is unique. For example, 42% of women who have heart attacks die within a year, compared with 24% of men.

Changes in the position and orientation of bar codes on products are resulting in scanning difficulties.

Bob, a conscientious neighborhood pharmacist, runs Bob’s Pharmacy in Smalltown, USA.

Read about lazy coworkers, insurance miscommunications, and more pet peeves.

Read about the generic products featured in June.

Read about the Rx products featured in June.

Read about the OTC products featured in June.

Pharmacists are in a pivotal position to guide women seeking advice about prenatal health and supplements.

With the authority of the FDA limited by statute to removing supplements from the market only after reports of adverse effects, the role of pharmacists to intervene and assist patients with optimal product selection is vital.

Common clinical issues associated with menopause include mood changes; sexual issues; sleep disturbances; urogenital atrophy, also known as genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM); and vasomotor symptoms. Let’s look at the pharmacologic treatment of GSM and vasomotor symptoms.

High drug prices are taking a toll not only on consumers’ wallets but on their health.

Evidence suggests that both persistent and severe postpartum depression increase the risk of adverse outcomes in children.

When pharmacy technicians employed at several locations of a national pharmacy chain make derogatory comments about a local physician, are those comments to be viewed as defamation or as speech protected by a “qualified privilege?”

Endothelin antagonists—ambrisentan (Letairis), bosentan (Tracleer), and macitentan (Opsumit)—are indicated to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension. Although these drugs have similar pharmacologic activity, they differ in their potential for their plasma concentrations to be altered by other medications.

FDA officials are publicizing information on brand name drugmakers that use what government officials call “gaming tactics” to block cheaper generic versions.

Can you figure out what these prescriptions say?

I was having a conversation with a colleague and friend recently, and he mentioned that his group was planning on experimenting with remote order entry and medication verification so that pharmacies in rural areas could use a technician instead of a pharmacist to dispense medications.