Posts tagged pharmacist

• Woman Goes Blind from Deadly Cocktail of Prescription Drugs

  David Mittleman | May 25, 2012 8:56 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  It is vitally important that you don't mix prescription drugs. Typically, hospitals and pharmacists are a key component of ensuring that the wrong drugs do not get mixed together in a...

• Some Drugs Don't Always Mix Safely With Foods

  David Mittleman | March 21, 2012 2:11 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Like many others, you probably wash down your daily vitamins, prescription medications, and any other supplements at breakfast with a glass of fruit juice, coffee, or milk. However, you should...

• Dropping the Pen Helps Doctors Reduce Prescription Errors

  David Mittleman | February 03, 2012 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  There is a definitely a push towards moving hospital records from paper to digital form. This push may actually be very important, considering that researchers recently found that when doctors...

• Shortage of Prescription Drugs Serious Problem for Patients

  David Mittleman | January 08, 2012 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Doctors, patients, and pharmacists have cited increasing concerns over the shortage of some important prescription drugs such as Adderall and life saving cancer medications. As a result, patients...

• The Corner Pharmacy – Not So Safe Anymore

  David Mittleman | June 23, 2011 9:54 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  One of several reasons I stopped working as a pharmacist not long after becoming licensed in Pennsylvania in 1980 was a fear of the growing number of pharmacy break-ins. The writing was on the wall...

• Prescription Drug Side Effects, Interactions Sending More Patients to Hospitals

  David Mittleman | May 02, 2011 1:32 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  As more and more conditions are being managed by medications, patients across the country are relying on their doctors and pharmacists more than ever before. In 2010, Americans spent over $300...

• Preventing Pharmacy Errors Would Result in Fewer Injuries, Huge Savings

  David Mittleman | April 07, 2011 3:24 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In 2009, nearly 4 billion prescriptions were dispensed in the United States, according to one study. With so many prescriptions being filled – and with pharmacists under pressure to quickly...

• Pharmacy Error Causes Concern Over Unborn Child

  David Mittleman | February 15, 2011 8:41 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A Colorado woman has expressed fear over the health of her unborn baby in the wake of an egregious pharmacy error at a Safeway supermarket in the Denver area. The pharmacy mistakenly gave the woman...

• Thanksgiving 2010; Much to be Thankful About

  David Mittleman | November 18, 2010 8:15 AM | 4 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Thanksgiving is around the corner and I have much to be thankful for personally and professionally this year. For starters, I underwent successful treatment for prostate cancer. My post-surgical PSA...

• National Drug Disposal Day May Help Protect Your Kids and Michigan Wildlife

  David Mittleman | September 15, 2010 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  National officials are planning a massive coordinated effort to have a drug disposal day on September 25, 2010. Unused prescription drugs pose numerous dangers if not disposed of properly. Left in...