Posts tagged pharmacy

• Prescription Errors are Tough to Swallow

  Mark Bello | May 22, 2012 1:13 PM | 1 CommentFarmington Hills, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A New Jersey CVS Pharmacy mistakenly gave as many as fifty children Tamoxifen, a powerful cancer fighting medication, instead of the prescribed fluoride tablets. Although some children ingested...

• FDA Considering Making More Prescription Drugs Available Over the Counter

  David Mittleman | February 28, 2012 1:29 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  With all the research on the number of people who abuse prescription drugs, you might find it surprising that many Americans simply never fill their prescriptions or don't refill them after...

• 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...

• Flu Shot Myths Debunked

  David Mittleman | October 22, 2011 10:00 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  It's getting to be that time of year again where more people are sniffling and coughing...and we all know what that means, flu season. You may be trying to decide whether or not to get a flu shot...

• 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...

• Be On the Lookout for Drugs With Similar Appearances, Names

  David Mittleman | June 28, 2010 4:44 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Medical science is capable of amazing things. New drugs can treat a wide array of symptoms and diseases, bringing relief to millions of people every year. But in order to obtain the benefit of a...