Government pharmacies to close early
Government pharmacies will be closing at 1200h as from Wednesday, November 26, following a directive issued on Friday by the Union Haddiema Maghqudin.

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Examines Challenges Facing Independent Pharmacies
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette on Monday examined some of the challenges facing independent pharmacies nationwide, such as growing competition from large chain and mail-order pharmacies, decreased reimbursement rates, and increased state and federal regulations.

Courier pharmacies 'harmful'
Patient care is suffering because many medical aids insist their members use courier pharmacies to receive chronic medication, says United SA Pharmacies.

PSA Supports Frontline Role For Pharmacists, Australia
PSA supports the call for pharmacy to play a more prominent role as the first port of call for people seeking assistance for minor ailments. PSA National President Warwick Plunkett said today that pharmacists are uniquely placed to provide primary health care delivery. 'Community Pharmacies are already the first place many people go when the have a minor ailments such as a cough or cold.

Sheriff-Elect Assembles Transition Team
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- Orange County is on pace to break yet a another record for homicides in one year, deputies have investigated 137 home invasions so far in 2008, and 34 pharmacies have been held up.

AP IMPACT: Govt pays millions for unapproved drugs
Taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered under Medicaid, an Associated Press analysis of federal data has found. Millions of private patients are taking such drugs, as well.

GP dispensing change opposed
Patients oppose plans to reduce the ability of rural GPs in England to provide drugs directly to their patients, a poll suggests.

AP IMPACT: Medicaid pays millions for drugs not reviewed for safety and effectiveness
WASHINGTON - Taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered under Medicaid, an Associated Press analysis of federal data has found.

Eyedrops for cataracts patients 209% more expensive
A box of tablets from Paris costs ?19.83, but to buy it from Maltese pharmacies you pay ?29.63. Similarly, eye drops for persons awaiting cataracts surgery, cost ?7 in Malta, but only ?2.26 in Italy.

Program may cut prescription costs
A group of Metro Council members hopes to help some residents save money on prescription drugs.

Closer-to-home remedies
Last month, the medic units of Gig Harbor?s Fire District 5 made 248 trips across the Narrows to Tacoma-area hospitals carrying patients in need of emergency room services. That?s more than eight trips a day on average.

Whooping cough cases on the rise
An underreported, often misdiagnosed disease that people think affects only young children is drawing concern from national health officials and has recently struck hospital workers, closed schools in the Midwest and kept multiple health departments busy sending out alerts.

AP IMPACT: Govt pays millions for unapproved drugs
Taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered under Medicaid, an Associated Press analysis of federal data has found. Millions of private patients are taking such drugs, as well. The availability of unapproved prescription drugs to the public may create a dangerous ...

AP IMPACT: Govt pays millions for unapproved drugs
Sun, Nov 23, 2008 (5:42 a.m.) Taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered under Medicaid, an Associated Press analysis of federal data has found.

CVS, Rite-Aid, state reach multilingual deal
New Yorkers who speak a language other than English now will have an easier time understanding the instructions with their prescription medications.

'A good way of doing triage'
A mortar bowl of controversy is now being ground in Ontario over the possibility pharmacists may soon be allowed to prescribe some of their own medicines for a number of minor ailments.

Police keep a watchful eye
Police use a variety of methods and millions of dollars to combat illegal drug use and legal drug overuse, but it starts with front-line officers like Roger King.

Hidalgo County launches discount prescription card
Hidalgo County has teamed up with local pharmacies to create a discount card that knocks off as much as 35 precent off for prescriptions.

Social & Personal
President in Cyprus President Eddie Fenech Adami with Polish Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwsz, who was private secretary to Pope John Paul II. Dr Fenech Adami also met...

AP IMPACT: Govt pays millions for unapproved drugs
By By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and FRANK BASS -- Taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for medications that have never been reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness but are still covered under Medicaid, an Associated Press analysis of federal data has found. Millions of private patients are taking such drugs, as well. The availability of unapproved ...