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For Medication Disposal, New Advice Is Trash Beats Take-Back
Returning extra medicine to the pharmacy for disposal might not be worth the extra time, money or greenhouse gas emissions, according to a University of Michigan study that is the first to look at the net effects of so-called take-back programs...

Blood Pressure Control Improved With Home Telemonitoring By Pharmacists
Patients receiving telemonitoring along with high blood pressure management support from a pharmacist were more likely to lower their blood pressure than those not receiving extra support, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Quality of Care and Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2012...

Natural Does Not Equal Safe: The Risks Of Mixing Drugs And Herbal Supplements
Herbal, dietary, and energy or nutritional supplements may offer specific health benefits, but they can also have harmful and even life-threatening effects when combined with commonly used medications. Clinicians need to be aware of and educate their patients about the potential risks of mixing supplements and therapeutic agents, since their interaction can diminish or increase drug levels...

Recent History Of A Mystery In Canadian Drug Shortages
The shortage of prescription generic drugs in Canada is not a recent event, dating back to the fall of 2010 or earlier, states a recent history of the shortage in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Hematologist and medical historian Dr. Jacalyn Duffin first noticed the shortage of an old, reliable drug in November 2010...

Many Grandparents Store Prescription Medicines Where Children Can Easily Find Them
Two-thirds of adults support single-dose packaging to avoid accidental poisoning, according to U-M's National Poll on Children's Health Unintentional poisonings from medicines cause more emergency room visits for young children each year than do car accidents...

China Halts Several Drugs
With infant formula scandals, mine collapses and pollution and contamination problems, China is not well regarded for its industrial safety record, and today the story continues with 13 different drugs produced in China being pulled from the market by the Government regulator...

Off-Label Drug Prescribing Common, New Study Found
A report published Archives of Internal Medicine, as part of the Health Care Reform series, reveals that in Canada, prescribing off-label medications in a primary care network appears to be common practice, even though it varies depending on the medication, physician and patient characteristics...

Scant Evidence That Insect Bite Remedies Work
A UK review in the April Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) says there is scant evidence that over-the-counter remedies for simple insect bites work, suggesting that in most cases, no treatment at all is enough. The DTB concludes: "There is little evidence for the efficacy of treatments for simple insect bites...

Improving Medication Alerts In Electronic Medical Record Systems
A study by Regenstrief Institute and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs investigators provides the first in-depth look at how health care providers react to medication alerts generated by electronic medical record systems...

Some Surprising Findings In Drug Coverage Of Medicare Beneficiaries With Kidney Failure
The majority of Medicare beneficiaries with kidney failure participate in Medicare's Part D prescription drug coverage program, and most of these receive a low-income subsidy from the program, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology (JASN)...

Rosemary Essential Oil May Boost Brain Performance
Hailed since ancient times for its medicinal properties, we still have a lot to learn about the effects of rosemary. Now researchers writing in Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, published by SAGE, have shown for the first time that blood levels of a rosemary oil component correlate with improved cognitive performance...

Pricing of Generics Should Be Reviewed, Australia
A report published in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia, reveals that if the pricing system for generic medications was improved and they were prescribed more often, Australia could save hundreds of millions of dollars in Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) subsides. The Medical Journal of Australia is a publication of the Australian Medical Association...

Fake Drugs Increasing On The Net And Finding Their Way Into Legitimate Supplies
Fake drugs are increasingly being sold on the Internet in a global counterfeit medicines market that has doubled in the last five years to more than $75 million...

Prescribing Errors By GPs Reduced By Up To 50 Percent By In-House Pharmacists
Medication errors are common in primary care but the number of mistakes could be reduced significantly if GPs introduced an in-house pharmacist-led intervention scheme. These are the findings of a comprehensive study into sustainable ways of preventing patients from being harmed as a result of prescribing errors...

Fake Avastin (Bevacizumab) Found In USA
Fake cancer drug, Avastin (bevacizumab) has been distributed in the USA, according to statement issued by Roche, Genentech and the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) today. Roche warns that the counterfeit medication does not have the active ingredient - bevacizumab - and should not be used or taken. Roche says it was told about the fake Avastin from a non-US health authorities...