Medication management
The Food and Drug Administration Friday warned physicians and patients who use medical devices to monitor levels of the blood thinner warfarin that certain test strips used with the devices may provide inaccurate results and should not be relied on to adjust the drug dosage.
AHA provides feedback on the Food and Drug Administration鈥檚 request for comments on the public meeting, 鈥淚dentifying the Root Causes of Drug Shortages and Finding Enduring Solutions.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday released revised draft guidance for facilities that compound human drugs as outsourcing facilities.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday warned the health care community about complications that arise when pairing pain medications with intrathecal implanted pumps when the medications are not approved for use with those devices, which deliver medicine into spinal fluid.
Northern Maine Medical Center 鈥 Fort Kent, Maine
Purchase of Retail Pharmacy Enhances Services to the Community
In May 2018, Northern Maine Medical Center purchased a local retail pharmacy in an effort to improve patient outcomes, support patients鈥 medication adherence, reduce avoidable鈥
Oct. 27 is National Prescription Drug Take Back Day, an opportunity for the public to safely dispose of unwanted or expired prescription pills at sites throughout the country.
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday released a series of guidance documents intended to help manufacturers develop generic transdermal and topical delivery systems, products that deliver a drug through a patient鈥檚 skin.
The Food and Drug Administration today released for public comment a revised draft memorandum of understanding for states regarding interstate distribution of 鈥渋nordinate amounts鈥 of compounded drugs by licensed pharmacists or physicians.
The AHA Aug. 28 urged the Drug Enforcement Administration to reconsider its proposed 2019 aggregate production quotas for certain controlled substances, which the agency said would reduce manufacturing quotas for six frequently misused opioids by an average 10 percent.
The Food and Drug Administration recently authorized the temporary import of hydromorphone hydrochloride injection from Canada to address a critical shortage of the drug, an opioid pain medication.