tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196Fri, 25 May 2012 04:30:53 +0000Sell PharmacyOpinionsBuild a PharmacySpecialty Pharmacy articlesWelcomehttp://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/noreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)Blogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-1630617449161671171Fri, 25 May 2012 04:26:00 +00002012-05-24T21:30:53.132-07:00 The FDA says the only oral multiple-sclerosis drug on the market, Novartis’s Gilenya, shouldn’t be used in patients with a recent history of stroke or some heart problems. The WSJ reported that a safety review of the treatment was prompted by a report in November of a 59-year-old patient dying in the United States. He passed less than a day after taking the first dose of the medication. http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/05/new-caution-urged-over-sole-oral-ms.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-5554957793924695789Sun, 13 May 2012 18:28:00 +00002012-05-13T11:32:40.540-07:00 Pfizer on May 9, 2012 released their exclusive rights to distribute Lipitor, but the company is still working aggressively to squeeze revenue from the brand. Lipitor is the best selling drug in the pharmaceutical industry's history. Pfizer is continuing to market Lipitor, a cholesterol drug that accounts for about 20 per cent of its US sales, and is cutting prices to compete with competitionhttp://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/05/pfizer-parts-with-lipitor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-2976596344225949909Fri, 04 May 2012 05:11:00 +00002012-05-03T22:11:20.605-07:00Johnson & Johnson needs to rethink the way it brings drugs to market, expand its reach into global markets and rebuild consumer confidence by returning recalled brands to pharmacy shelves, the incoming chief executive, Alex Gorsky, said in an interview last Wednesday. Mr. Gorsky, who is scheduled to take over formally during Johnson & Johnson’s annual meeting last Thursday, did not lay out planshttp://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/05/j-new-chief-confronts-critical.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-1441515490187815225Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:55:00 +00002012-04-19T21:02:49.607-07:00In 2011, a quarter of working adults had a gap in their health-insurance coverage. This was mainly due to lost or changed jobs, a new think-tank study says.One in four people between the ages of 19 and 64 were uninsured or had only recently regained coverage when they were interviewed in the summer of 2011, a survey for the non-partisan Commonwealth Fund found. That translates to about 48.2 http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/04/insurance-coverage-gaps-for-million-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-3157841943458379023Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:52:00 +00002012-04-06T18:15:16.184-07:00ATTENTION Lipitor patients!!Per the WSJ…there are good odds that your pills were sold by generic drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories, not the cholesterol fighting drug’s longtime maker, Pfizer.Ranbaxy is now selling more pills than Pfizer, according to Wolters Kluwer Pharma Solutions. That makes Ranbaxy the leading seller of the top-selling drug of all time.The FDA says generics are identical to http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/04/lipitor-goes-off-patent-and-ranbaxy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-141305055879799483Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:51:00 +00002012-03-25T20:03:44.462-07:00Per the WSJ, there are several drug distributors are setting up fake pharmacies that allow them to obtain and artificially raise the prices for cancer drugs and other medicines that are in short supply, according to letters written by lawmakers .Lawmakers are looking into what they claim is a "gray market" for scarce prescription drugs that has emerged in recent months. The U.S. is grappling withhttp://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/03/drug-resales-get-investigated.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-1090476837584142317Fri, 16 Mar 2012 05:15:00 +00002012-03-15T22:58:18.439-07:00Allergy season has started earlier this year and it’s driving patients to seek more aggressive treatments with immunotherapy, which is commonly delivered as allergy shots. At the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, which ended last week in Orlando, Fla., researchers presented a number of studies adding to evidence of the safety and effectiveness of http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/03/seasonal-allergies-are-already-hitting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-8658318639307657952Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:24:00 +00002012-03-02T18:37:19.110-08:00The rise in prescription drug substance abuse has been recently noted by healthcare providers, regulators and the public. In an article titled "Oxycodone Prescriptions Rose Sharply" in the New York Times (1/11/2012)…it describes trends of double-digit percentage increases in the dispensing of certain narcotic based painkillers. Many states have implemented prescription drug monitoring programs http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/03/prescription-drug-monitoring-programs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-5282024905846255478Fri, 24 Feb 2012 05:28:00 +00002012-02-23T22:04:19.807-08:00Have you noticed that not many of your co-workers have been home sick with the flu this winter? Well it’s not your imagination…it’s a fact. According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this flu season is off to one of the latest starts in nearly three decades.The flu season is officially considered to have begun when more than 10% of respiratory specimens tested forhttp://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/02/flu-activity-marks-late-start-to-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-4974236465639738037Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:47:00 +00002012-02-11T14:57:42.067-08:00Earlier this week, a pharmacist in Volusia county was accused of reselling on the street prescription pills he had stolen from his work. On Tuesday morning, Michael Lomangio (41 years old) and Allina Kirkland Michaud (28 years old) were arrested by investigators. Deputies said the pair was arrested when a sheriff’s deputy pulled over their pickup truck in DeLand and found 253 prescription pills,http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/02/florida-pharmacist-caught-running-drug.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-7406957987241586127Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:45:00 +00002012-02-03T17:49:26.423-08:00Imagine yourself in front of your computer, looking up information about a drug prescribed by your doctor. Your Internet search tells you that there is a cheaper, maybe even a generic version available, but you have just paid top dollar for the brand name drug. You also learn that another treatment may be safer than the prescription you just filled. Now imagine you discover that your doctor gets http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/02/lastest-pharma-scandal.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-6214219975007176430Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:42:00 +00002012-01-26T19:49:38.482-08:00Johnson & Johnson avoided a third consecutive year of sales declines in 2011 — sales rose 5.6%, to $65 billion, last year, according to the company’s latest financial report, out this week.The WSJ reported that the company is still feeling the impact of quality-related recalls over the past two years. All of the recalls at J&J’s McNeil business cost it about $900 million in sales in 2010.The http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/01/johnson-still-sees-impact-of-recalls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-6147891492765051529Fri, 20 Jan 2012 05:34:00 +00002012-01-19T22:46:13.256-08:00Approximately a third of middle-aged Americans regularly take a baby aspirin in the hope of preventing a heart attack, a stroke or lowering risks of cancer. But new research now shows that aspirin is not for everyone, and that in some patients this so-called “wonder drug” is doing more harm than good.“I stop a lot more aspirin than I start,” said Dr. Alison Bailey, director of the cardiac http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/01/study-suggests-daily-aspirin-is-not-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-1358976960915229910Thu, 12 Jan 2012 22:23:00 +00002012-01-12T14:41:30.899-08:00Walgreen’s, the nation’s largest pharmacy chain, does have a history of battling with any adversary, but the typically their disputes with pharmacy benefit managers and even Walgreen’s unionized employees have ended in agreement. However, the drugstore’s latest battle with Express Scripts Inc. may prove to be Walgreen’s first loss. And it’s turning dirty. This is how it went. Walgreen’s and http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/01/walgreens-and-express-scripts-battle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-6177643494811239055Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:07:00 +00002012-01-09T13:15:00.619-08:00Novartis is recalling some bottles of Excedrin, NoDoz, Bufferin and Gas-X Sunday over concerns that the bottles could contain stray pills from other medicines, or chipped or broken tablets.The news follows Novartis' recent decision to temporarily suspend production at its Lincoln, Neb., plant for "maintenance and other improvement activities."The Swiss drug maker said it implemented the recall, http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/01/novartis-drug-recall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-6112035681594538025Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:58:00 +00002012-01-05T22:04:28.448-08:00There currently is a recall of a frequently used pain killer, Motrin. According to Johnson & Johnson the recall has become necessary because, “testing of product samples showed that some caplets may not dissolve as quickly as intended when nearing their expiration date”. In a statement from the company’s Consumer Healthcare Division, Johnson & Johnson says that consumers do need to dispose of or http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2012/01/recall-watch-johnson-johnson-pull-about.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-7921143542049136613Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:40:00 +00002011-12-29T18:27:59.172-08:00When we diet, most of us say, “I’m going to eat more fruits and vegetables”, while many choose an established weight loss program, such as Jenny Craig or Weight Watchers and one in four of us gets some sort of assistance from a smartphone app. See below for a few of the most popular dieting apps. There are a slew of smartphone diet apps that promise to help you keep on track with your diet by http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2011/12/healthy-way-to-diet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-7522860371925838354Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:23:00 +00002011-12-29T17:20:00.409-08:00The CDC provides resources on proper vaccine administration technique.Keep in mind this influenza season: Proper vaccine administration is critical. All personnel who will administer vaccines, including new and temporary staff, should receive training and education in vaccine administration before providing vaccines to patients. Proper vaccine administration includes assessing for needed vaccineshttp://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2011/12/refresher-on-vaccine-administration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-9212449415984695068Wed, 21 Dec 2011 08:13:00 +00002011-12-21T00:15:30.422-08:00With the holidays among us, whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa or just ringing in the New Year…this is the time where you need to find the perfect gift for those “hard to buy for” folks on your list. When asked what to purchase for a holiday party, most people respond with, “the gift of food”. Nothing says “Happy Holidays”, as well as “I hope you enjoy a tighter fitting pair of http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2011/12/holiday-gift-giving-tipsthe-good-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-8000874428706698246Thu, 15 Dec 2011 23:40:00 +00002011-12-15T15:50:07.763-08:00We all are faces of influenza and should be immunized every year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the support of leading health experts, recommends that everyone 6 months of age and older should be immunized each year. The flu vaccination is safe and effective, and the best way to help prevent influenza and its complications. The American Lung Association urges you andhttp://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2011/12/protecting-yourself-against-influenza.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-8024611433442516193Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:23:00 +00002011-12-09T13:22:24.047-08:00In the state of Florida CVS pharmacies are refusing to fill pain-pill prescriptions written by certain high-prescribing doctors. A letter was sent to the affected physicians saying that the chain was cutting off their patients from all Schedule 2 narcotics, a class of painkiller that includes oxycodone. That high-powered, widely prescribed pain medicine is at the heart of a lethal drug-overdose http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2011/12/high-prescribing-florida-pain-docs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-6178952158516382753Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:35:00 +00002011-12-01T08:06:28.419-08:00With the holidays all around us, overeating can pretty much be a given. Due to this…many people try to find easy ways to lose or at least not gain weight during this time. With that being said…new research may offer some tips. A study published in the December edition of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association finds that snacking at midmorning was associated with losing less weight thanhttp://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2011/11/weight-loss-tips-associated-with.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-5837022369090305365Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:23:00 +00002011-11-30T09:28:00.108-08:00On November 29, 2011 the Obama administration announced that an additional twelve states have crossed the first big threshold in setting up health insurance exchanges. This statement included seven of the states that were suing the administration to overturn the health-care law passed last year. Under the 2010 law, the state-run exchanges will be launched in 2014, opening a marketplace where http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2011/11/more-states-move-closer-to-health.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-4546086650031282898Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:13:00 +00002011-11-18T09:24:42.058-08:00According to a new study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine, hospitals that use a computerized medical-information tool to help doctors make decisions at the point of care have proven to have better patient outcomes than those who don’t. Researchers at Harvard University examined data for Medicare beneficiaries at over a thousand hospitals between 2004 and 2006 as the hospitals adopted a http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2011/11/electronic-help-for-doctors-assists.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827030714685398196.post-8918356677118833941Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:50:00 +00002011-11-11T08:54:26.333-08:00Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer and biggest private employer, is now in the lines to dominate a growing part of the health care market. Their goal is to offer a range of medical services from basic prevention to management of chronic conditions like diabetes and heart disease. This is all according to a confidential company document. In late October 2011, Walmart announced it would stop http://blog.hccpharmacysolutions.com/2011/11/walmart-wants-to-be-nations-biggest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (HCC Pharmacy Solutions)0