Controlled Substances Hospitals Pharmacy Management 
Pharmacy Times
AUGUST 6, 2025
SHOW MORE The FDA targets 7-hydroxymitragynine, a potent kratom derivative, as a controlled substance due to its opioid-like effects and rising health risks. With this action, the FDA is targeting fake or enhanced types of 7-OH, not the typical kratom leaf itself, which only contains a small amount of 7-OH.
Pharmacy Times
JUNE 5, 2025
Proper handling and organization of pharmacy inventory is a critical component of safe medication packaging, which helps prevent medication error, a scourge on patients that results in countless injuries and billions in complication costs. 1-3 Detect-A-Dose Lid Label Covers. Image Credit: © Medi-Dose, Inc.
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The Happy PharmD
JANUARY 4, 2023
As a pharmacy manager, I got that a lot. I always felt my pharmacy department was treated like second-class citizens. The pharmacy always had to give in. . But I have had hospital employees who came to the Pharmacy and asked for [free] antacid liquid or [free] acetaminophen tablets. I don’t know.
The Happy PharmD
APRIL 26, 2023
I was a staff pharmacist working in my first hospital. This was even before I became a pharmacy manager. I liked working as a staff pharmacist in a hospital. It was just me and the pharmacy tech working that evening. Most of them were written by residents in the hospital. This one baffled me.
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy
JULY 12, 2023
I have served 3 years as a pharmacy inspector in the enforcement division of the Virginia Department of Health Professions. Prior to my role as an inspector, I spent 2 1/2 years as a pharmacy manager/clinical pharmacist at a small hospital in Virginia and 7 1/2 years as a pharmacy manager at an independent retail pharmacy in Virginia.
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