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FDA Moves to Restrict 7-OH Opioid Products

Pharmacy Times

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.

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To Combat Medication Errors, Proper Pharmacy Inventory Counts Are Essential

Pharmacy Times

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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Four Times When My Pharmacy Had To Say “No” — And We Weren’t Just Being Difficult

The Happy PharmD

But I have had hospital employees who came to the Pharmacy and asked for [free] antacid liquid or [free] acetaminophen tablets. especially since they worked in the hospital. We’re not that kind of Pharmacy. A college student was a patient in our hospital. They wanted my pharmacy to fill the prescription.

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Using My Medical Advocate Skills To Detect And Eliminate Errors With My Girlfriend’s Prescription

The Happy PharmD

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. It is used to treat calcium deficiencies.

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Harness the PharmD Power to be a Rockstar Engineer

The Nontraditional Pharmacist

Company that focuses on improving pharmacy workflow by providing automated medication management solutions. So currently I work as one of the project managers and QA engineers for Kit Check, where I primarily work on Bluesight for controlled substances and I’ll go definitely go down exactly what that is.

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Lifelong Learning in the Role of a Pharmacy Inspector 

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

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.