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December 27, 2014

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Readers' picks: The year in Drug Topics

As 2014 winds down, we look back on a year filled with controversy and change. Among the many articles that drew intense attention from Drug Topics readers were the year's top 10, which ranged from Kim Ankenbruck's "Dose of pharmacy truth" and Kelly Howard's "10 reasons I'm still proud to be a pharmacist" to news stories about opioids missing from CVS stores and a pharmacist's lawsuit against Walgreens to — of all things — "15 reasons pharmacists make great dates." To see the complete list, read on.

"Pharmacists used to know the handwriting of their local prescribers. We knew what their hieroglyphics meant and often didn't need to call. Today, the errors are so bad that many e-scripts we receive cannot be filled as sent."

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