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Today's Headlines
Codeine is prescribed for children during at least 500,000 emergency room visits each year, despite strong FDA warnings against its use in adolescents, according to a new study.
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Managed care organizations (MCOs) experienced a 1.7% overall drug trend, a 10.5% reduction from 2012 to 2013, according to Catamaran’s 2013 Drug Trend data. In 2012, MCO trend was 1.9%. » Full article
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Continuing Education
This month's article is the third in a new year-long CPE series, Medication Therapy Management Considerations for Adult Patients with Cardiovascular Disease. From February 2014 through January 2015, pharmacists can earn up to 24 hours of CPE credit with 12 monthly knowledge-based activities from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy and Drug Topics. This goal of this month's activity is to review nonpharmacologic treatment strategies relevant to medication therapy management of hypertension and introduce drug therapy considerations in geriatric patients with hypertension.
To read and print the article with TEST QUESTIONS, click here.
To proceed to the online exams and earn up to 2 CPE credits, click here to log in.
Announcement: Welcome to the new user registration process. This new process requires all pharmacists and pharmacy technicians to provide
or update their NABP e-Profile ID in order to electronically keep track of CPE credits from ACPE-accredited providers. If you have not done so, you can obtain your NABP e-Profile ID now at
www.MyCPEmonitor.net. This profile will enable you to have one login
for all the NABP programs and services you will need throughout your career.
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EDITOR'S PICK
Antipsychotic drugs are increasingly being prescribed to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children and teens in foster care, according to a study published in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology.
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