Pharmacists need to get ready now to help patients make the government-mandated switch from toxic CFC-driven MDIs to environmentally friendly HFA inhalers.

Cuts in state Medicaid payments for product reimbursements and dispensing fees are forcing pharmacists to cut services and turn away Medicaid patients.

Two counties in Wisconsin are using a reverse-distributor to round up unwanted drugs. The program, called Get the Meds Out, helps consumers in Waukesha and Winnebago Counties make free returns.

The FDA issued an updated alert about the dangers of using micro-bubble contrast agents for diagnosis in certain patients.

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists hosted summit to discuss drug errors and standardizing product concentrations.

Renal care community is pleased with the passage of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act, because the law contains provisions related to kidney dialysis.

The merger of e-prescribing networks RxHub and SureScripts may go a long way toward accelerating e-prescribing adoption, which could lower pharmacists' transaction fees, according to one expert.

Physicians would have the choice of doling out electronic prescriptions for controlled substances with a proposed regulation from the DEA.

FDA warns about AIDS drug, abacavir, due to increased risk of potentially fatal side effects for some patients.