Extended and Delayed Release Medications: Using Technology to Increase Medication Compliance

Time released medications are more frequent in medicine today and are a useful dosage form for patients and providers. While they are usually at least slightly more expensive than their immediate release counterparts, they reduce the dosage frequency and increase the likelihood of medication compliance.

Time released medications are available in just about every therapeutic class on the market - from urinary incontinence to pain management, seizures and psychosis, to hypertension and diabetes.

Labeling Medications

Alright, let's talk about what needs to be on a label. There's the easy stuff: pharmacy name and all of that, but that's mostly the job of the pharmacist (or whoever is ordering the labels) since most of the time that is all preprinted. Don't worry... I'll cover that stuff, too. But my biggest concern right now is the part that you're in charge of. So really... What do you actually NEED to put on the label?

There are eight items required by federal law to appear on all prescription labels....Any guesses on what?

Drug-Food Interactions: The Fact and Fiction of Grapefruit Interactions

Grapefruit seems to be the buzz word now-a-days in the medical world. With evidence that it can cause serious drug-food interactions due to alterations in liver function, experts on both sides are eager to get information out about it. Citrus growers don't want people abandoning their product out of fears of a drug interaction and pharmacists, doctors and drug companies want the correct information out there so that medications are as safe an effective as possible.