In just days, a number of generic versions of Lipitor will hit pharmacy shelves. Pfizer’s 180-day generic exclusivity agreement for the medication expires at the end of the month. That will bring a host of new generic alternatives, and potential confusion, to more than 3 million Americans looking to control their cholesterol and reduce the [...]
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New Generics Soon Available for Lipitor
May 16th, 2012 
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AACP, NCPA Announce Winners of Adherence Educators Challenge
May 15th, 2012 John BuckThe American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP) and the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA) announced the three winners of the first Innovative Medication Adherence Educators Challenge, a competition designed to highlight the best practices in medication adherence teaching among the nation’s 127 colleges and schools of pharmacy. The winners include: The University of Arizona [...]
Test Predicts Arthritis at Much Earlier Stage
May 15th, 2012 John BuckArthritis Awareness Month: More than 27 million adults currently suffer from osteoarthritis, which is the most common form of arthritis. In the past, doctors have been unable to diagnose patients with arthritis until they begin to show symptoms, which include joint pain and stiffness. By the time these symptoms are present, it is often too [...]
Matching Depressed Patients with the Best Antidepressant
May 15th, 2012 John BuckMental Health Awareness Month: UT Southwestern Medical Center psychiatrists are leading a national clinical trial to find biomarkers that can better predict how people suffering from depression will respond to medications so physicians eventually can personalize treatments. The new trial, launched at UT Southwestern and three other US institutions, is an effort to bring clinical [...]
Women’s Health Week: May 13-19
May 14th, 2012 John BuckNational Women’s Health Week is a weeklong health observance coordinated by the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health. It brings together communities, businesses, government, health organizations, and other groups in an effort to promote women’s health. The theme for 2012 is “It’s Your Time.” National Women’s Health Week empowers women [...]
