Double-Check if Your Pharmacy Needs Certification to Dispense Risky Meds

September 2015

You're on the front lines for avoiding mishaps with medications that have special dispensing and prescribing requirements.

These requirements are often put in place to keep patients safe from drugs that can have serious side effects.

Registries are often used to help keep track of serious side effects...and sometimes to collect data from patients using the med.

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Table of Contents

Practice Look Within Brand Names for Clues to a Med's Use
Obesity & Weight Loss Remind Patients to Pick Up Pen Needles With Saxenda Rxs
Nasal Sprays Expect More Third-Party Rejections On Nasacort Rxs
Cholesterol Expect New Cholesterol Injectables to Be Saved as Statin Add-Ons
Influenza Offer Flu Vaccines as Soon as You Have Them Available
Lice Point to "Directions for Use" on Lice Product Labelling
Constipation Apply a "Take On an Empty Stomach" Auxiliary Label to Movantik Rxs
Look-Alike/Sound-Alike Watch for Patients on "High-Alert" Meds Picking up Supplements
Antibiotics Consider Including Length of Therapy on Antibiotic Rx Labels
NSAIDs Stay Alert for Patients Taking Multiple Sources of NSAIDs
PPIs Alert the Pharmacist to Patients Using PPIs Over a Year
Dispensing Double-Check if Your Pharmacy Needs Certification to Dispense Risky Meds