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View the new Formulary Kits for Avelox, Frova, Freestyle Navigator, Lialda (updated), Moxatag, and Sancuso.

 
David Nash, M.D, M.B.A., Editor in Chief
David B. Nash, MD, MBA, Dean and The Dr. Raymond C. and Doris N. Grandon Professor, The Jefferson School of Population Health, Philadelphia. From 1996 to 2003, he served as the first Associate Dean for Health Policy at Jefferson Medical College. In 2004, he was named Co-director of the Masters Program in Public Health at Jefferson.

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P&T Journal is now accepting article submissions from its readers. We welcome a wide variety of manuscripts, including drug class reviews, disease state management reviews, pharmacoeconomic analyses, outcomes research evaluations, DUEs, P&T committee experiences, commentaries, book reviews, and letters to the editor. Please see our author guidelines below or contact the editor, Sonja Sherritze, via phone 267-685-2779 or email: ssherritze@medimedia.com.

Guidelines For Authors

June 2009

Table of Contents

Highlights

COVER STORY:
Safety and Efficacy of Red Yeast Rice (Monascus purpureas) as an Alternative Therapy for Hyperlididemia

MEDICATION ERRORS
A Patient's Wandering Eye and the Internet Can Lead to Pump Tampering

 

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Pharmacological Considerations In Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS): An Expert Debate
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Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose (SMBG): Considerations for Intensive Diabetes Management

Raising Expectations in the Management of Overactive Bladder with Urge Urinary Incontinence: Clinical and Economic Implications for Health Care Providers

Professional Collaboration Day: Synergy Through Collaboration Panel

Considerations in Creating a Medicare Part D Formulary
 

Opioids in the Workplace

 


Visit Formkit.com to view the newest formulary kits, now available online:

Arimidex (anastrozole)

Aromasin (exemestane tablets) NEW FORMULARY KIT

Avelox (moxifloxacin HCl) NEW FORMULARY KIT

Boniva (ibandronate sodium)

Eraxis (anidulafungin IV)

Faslodex (fulvestrant injection)

Freestyle Navigator (continuous monitoring glucose system) NEW FORMULARY KIT

Fosrenol (lanthanum carbonate)

Frova (frovatriptan succinate) NEW FORMULARY KIT

Gelclair (bioadherent oral gel)

Lialda (mesalamine) UPDATED FORMULARY KIT

Moxatag (amoxicillin extended-release) NEW FORMULARY KIT

Revlimid (lenalidomide)

Sancuso (granisetron transdermal system) NEW FORMULARY KIT

Tev-Tropin (somatropin, rDNA origin, for injection)

Vaprisol - Now Available Premixed in 5% Dextrose UPDATED FORMULARY KIT

Veramyst (fluticasone furoate)

 
 
Introducing the Product Profiler, providing detailed information about a specific therapeutic agent to help manage formularies and establish medication-related policies.
Product Profiler: Sancuso
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June 2009

Unmet Needs in the Management of Plaque Psoriasis

PTCommunity.com provides its subscribers access to the P&T Digest series — peer-reviewed publications that provides pharmacists, physicians, and other health care providers who serve on pharmacy and therapeutics committees up-to-date information about the most efficacious and cost-effective medical treatments for a variety of illnesses.

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P&T Digest: Pain Management

P&T Digest: Asthma

P&T Digest: Depression

P&T Digest: Dry Eye Syndrome

P&T Digest: Hypertension

P&T Digest: Glaucoma

 

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