Pharmacy-related theft of controlled substances: RxPATROL® findings

Diabetes-related communications in community pharmacy: reflections on the findings from a feasibility study

Nathalie Haigh Research Consultant for Wolds Primary Care Research Network (WoReN) and Hull & East Riding Pharmacy Research Network (HERPRN), UK, Peter Campion Foundation Professor in Primary Care, The Post Graduate Medical Institute at the University of Hull, UK, Valerie Featherstone Research Facilitator of WoReN, UK, Hilary Edmondson Lead of HERPRN, UK, Koon Hien Tee Head of Operations, Indep...

Guidelines for prescribing of controlled substances.

This clinical policy deals with critical issues in prescribin of opioids for adult patients treated in the emergency department (ED). This guideline is the result of the efforts the American College of Emergency Physicians, in consultation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Food and Drug Administration. The critical questions addressed in this clinical policy are: (1) ...

Cxciv. Effects of Colchicine and Related Substances

THE effects of the alkaloid colchicine as a mitotic poison were first described by Lits [1934] and Dustin [1934], and the nature of its action has been further studied recently by Ludford [1936]. Amoroso [1935] has reported experiments on the inhibition of tumour growth in mice and a dog by injection of colchicine, although uniform results have not been obtained by subsequent workers. In common...

Research Findings of Smoking of Abused Substances, 99

Cannabis and the U.S. Controlled Substances Act

The scheduling of cannabis under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) has established legal precedents that determine how scientific evidence affects its regulation in the United States. This background challenges three common fallacies that make it seem marijuana prohibition is the only viable policy outcome. A contemporary effort to reschedule cannabis is based on recent findings that have est...