FDA Advises Consumers Not To Use Certain Zicam Cold Remedies

(FDA Release) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today advised consumers to stop using three products marketed over-the-counter as cold remedies because they are associated with the loss of sense of smell (anosmia). Anosmia may be long-lasting or permanent. Read more

Novartis produces first batch of swine flu vaccine

(AP) ovartis AG–European drug maker–has successfully completed production of the first batch of H1N1 swine flu vaccine.

The company announced Friday the new version of the vaccine–which was produced weeks ahead of the scheduled time–will be made available in the fall. Read more

Emily’s Foundation

Article Copy. Written by Michael Sangiacomo, from Ohio’s  Plain Dealer News.

Chris Jerry still hears the screams of his 2-year-old daughter, Emily, after a medical mistake put her into agonizing pain and led to her death three years ago.

His grief was overwhelming, but it drove him to give meaning to Emily’s death, suffered at the hands of a pharmacy technician who mistakenly gave the toddler a fatal dose of saline solution. Read more

Why I became a Pharmacy Technician and a story of my life.

Departing from the normal news items posted here, I am writing a personal Blog entry. A short story on why I am here today.  A second read, I think is seems a bit egotistical and narcissistic. Though I don’t really want to come across that way. I’m just reflecting. Hope you enjoy.

Just around 8 years and 9 months ago, I was faced with having to carefully craft a plan for the rest of my life. Sometimes it does not go as planned.

I was soon graduating from college, and was told by my girlfriend that she was pregnant.  And after a day of sheer panic, I had to start thinking.  3 months down the line I would be a graduate. 7 months later I would be a father. It was time to start job hunting.

After doing my final internship, I got my diploma in Multimedia and Web Design.  I had a number of promising offers and job leads in some metropolitan areas, but after talking with my partner, Read more

NPTA Offers Online Training Program To Become A Pharmacy Tech

(Press Release, NPTA) The National Pharmacy Technician Association announced today the launch of the Official NPTA Pharmacy Technician Certificate Program™, a comprehensive online training program. The new program is designed to meet the growing demand for qualified, educated pharmacy technicians as well as the flexibility and affordability required by prospective students. Read more

Iowa board rejects medical marijuana

In August we posted a story on an Iowa judge that asked the Iowa Board of Pharmacy to review the schedule of Marijuana and to see if it has accepted medical uses.

The board handed out their decision on Monday, that there was no sufficient scientific evidence Read more

NAACP praises white pharmacist’s murder charge in death of black would-be robber

Earlier, we shared a story with you of a Pharmacists who shot and killed a would-be robber, who now faces a murder charge.

The plot now thickens as more details become published on-line. The NAACP is praising the DA for pressing charges, in a case where the Pharmacist was white, and the attempted robber is a young black man. Read more