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July 2002
Features
A Cost Analysis of Switching Calcium Channel Blockers: A One-Year Post-formulary Decision Review
Health care professionals at the Martin Army Community Hospital studied the switch from amlodipine to other calcium channel blockers in light of the overall cost of therapy.
Gilda M. Smith, PharmD, Isiah M. Harper, Jr., RPh, Lt. Col. USA, and Allan D. Stowers, MS, BS Pharm
Improving the Quality of Care: A Regional Medication Safety Effort
This article discusses how hospitals in one northeastern region coordinated to create a medication-safety program.
Craig Senholzi, RPh, MBA and Matthew P. Fricker, Jr. MS, RPh
Drug News
New Drugs/Drug News
The latest information about approvals, indication changes, industry updates, and news from the FDA.
Meeting Highlights
The 38th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Lawrence M. Prescott, PhD
Continuing Medical Education
The Dangers of Immediate-Release Nifedipine for Hypertensive Crises
The authors discuss why IR nifidepine, which had been the treatment of choice for hypertensive crises, should not be used.
Aliya F. Mansoor, PharmD and Laura von Hagel Keefer, PharmD
Departments
Editorial
My New Heroes
Associate Editor-in-Chief Karl Matuszewski champions the mission of his new heroes.
Karl A. Matuszewski, MS, PharmD
Prescription Washington
Buried “Treasures” in the Bioterrorism Bill
Stephen Barlas
Medication Errors
Bowel Preparations Might Pose Problems in Renal Patients
Matthew Grissinger, RPh, warns about the dangers of excessive doses of bowel preparations.
Drug Forecast
Tenofovir: The First Nucleotide Analog for HIV-1
Evans Branch III, PharmD, Melony Floyd, PharmD,
and Marlon Honeywell, PharmD
