Drug Therapy

Patient Bill of Rights

by kcpadmin | Feb 9, 2014 | Compounding, General Information

Many health care organizations have adopted versions of a “Patient Bill of Rights”. These declare, in part, that patients have control over their own health care including the right to choose their own physician, hospital, and other aspects of care...

How Topical Pain Preparations Work

by kcpadmin | Feb 1, 2014 | Compounding, Drug Therapy, Pain Management

There are a lot of technical ways to talk about topical pain preparations….but let’s keep it simple. The basic idea is to get pain relief by applying drugs topically (on the skin). Skin, the largest organ of the body, does a great job of protecting us...

Ambien (Zolpidem) FDA Warning

by kcpadmin | Jan 28, 2013 | Adverse Reactions To Drugs, Drug Therapy, FDA

You will be hearing about a new FDA warning regarding the dosage of the widely used sleep aid “zolpidem”. It’s not widely understood by the general public that after a new drug in released post-marketing studies and trials continue for a long time...

Asthma Control – Goals of Therapy

by kcpadmin | May 3, 2012 | Asthma, Drug Therapy

Medical providers’ goals of asthma therapy can be divided into two major categories - reduce impairment and reduce risk. Reducing the impairment involves preventing chronic and troublesome symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath during the daytime, in...