Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning patients and health care providers that budesonide solution (for nasal irrigation), dispensed by The Compounding Shop of St Petersburg, FL, may be contaminated and should not be used or administered to patients. 

To reduce the risk of accidental exposure, FDA has announced new requirements that change the appearance of fentanyl pain patch warnings to make them more visible. 

In Florida, deaths tied to prescription drugs dropped by 17.7% and deaths caused by oxycodone plunged by 41%, state officials announced in a recent report.

A group of drugs known as “bath salts” were linked to an estimated 22,904 visits to hospital emergency departments in 2011.

State senators from Nevada and California are calling on Craigslist to remove ads from its site that facilitate illegal distribution and diversion of narcotics.

Recognizing that pharmacists are sometimes presented with prescriptions for Schedule II controlled substances that are missing information required by law, Drug Enforcement Administration provides guidance for pharmacists regarding allowed changes or additions to such prescriptions.

NABP invites you to nominate a colleague or board of pharmacy for a 2014 NABP award.