News tagged pill-splitting

USP Prescription Container Labeling Chapter is Now the Official Standard

Topics: Prescription label

The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) General Chapter <17> Prescription Container Labeling, published in the USP 36–NF 31, became an official standard on May 1, 2013.

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Opposition to Mandated Tablet Splitting (Resolution No. 97-4-01)

Topics: Resolutions and Pill splitting

Resolution No. 97-4-01 Title: Opposition to Mandated Tablet Splitting Action: Passed Whereas, insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers are advocating and mandating that practitioners prescribe and pharmacists dispense dosages of medications that may require the patient to physically split the...

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