News:

FDA announces plan to halt marketing of terfenadine
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 342. [PDF]  

New immunization schedule reflects shift in poliovirus vaccination policy
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 347. [PDF]  

Private-sector plan for patient information approved
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 352. [PDF]  

Minority communities benefit from pharmacy student involvement
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 354. [PDF]  

Broad plan essential for tuberculosis elimination, say researchers
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 361. [PDF]  

Upward trend in teenage drug use continues
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 365. [PDF]  

Poison control centers may save money, not just lives
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 370. [PDF]  

Editorials:

TP Kanyok

Combating tuberculosis
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 375. [PDF]  

Articles:

JD Grabenstein

Status and future of vaccines for adults
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 379-387. [Abstract] [PDF]  

HJ van Kan, AC Egberts, WP Rijnvos, NJ ter Pelkwijk, and AW Lenderink

Tetracaine versus lidocaine-prilocaine for preventing venipuncture-induced pain in children
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 388-392. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AH Mutnick, KJ Sterba, JA Peroutka, NE Sloan, EA Beltz, and MK Sorenson

Cost savings and avoidance from clinical interventions
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 392-396. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ND Barber, R Batty, and DA Ridout

Predicting the rate of physician-accepted interventions by hospital pharmacists in the United Kingdom
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 397-405. [Abstract] [PDF]  

I Gauthier, M Malone, TS Lesar, and S Aronovitch

Comparison of programs for preventing drug-nutrient interactions in hospitalized patients
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 405-411. [Abstract] [PDF]  

PR Patel and SE Cook

Stability of meropenem in intravenous solutions
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 412-421. [Abstract] [PDF]  

LA Cornish, PA Montgomery, and CE Johnson

Stability of bumetanide in 5% dextrose injection
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 422-423. [PDF]  

LC Bailey and Orosz ST, Jr

Stability of ceftriaxone sodium and metronidazole hydrochloride
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 424-427. [PDF]  

ASHP therapeutic position statement on strategies for preventing and treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 428-431. [Abstract] [PDF]  

ASHP guidelines on pharmacist-conducted patient education and counseling
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 431-434. [PDF]  

DR Witmer and KP Whorton

ASHP oncology pharmacy work force survey
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 434-436. [PDF]  

GD Clifton

Antithrombotic therapy after intracoronary stent placement
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 437-440. [PDF]  

C Matheson

Reactions to fosphenytoin editorial and review article
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 441-442. [PDF]  

J Orr

Reactions to fosphenytoin editorial and review article
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 442. [PDF]  

DR Collette and RL Cramer

Reactions to fosphenytoin editorial and review article
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 442.  

A Hopefl

Reactions to fosphenytoin editorial and review article
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 445.  

Letters:

FP Paloucek

Reactions to fosphenytoin editorial and review article
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 449.  

Current Literature:

Journal References
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 462-471. [PDF]  

Joan Barnett Fowler

Book Reviews: Essential Psychopharmacology: Neuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications By Stephen M. Stahl. Published by Cambridge University Press, 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011, 1996. x + 379 p. Price $120, hardcover; $49.95, softcover
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 471-472.  

Dennis M. Gates

Book Reviews: Marketing Health Care into the Twenty-First Century: The Changing Dynamic By Alan K. Vitberg. Published by The Haworth Press, Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, 1996. xiv + 191 p. Price $29.95, U.S.; $36, elsewhere
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 472.  

Kimberly Zietlow

Book Reviews: Patient Education: A Practical Approach, Second Edition By Kate Lorig and Associates. Published by Sage Publications, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320, 1996. xvi + 248 p. Price $26.95
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 472-476.  

New Periodicals: Christianity and Pharmacy, Harvey A. K. Whitney, Jr., editor. Published at least once a year by Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International, P.O. Box 1667, Buies Creek, NC 27506, for members of CPFI ($35/year). Membership information is available from the publisher
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 476.  

New Periodicals: The International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, Loyd V. Allen, Jr., editor-in-chief. Published bimonthly by The International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, Inc., P.O. Box 820148, Houston, TX 77282-0148. Price $95/year, individual and $120/year, institutional (U.S.); $190/year, individual and $215/year, institutional (elsewhere)
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 476.  

Books Received
Am J Health Syst Pharm 1997 54: 476.  

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