News:

D Young

FDA states policy on pharmacy compounding. Agency follows up on supreme court ruling
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1222. [PDF]  

K Traynor

CDC guidelines address treatment of HIV, STD infections
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1224.  

Appointments & Promotions
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1224.  

Recent changes to FDA-approved labeling
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1228.  

D Young

More hospitals report medication errors, but USP finds few changes
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1233.  

Kate Traynor

Past president Carl Lyons, 71, dies
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1238-1239.  

News Briefs
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1239.  

Articles:

LM Humma and SG Terra

Pharmacogenetics and cardiovascular disease: impact on drug response and applications to disease management
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1241-1252. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AM Inglis, SB Sheth, MJ Hursting, DM Tenero, AM Graham, and RA DiCicco

Investigation of the interaction between argatroban and acetaminophen, lidocaine, or digoxin
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1258-1266. [Abstract] [PDF]  

NH Anaizi, PJ Dentinger, and CF Swenson

Stability of valganciclovir in an extemporaneously compounded oral liquid
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1267-1270. [PDF]  

AM Rivkina and LS Stump

Infliximab in graft-versus-host disease
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1271-1275. [Abstract] [PDF]  

AL Nolen, R Ball, M Pinon, and M Shepherd

Using medications purchased in Mexico: position statement of the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1289-1290. [PDF]  

ASHP Reports:

Actions of the ASHP Board of Directors—meeting of April 17-19, 2002
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1276-1277. [PDF]  

Roster of residents completing ASHP-accredited programs in calendar year 2002
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1278-1288. [PDF]  

Reflections:

Stephen R. Kepple

Chickens again
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1291-1292. [PDF]  

Letters:

MA Schrecengost-Kibbey, RJ Ptachcinski, AL Tuttle, and TP McKaveney

Impact of pharmacist home visits on drug therapy
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1293-1294. [PDF]  

RB Sleeper and C Rojas-Fernandez

Underutilization of aspirin for secondary prophylaxis of cardiovascular disease in a long-term-care facility
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1294-1295.  

JA Ponto

Responsibility for sincalide injection obtained from compounding pharmacies
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1295-1296.  

Abu Alam

Clarifications in droperidol story
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1296.  

Current Literature:

Guy R. Hasegawa

Medicines for the Union Army: The United States Army Laboratories during the Civil War By George Winston Smith Published by Pharmaceutical Products Press, 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580, 2001. x + 197 p. Price $69.95 (hardcover), $24.95 (paperback)
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1302. [PDF]  

Todd W. Canada

The Nutritional Cost of Prescription Drugs: How to Maintain Good Nutrition While Using Prescription Drugs By Ross Pelton and James B. Lavalle Published by Morton Publishing Company, 925 West Kenyon Avenue, Unit 12, Englewood, CO 80110, 2000. 250 p. Price $14.95
Am J Health Syst Pharm 2002 59: 1302-1303.  

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