Encouraging pharmacist intervention and standardization of labeling and dispensing of oral liquid medications.

Objectives: To initiate a call to action for community pharmacists and key-pharmacy stakeholders in the standardization of oral-liquid dosage forms.

Data Sources: Not applicable.

Summary: Unintentional overdose of medication due to administration error results in thousands of pediatric hospitalizations yearly.

Probable interaction between Lycium barbarum (goji) and warfarin.

Lycium barbarum (also called goji berry), a Chinese herb used as a supplement for health benefits, is traditionally consumed by the Chinese in the form of a tea. Goji juice, a widely available beverage in the United States, also contains this herb. We describe a 71-year-old Ecuadorean-American woman who was taking warfarin and was hospitalized for a markedly elevated, indeterminate international normalized ratio (INR) (prothrombin time > 120 sec) after consumption of goji juice.