The pharmacist role in the development and implementation of a naloxone prescription program in Alabama.

Objective: The purpose of this report is to describe the development and implementation of a pharmacist-led naloxone-training and prescription service at a county health department.

Setting: Jefferson County Department of Health, Birmingham, Alabama.

Practice Description: This service was developed in response to the overwhelming heroin and opioid epidemic that is currently affecting the entire nation and which is highly prevalent in the state of Alabama.

Impact of the chemical and physical stability of ketoprofen compounded in various pharmaceutical bases on its topical and transdermal delivery.

Increasing demands for individualized drug treatment has led to an increase in the practice of compounded medications. In this study, we determined the impact of the chemical and physical stability of ketoprofen (10%w/w) cream on its topical/transdermal delivery over a 6-month period. The shelf life of ketoprofen at 25 °C in the pharmaceutical bases LipoDerm and LipoBase (109.