Pharmacy students' reading ability and the readability of required reading materials.

Objective: To determine the reading level of third-professional year doctor of pharmacy students and whether a significant correlation existed between Nelson-Denny Reading Test (NDRT) grade equivalence scores and the Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) percentile scores, and to determine the reading level of selected course materials.

Methods: The NDRT was administered to third-professional year (P3) pharmacy students. Scores from the NDRT were compared to the percentile rankings of the students' PCAT scores to determine whether significant correlations existed.

Elevated serum transaminase levels resulting from concomitant use of rosuvastatin and amiodarone.

Purpose: The case of a patient whose serum transaminase levels became elevated after concomitant use of rosuvastatin and amiodarone is described.

Summary: A 73-year-old white woman with a medical history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hypothyroidism, hyperlipidemia, and aortic stenosis reported to a clinic on February 9, 2006. Laboratory tests revealed the following values: total cholesterol, 172 mg/dL; low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol, 96 mg/dL; high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol, 55 mg/dL; triglycerides, 105 mg/dL; aspartate transaminase (AST), 14 IU/L; alanine transaminase (ALT), 13 IU/L; alkaline phosphatase (ALP), 68 IU/L; and serum creatinine (SCr), 1.