Case histories in pharmaceutical risk management.

The development and implementation of programs in the U.S. to minimize risks and assess unintended consequences of new medications has been increasingly required by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) since the mid 1990s.

Is it legitimate? Strategies for assessing questionable prescriptions.

Pharmacists are responsible to screen prescriptions for legitimacy. Pharmacists must be alert for forged or altered prescriptions. Pharmacists must strike a careful balance between diversion control and the medical needs of legitimate patients.