What you need to know now that California pharmacists can dispense birth control without prescriptions.

Recap After two years of regulatory discussions, California’s officials finally announced last Friday allowing the state’s pharmacists to directly dispense birth control to patients without physicians’ order.  Note that the law applies to hormonal contraceptives, which include oral medications, transdermal patches, subcutaneous injections, and vaginal rings, but not intrauterine devices and implantations.  The bill known …

iAPPEblog’s Guide to Birth Control and Infertlity

iAPPEblog's Guide to Birth Control and Infertlity PDF download Feature photo credit: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/male-birth-control-pill-ready-testing-year-article-1.1138014 References Shapiro, Karen, Sherry A. Brown, and John An. RxPrep Course Book. San Diego, CA: RxPrep, 2016. Print. lexicomp online

iAPPEblog’s Guide to Dyslipidemia

Dyslipidemia drugs chart PDF download link Feature photo credit: http://islam.ru/en/content/story/high-cholesterol-diet-may-help-brain-fatal-genetic-disease References Shapiro, Karen, Sherry A. Brown, and John An. RxPrep Course Book. San Diego, CA: RxPrep, 2016. Print. lexicomp online