The Ninth Judicial District of the Court of Appeals of Ohio recently reversed the dismissal of a plaintiff’s lawsuit against a pharmacy that allegedly failed to provide the plaintiff with prescribed medication.

A patient recently reported that they had been inadvertently taking 2.5 mg of methotrexate—an antineoplastic and immunosuppressant agent—daily for nearly 3 months instead of 10 mg of prasugrel, an antiplatelet agent that had been prescribed.

Every at-home COVID-19 test that leaves Moose Pharmacy in Charlotte, NC, carries a sticker bearing a QR code. Beside the code, the text reads, “Test POSITIVE for COVID-19?" 

Since July 2022, pharmacists have been able to prescribe Paxlovid (Pfizer) with certain limitations.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

While there may not be a known cure for colds, we can at least reduce bothersome symptoms, improve our sense of well-being, and receive some relief.