Mississippi pharmacists can get paid for pharmaceutical CARE

August 1998

Now that Mississippi pharmacists can get paid for pharmaceuticalCARE, you'll see a lot of changes in the rest of the country.

The payment in Mississippi is for disease management. ForMedicaid patients with diabetes...asthma...or hyperlipidemia.

Pharmacists will get $20 for a 15 to 30-minute visit.

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Table of Contents

Mississippi pharmacists can get paid for pharmaceutical CARE
Gastroenterology New warnings are coming out for Propulsid (cisapride)
Gastroenterology two 10-day regimens for H. pylori
Antibiotics Amoxil now comes in oral TABLETS
Antibiotics Omnicef (cefdinir), a new oral cephalosporin for children and adults
Antibiotics rifapentine (Priftin) for tuberculosis
Cholesterol new 80 mg Zocor (simvastatin) tablet
Cholesterol garlic doesn't reduce cholesterol
Migraine another "triptan" for migraines...Maxalt (rizatriptan)
Anticoagulants Lovenox (enoxaparin) at HOME
Hypertension new findings are now coming to light regarding drug treatment for hypertension
Hypertension diuretics for the initial treatment of hypertension in the ELDERLY
Hypertension captopril (Capoten) reduces the risk of heart attack, stroke, and death in patients with hypertension
Women's Health Monistat 1, a new one-dose OTC product for vaginal yeast infections
Women's Health new OTC test for urinary infections
Noni Juice, the "cure-all" made from tropical morinda fruit
Neurology & Pain NEW class of pain relievers
Practice Thalidomide (Thalomid) is now approved for leprosy