Volume 4, Issue 4

Original Research

1. Article

   Opinions of West Texas pharmacists about emergency contraception

   Gary SUTKIN, Brenda GRANT, Brian K. IRONS, Tyrone F. BORDERS

   pp. 151–155 · DOI: · Published 2026

   Background: The pharmacist’s role in dispensing emergency contraception (EC) has become controversial due to the intersection of personal and professional ethics. Therefore, to examine the issue of EC availability, we su…

2. Article

   Immigration within European Union – Does health immigration make a difference in analgesic use?

   Minna H. VÄÄNÄNEN, Kirsi PIETILÄ, Marja AIRAKSINEN

   pp. 156–162 · DOI: · Published 2026

   European integration has facilitated the emigration inside Europe and it has been predicted that the amount of immigrants in Southern European countries will increase in the future. As these people age and their morbidit…

3. Article

   The provision of pharmaceutical advice improves patient vaccination status

   Joerg FUCHS1,2

   pp. 163–167 · DOI: · Published 2026

   Aim: To increase vaccination rates in the wealthy industrial nation of Germany. For a variety of reasons there is a substantial deficit in the number of individuals who receive vaccinations in comparison with other indus…

4. Article

   Lessons from gefitinib-induced interstitial lung disease in Japan: Problems in approval, pharmacovigilance, and regulatory decision-making procedures

   Tsutomu NISHIMURA, Harue TADA, Masatsugu NAKAGAWA, Satoshi TERAMUKAI, Shigeyuki MATSUI, Masanori FUKUSHIMA

   pp. 168–178 · DOI: · Published 2026

   Objective: The objective of this study was to identify problems in the approval, pharmacovigilance, and post-approval regulatory decision-making procedures involving gefitinib and to propose countermeasures to prevent fu…

5. Article

   Comparing the T scores from bone sonometer measurements in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women

   Marcus DROEGE, Wallace A. MARSH, Goar N. ALVAREZ, Tracy S. HUNTER

   pp. 179–182 · DOI: · Published 2026

   Ethnicity is an important risk factor for the development of osteoporosis. Non-Hispanic white or Asian women are commonly considered at higher risk than other ethnicities. Hispanics in the U.S. are of Mexican, Caribbean,…

6. Article

   Assessment of patient knowledge of diabetic goals, self-reported medication adherence, and goal attainment

   Heather P. WHITLEY, Joli D. FERMO, Kelly RAGUCCI, Elinor C. CHUMNEY

   pp. 183–190 · DOI: · Published 2026

   Background: Medication adherence is an integral aspect of disease state management for patients with chronic illnesses, including diabetes mellitus. It has been hypothesized that patients with diabetes who have poor medi…

7. Article

   Towards supporting scholarship in research by clinical pharmacy faculty

   A. Simon PICKARD1

   pp. 191–194 · DOI: · Published 2026

   Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the need for research support, faculty development, and topics of interest to clinical track pharmacy faculty that would facilitate scholarship in research. Methods: A…

8. Article

   Community pharmacy-based intervention to improve self-monitoring of blood glucose in type 2 diabetic patients

   Uta MÜLLER, Andrea HÄMMERLEIN, Annette CASPER, Martin SCHULZ

   pp. 195–203 · DOI: · Published 2026

   Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is clearly correlated with increased life expectancy and quality of life in type 2 diabetic patients. Objective: The objective of our study was to record and assess the errors pati…

9. Article

   Assessment of the decreased productivity of patients with diabetes type 2 in the Clinical Endocrynological Center Sofia, Bulgaria

   Ognian PLAVEEV, Zlatka DIMITROVA, Nedialka OVCHAROVA, Valentina PETKOVA, Mona STEFANOVA, Stela IVANOVA

   pp. 204–207 · DOI: · Published 2026

   This study aims to assess the influence of type 2 diabetes on the patients’ productivity and quality of life. The WHO’s methodology – HLQ (Health and Labor Questionnaire) is applied. Subjects were 38 patients with type 2…