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Refrigerated Drug Product List

Abciximab 2-mg/mL injection
Allergen extract concentrate
Alprostadil injection
Alteplase
Atracurium injection
Becaplermin 0.01%
Botulinum toxin type-A 100 units
Calcitonin injection
Calcitonin nasal spray
Calcitonin salmon intranasal
Candida albicans skin test
Cisatracurium injection
Conjugated estrogens injection
Dacarbazine for injection
Daptomycin for injection
Darbepoetin alfa
Digoxin immune fab (ovine)
Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis adsorbed,
hepatitis B (recombinant) and inactivated poliovirus vaccine combined
Diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine adsorbed
Dornase alfa
Epoetin alfa multidose
Epoetin alfa single dose
Eptifibatide 2 mg/mL
Erythromycin ethylsuccinate oral suspension
Etanercept powder
Etanercept prefilled syringe
Etoposide injection
Exenatide
Famotidine
Filgrastim vials and Singleject prefilled syringes
Fosphenytoin sodium injection
Glatiramer acetate injection
Hepatitis A vaccine, inactivated
Hepatitis A vaccine, inactivated
Hepatitis B immune globulin (human)
Hepatitis B vaccine (recombinant)
Immune globulin (human)
Influenza virus vaccine
Insulin as part (rDNA origin) injection
Insulin glargine (rDNA origin) vial or cartridge
70% insulin aspart protamine suspension and 30% insulin as part
injection (rDNA origin) pen fill cartridge
70% insulin aspart protamine suspension and 30% insulin as part
injection (rDNA origin) vial
Lente human insulin (rDNA origin) zinc suspension
Insulin lispro (rDNA origin) vial
NPH, human insulin isophane suspension (rDNA origin)
Regular human insulin injection (rDNA origin)
Humulin Ultralente human insulin (rDNA origin) extended zinc suspension
Hyaluronic acid
Interferon beta-1a i.m. injection
Interferon beta-1a s.c. injection
Latanoprost 0.005% ophthalmic solution
Lopinavir/ritonavir capsules
Lopinavir/ritonavir oral solution
Melphalan 2-mg tablets
Methylergonovine maleate injection
Neomycin sulfate-polymixin B sulfate solution for irrigation
Octreotide acetate injectable suspension
Palivizumab powder and solution
Pancuronium bromide injection
Peg-interferon alfa-2a vial
Peg-interferon alfa-2a vial prefilled syringe
Penicillin G benzathine injection suspension
Penicillin G benzathine and penicillin G procaine injection suspension
Pneumococcal 7-valent conjugate vaccine (diphtheria CRM197 protein)
Proparacaine hydrochloride ophthalmic solution
Quinupristin-dalfopristin for injection
Rabies immune globulin (human) solvent/detergent treated
Rabies vaccine
Ritonovir capsules
RhoD immune globulin (human)
Rocuronium bromide
Saquinavir soft gelatin capsules
Succinylcholine chloride multidose
Tetanus immune globulin human solvent/detergent treated
Tipranavir capsules
Tobramycin inhalation solution
Trifluridine ophthalmic solution
Vinorelbine tartrate injection
Vitamin A

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Antibacterial soaps are no more effective than plain soap and water
for killing disease-causing germs, but the jury is still out on
whether they promote antibiotic resistance in users, a newly published
research analysis shows.

Researchers from the University of Michigan School of Public Health
reviewed 27 studies examining the safety and effectiveness of
antibacterial products containing the active ingredient triclosan.

That includes most commercially available soaps, detergents and other
products with the word ‘antibacterial’ on their labels, with the
notable exception of alcohol-based hand gels.

Soaps containing triclosan at concentrations commonly seen in products
sold to the public were found to be no better for killing bacteria and
preventing infectious illness than soaps that did not contain triclosan.

“Antibacterial soaps do not provide a benefit above and beyond plain
soaps for generally healthy people living in the community,”
researcher Allison Aiello, PhD, tells WebMD.

“Washing your hands is extremely important for preventing the spread
of infectious illness, especially at critical points like after using
the toilet, changing the baby, or handling raw foods. But consumers
can’t assume that antibacterial soaps are better for this than other
soaps.”
Antibacterial Soap, Antibiotic Resistance

Along with University of Michigan colleagues Elaine Larson, RN, PhD,
and Stuart Levy, MD, Aiello has conducted some of the largest and most
rigorously designed studies examining the safety and effectiveness of
antibacterial products.

Studies in their own laboratory first showed that triclosan can cause
some bacteria to become resistant to widely used antibiotics like
amoxicillin, but this has not been shown outside the lab.

In another of their studies, 238 families were told to either use
triclosan-containing cleaning and hygiene products for a year or
similar products without the antibacterial agent. Skin testing
conducted before, during, and after the intervention suggested that
both cleansing regimens were equally effective for killing germs.

There was also no evidence of an increase in antibiotic-resistant
bacteria on the hands of people who washed with the antibacterial
products.

A spokesman for the soap industry tells WebMD that no evidence exists
outside the laboratory linking the use of antibacterial soaps and
cleansers to the promotion of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

“It is egregious to continually hype the hypothesis that these
products are contributing to antibiotic resistance,” Brian Sansoni of
the Soap and Detergent Association (SDA) tells WebMD. “These
researchers keep raising the specter of what could happen, but it is a
ghost story without a ghost.”
FDA: Antibacterial Soaps Not Better

Sansoni called the review “predictable repackaging of old studies and
old opinions,” adding that the issue of whether antibacterial soaps
and cleansers promote antibiotic resistance has been put to rest by
“study after study.”

Aiello disagrees. While antibiotic resistance is routinely tracked in
hospitals and other health care settings, tracking resistance trends
in the community remains a huge challenge, she says.

“These [community-based] studies are very hard to do,” she tells
WebMD. “We haven’t been able to study this in the way we would like,
and I don’t know if we will be able to in the future.”

An FDA advisory panel considered the question of the effectiveness of
antibacterial products in the fall of 2005; the panel overwhelmingly
concluded that there was no evidence proving that antibacterial soaps
were more effective than regular soaps for preventing infection.

There was talk at the time of restricting the labeling or advertising
of new antibacterial products, but the agency has taken no formal action.

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Can some one tell me what a Pharmacy Technology is all about? I have found a
university that actually offer an associate degree in Pharmacy Technology. I am
not sure how this degree can actually help me in the Pharmacy. Will it actually
help me with my wage, or does it just look good on paper when I apply for job
elsewhere?

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Long time no see!!! I know it’s been a while since I posted any thing
But I do read the messages!!! I’m glad to see that you have kept up
your site it is very helpful especially to those who are just starting
out in the world of pharmacy techs!!! I know it helped me a lot!!! I
was wondering if there is any website or even a book that would have a
list of commonly used CII and CIII drugs? We have been looking at some
sites but none really have a list or they only have the top 10? if you
or anyone on tech lectures can help with this I would greatly
appreciate it!!! Have a great day!!!

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