Contributed content, drug safety & health and wellness articles
BeMedWise Program at NeedyMeds regularly contributes health, wellness and drug safety articles to health, medical and pharmacy publications, blogs and websites. Read a selection of our articles below addressing a broad range of health and wellness topics.
BeMedWise’s drug safety & health and wellness articles
Pharmacy Today articles
NCPIE serves as co-editor for a monthly column in Pharmacy Today (American Pharmacists Association). The column is entitled “One-to-One“ and is designed to help develop pharmacists’ medication communication and counseling skills to promote safe and appropriate medicine use. NCPIE will continue its role as co-editor for this column in 2017. See below for the full library of articles:
- NCPIE: When one door closes, another opens (August 1, 2018)
- Tell patients about these health scam warning signs (July 1, 2018)
- Innovative tech tools target opioid epidemic (June 1, 2018)
- In report, NCPIE seeks to advance U.S. self-care movement (May 1, 2018)
- Collaborative effort launches to reduce opioid abuse and misuse (April 1, 2018)
- FDA to revise labeling on kids’ prescription opioid cold meds (March 1, 2018)
- National survey finds most people don’t misuse prescription drugs to get high (February 1, 2018)
- Wake Up, America: Educating patients on the risks of poor sleep habits (January 1, 2018)
- Talk to patients about how alcohol and medications #DONTMIX (December 1, 2017)
- FDA promotes talking about generics in new public education campaign (November 1, 2017)
- Help older adults manage their meds with these resources and tips (October 1, 2017)
- Grapefruit and certain medications don’t mix, FDA reminds public (September 1, 2017)
- A new pharmacist resource for patient counseling and community education (August 1, 2017)
- Medication safety: Advice for new parents about common concerns (July 1, 2017)
- Informed self-care: Helping patients enjoy the summertime (June 1, 2017)
- Community pharmacists can help spot depression, improve outcomes (May 1, 2017)
- Addressing nonadherence among older adult patients with high blood pressure (April 1, 2017)
- Tackling Diabetes’ Devastating Toll on Minorities (March 1, 2017)
- A time to focus on falls prevention (February 1, 2017)
- Counseling patients with new opioid prescriptions (January 1, 2017)
- Making a Difference One mL at a Time: Safe Use of Liquid Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen (December 1, 2016)
- As biosimilars reach the shelves, patients need pharmacists’ guidance (November 1, 2016)
- NCPIE’s new tools spark patient–pharmacist conversations about medication safety (October 1, 2016)
- Protect your patients from deceptive Internet pharmacies (September 1, 2016)
- Pharmacist best practices make drug labels accessible to patients (August 1, 2016)
- Counsel patients about polypharmacy risks, adherence (July 1, 2016)
- Assist ambivalent patients with motivational interviewing (June 1, 2016)
- Planes, trains, and automobiles: Tips for traveling with medications (May 1, 2016)
- Help your patients avoid medication errors (April 1, 2016)
- Useful prescription drug information: Addressing access for all (March 1, 2016)
- APhA’s new website devoted to opioid use and abuse (March 1, 2016)
- ADHD drugs: Perceptions and reality on college campuses (February 1, 2016)
- SCOUTStrong: Educating youth to “Be MedWise” (January 1, 2016)
Healthline.com articles
Healthline.com delivers informative, easy to understand health content. NCPIE contributed a series of articles on topics related to safe medicine use:
- Healthline Educates and Enlightens Consumers with Two Social Media Campaigns (October 31, 2017)
- Most Consumers Unaware of Dangers in Mixing Alcohol and Common Drugs (October 16, 2017)
- Don’t Mix: Parenting, Pills, and Pinot (October 10, 2017)
- 8 Simple Ways to Lower Prescription Drug Costs (October 7, 2016)
- Medication Management and Safety: What You Need to Know (October 7, 2016)
- Acetaminophen Overdose: What You Need to Know (October 7, 2016)
- Multiple Medications in Older Adults (October 7, 2016)
- Questions to Ask Your Healthcare Team About Prescription Drugs (October 7, 2016)
- What You Should Know About High-Dose and Combination Acetaminophen Medications (October 7, 2016)
Contributed content to other news outlets
News articles about NCPIE programs
- Healthline Educates and Enlightens Consumers with Two Social Media Campaigns (October 31, 2017)
- Most Consumers Unaware of Dangers in Mixing Alcohol and Common Drugs (October 16, 2017)
- Don’t Mix: Parenting, Pills, and Pinot (October 10, 2017)
- What is the National Council on Patient Information and Education? (August 23, 2017)
- What to ask about the medicines you take (July 7, 2016)
- What Can We Do About Patient Non-Adherence? (June 29, 2016)
- Incorrect prescription medicine use is a big problem; Goodyear hospital has a solution (April 4, 2016)