PITTSBURGH, Feb. 7, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- An inventor from Glenside, Pa., has developed the PRESCRIPTION CONTROL BOX, a pill dispenser for various medicines, especially narcotics, that dispenses the ...

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Mar. 23 -- THURSDAY, June 21 (HealthDay News) -- A programmable device that allows professional caregivers to monitor how patients dispense their medications has been approved by the U.S. Food and ...

When the blister pack was conceived in the 1960s, it revolutionized unit-dose drug administration by providing a cheap, light, tamper-proof barrier that preserved product integrity. But it was also a ...

Joy Akinkunmi saw a problem and built something to fix it: the Pill Smart, an automatic medication dispenser for people with ...

Pill boxes given out by pharmacists to help patients manage their medication may do more harm than good, research suggests. A study by the University of East Anglia found patients are more likely to ...

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Pharmacists in California will be able to dispense HIV prevention pills to patients without a doctor's prescription after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday that supporters say will greatly ...