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SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with post-COVID-19 conditions for children, with associated risk factors including length of hospitalization, number of acute symptoms, and older age.

Two pharmacist-based deprescribing models reduced the use and prescription of anticholinergics, a high-risk drug in older adults, providing evidence for the use of pharmacists is practitioners of deprescribing.

With the vast number of drugs that can induce photosensitivity, patients taking any of these medications should receive safety counseling, especially during the summer months.

It is important to step back and see value creation for services from a broader and more fundamental perspective than the individual, daily tasks in the pharmacy.

Researchers suggest that the current case definition of monkeypox be broadened to include genital lesions and sores on the mouth or anus as symptoms to prevent misdiagnoses.

Trastuzumab deruxtecan is an engineered HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate being jointly developed and commercialized by AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo.

Study findings coincide with the US government considering recommendations of a second COVID-19 booster dose for adults under 50 years of age.

Angiotensin II (Giapreza) is a vasoconstrictor to increase blood pressure in adults with septic or other distributive shock.

The bill allows pharmacists to dispense and administer drugs, order laboratory tests, and consult patients on HIV pre- and post-exposure drugs.

Daniel Gagnon, VP of Global UPS Healthcare, discusses vaccine equity panel discussion at the UPS Impact Summit in Atlanta, which was held at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights.

When pharmacists are involved in the care process, they can address common barriers to medication use, such as polypharmacy, ineffective medication, high costs, health and lifestyle considerations, and social needs.

COVID-19 vaccination averted infection in 10% of NHS health care workers and reduced absence from work by nearly 70%.

Fewer than half of eligible veterans enrolled in the Veterans Health Administration have received their COVID-19 booster.

Results of analysis also show they have a much higher incidence of dying in the hospital than those without the virus.

Combining tramadol and celecoxib into a co-crystal of celecoxib-tramadol provides peripherally and centrally mediated analgesia.

From a patient perspective, the lack of awareness of biosimilars is the biggest barrier to adoption.

Along with expanding responsibilities, pharmacies must have the infrastructure and pharmacy staff must have sufficient support.

Unvaccinated first responders were more likely to doubt the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines than vaccinated counterparts, reporting low trust in the government.

Delayed diagnosis in younger individuals and presentation of advanced disease highlights need for awareness.

Once the revisions to <797> become approved, there will be a minimum grace period of 6 months for pharmacies to comply.

Kevin Straughn, PharmD, clinical pharmacist at Duke Regional Hospital, said once the 2 compounding chapters, <797> and <795> become enforceable, there will be a 6-month grace period before USP <800> becomes enforceable.

Piperacillin and tazobactam (Zosyn) is indicated for treatment of intra-abdominal infections, skin and skin structure infections, female pelvic infections, community-acquired pneumonia, and nosocomial pneumonia.

The most common way to detect bacteria and determine the right medication to use is with the gram stain test, which will show whether the bacteria is gram-positive or gram-negative

A possibly life-threatening and transmissible liver disease has been affecting children in the US and the UK since 2021.

The increase in prescriptions for non-opioid pain medications coincided with a significant drop in opioid prescribing over the same period.

Progression-free survival was longer with brentuximab vedotin and fewer patients with Hodgkin lymphoma in this group received subsequent therapy.

Empagliflozin also was associated with Improvement in quality of life and greater reduction in body weight.

Preexposure prophylaxis should be consistently offered alongside HIV prevention services and treatment for substance abuse, investigators say.

The evolving landscape of specialty pharmacy growth represents the impact it may have on the operations of the health-system moving forward.

There are some great resources out there to help educate patients and healthcare providers to combat the epidemic, according to Dr. Deutsch.