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An overview of the four main types of allergies.

With the recent announcement of federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates, in addition to private businesses potentially requiring vaccines for employees, pharmacies and other health care facilities could have questions about legal issues surrounding these mandates.

This month's featured products include desipramine hydrochloride tablets, fingolimod capsules, and more.

Dasiglucagon increases blood glucose concentration by activating hepatic glucagon receptors, thereby stimulating glycogen breakdown and release of glucose from the liver.

New legislation allows community pharmacies to improve medication access in an outpatient setting.

For patients with celiac disease, eating gluten triggers an immune response in the small intestine.

The results are the first from a pivotal trial of any COVID-19 vaccine in children under 12 years of age, with results in children under 5 years of age expected as soon as later this year.

Sophia Humphreys, PharmD, MHA, said data are continuing to evolve around the safety and recommendations of COVID-19 booster doses, especially for the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech.

An anti-vascular endothelial growth factor therapy, ranibizumab prevents vision loss in patients with retinal vascular disorders, which can cause irreversible blindness or visual impairments in adults.

REMS are not intended to minimize all harmful effects of a drug, but instead focus on preventing, tracking, and handling a specific serious risk by informing, educating, and/or enforcing measures that reduce the frequency and/or intensity of the event.

Gemtesa (vibegron; Urovant Sciences) tablets are approved to treat overactive bladder with symptoms of urge urinary incontinence, urgency, and urinary frequency.

Schedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as medications with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.

Identity of business as source of medications supply can be kept confidential, supreme court rules.

The panel did, however, vote to recommend the booster shots to adults over 65 years of age and those at high risk of severe COVID-19.

Strong immune memory lasted in all age groups tested after receiving the Moderna vaccine, including individuals over 70 years of age who are especially vulnerable to COVID-19.

Funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, this trial is intended to test the safety and efficacy of a vaccine designed to selectively prevent the euphoric and toxic effects of oxycodone.

Pharmacists should provide both verbal education and written instructions, so mistakes do not occur.

Migraine headaches can be caused by triggers such as hormonal changes, drinks, stress, sensory stimuli, sleep changes, physical factors, weather changes, medications, foods, and food additives.

Investigators said that NanoSTING, can be shipped and stored without the need for freezing for up to 11 months.

In recent years, pharmacists have increasingly become recognized as essential contributors to patient care and community health.

Guidance on the use of basal insulins (BI) and insulin pens to enable pharmacists to answer questions regarding the safe and effective use of BI for the management of diabetes.

Jason Ausili, PharmD, the Chief Clinical Officer of FDS Amplicare, discusses the impact on community pharmacies and patients of the recent announcement by the HHS regarding the amendment to the COVID-19 PREP Act.

iImplementation science is an emerging concept examining the development of services in a way that not only helps ensure their initial execution but also their sustainability over time.

Customers vaccinated at any Rite Aid location can supplement their paper vaccination card with a verified digital version that can be accessed on their mobile device.

But the good news is treatments can be tailored for patients with the chronic behavioral condition.

There are several types of sleep apnea, but the most common is obstructive sleep apnea.

The investigators noted that heart attacks are often caused by the rupturing of vulnerable plaques, defined as plaques with a large lipid core with a thin fibrous cap that serves as a wall or barrier around the plaque to keep it intact.