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April 29th 2025
At Asembia’s AXS25 Summit, Shea Hudson spotlighted how pharmacists are transforming into essential clinical partners through advanced technology, patient advocacy, and value-based collaboration.
Cannabidiol Products' Impact on Pharmacist-Provided Medication Management
Pharmacists can assist with advising patients who present with quality concerns to use CBD products that provide certificates of analyses, and catch significant drug interactions before they occur.
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States With Drug Monitoring Programs See Fewer Prescriptions, Hospitalizations
September 5th 2019Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have found that states requiring prescribers and dispensers to register with and use prescription drug monitoring programs saw significantly fewer opioid prescriptions and reduced opioid-related hospital use, when compared to states with weak drug monitoring program mandates.
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Federal Court Orders Company to Stop Distributing Unapproved, Adulterated Drugs, Device
September 4th 2019A federal court has ordered 2 Tennessee-based companies with the same owner to stop disstributing drugs, dietary supplements, and devices until they are found to be in compliance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act and other requirements.
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Technology Solutions for Medication Adherence
September 3rd 2019David Pope, PharmD, CDE, chief innovation officer of OmniSYS, and John King, CEO of OmniSYS, discuss how they're tackling medication adherence concerns and how technology can provide a solution. This video was filmed at the 2019 NACDS Total Store Expo.
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Pain Medication Associated with Greater Risk of Hypoglycemia
August 30th 2019Recently published in Science Daily, the study was based on the investigating team’s analysis of more than 12 million reports from the FDA Adverse Effect Reporting System (FAERS) and Adverse Event Reporting System (AERS) databases.
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Maintaining Ideal Facilities for Sterile Compounding
August 30th 2019Patricia Kienle, BSPHARM, MPA, FASHP, talks about on the appropriate facilities in which to perform sterile compounding in this video, filmed during the 2019 American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Summer Meetings & Exhibition in Boston.
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Study: Continuing Antipsychotic Combination Therapy Reduces Relapse in Psychotic Depression
August 30th 2019A randomized clinical trial found that among patients with psychotic depression in remission, continuing sertraline plus olanzapine reduced the risk of relapse over 36 weeks when compared with sertraline plus a placebo.
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Keeping Up with Recommended Vaccinations in Young Adults with Special Circumstances, Part 2
August 29th 2019August is National Immunization Awareness Month, and pharmacists can play a key role in ensuring that this age group remains fully vaccinated against preventable diseases that may impact their lives.
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Multicultural Consumer Market Offers Opportunity for Pharmacy Growth
August 29th 2019The multicultural population is increasing and thus creating a vital new market for pharmacies looking to grow and expand their services, said Mariko Carpenter, VP of Strategic Community Alliances at Nielsen, in a session at the 2019 NACDS Total Store Expo in Boston.
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