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The national guidelines recommend a heart-healthy diet to help manage weight and control blood pressure, while also emphasizing dietary patterns rather than individual foods and nutrients.

In an interview with Pharmacy Times®, Maria Whitman, Global Head of the Pharmaceutical and Biotech Practice at ZS, discusses the FDA’s Project Optimus, the FDA’s new guidance addressing dose optimization issues in oncology clinical trials, and how it has impacted drug manufacturers.

Molnupiravir reduced the risk of hospitalization or death by approximately 50% among patients with COVID-19 who received the drug.

Vitamin B12 injections or nasal spray may be prescribed to treat vitamin B-12 deficiency.

Schizophrenia may result in some combination of hallucinations, delusions, and extremely disordered thinking and behavior.

Pharmacy Times will be celebrating pharmacists throughout the month of October to recognize their contributions to the health care field.

Donna Bohannon, RPh, MS, principal scientist at US Pharmacopeia (USP), and Bhumi Khambholja, PharmD, MSHI, project manager of Wisconsin Health Literacy, discuss how to adopt USP standards for labeling to increase health equity.

Additionally, the ITT-E population showed both treatment arms showing a high proportion of participants with plasma HIV-1 RNA c/mL with dolutegravir/lamivudine demonstrating non-inferior virologic suppression to the TAF-based regimen.

The medication receives the approval after it was shown to be more effective than daily tenofovir disoproxil fumarate with emtricitabine tablets.

Although it may not be feasible in all situations, professional sabbatical leave could be a win-win for both pharmacists and their employers.

Oral use of glucosamine hydrochloride may reduce pain related to rheumatoid arthritis.

Semaglutide (Rybelsus) is a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist indicated as an adjunct to diet and exercise to improve glycemic control in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

During atrial fibrillation, both of the heart's upper chambers beat chaotically and irregularly without coordination.

Kelan Thomas, PharmD, MS, associate professor of clinical sciences at Touro University California College of Pharmacy, discusses potential adverse effects and drug-drug interactions with psilocybin, MDMA, and ketamine treatment.

The agency has given the greenlight to maralixibat after the ICONIC study combined with 5 years of supportive studies that demonstrated the reduction of pruritis.

This month's case studies include questions about continuous glucose monitoring, diabetes neuropathic pain, diabetes and colds, and smoking cessation.

The researchers noted the importance of maintaining vaccination rates for conditions that can lead to respiratory issues, especially with COVID-19 cases still raising concern throughout the United States.

Rivaroxaban (Xarelto, Janssen) demonstrates a lower incidence of bleeding events in pediatric patients.

Ten quiz questions to assess your knowledge on common symptoms and treatments for obstructive sleep apnea.

Significant reductions in mean monthly migraine days compared with placebo were seen as early as weeks 1 through 4 in the clinical trial program for atogepant.

There are several types of bipolar disorders, including mania or hypomania and depression.

Patients with senile dementia who have silent epileptic activity show improvement when taking this medication.

The results were compared to those in the previous Pfizer-BioNTech study in people between 16 and 25 years of age who were immunized with 30 μg doses.

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Vascepa is indicated to reduce the risk of myocardial infarction, stroke, coronary revascularization, and unstable angina requiring hospitalization in adult patients.

Hans Eriksson, MD, PhD, the chief clinical development officer at HMNC Brain Health, on the development of personalized treatments for neuropsychiatric disorders using precision-medicine.

Education is key to providing information about proper techniques and bolstering patient safety.