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When direct oral anticoagulants are taken, especially for the first time, patients may be at risk of bleeding.

Washington state's House Bill 5203 allows health care authority to partner with other agencies to produce, distribute, and purchase the drugs.

Vaccine-related updates seem to be made on a weekly basis and keeping up to date on recommendations can be difficult.

18th century author William Withering popularized the medical use of digitalis, the source for cardiac medication Digoxin.

It is the responsibility of the pharmacist to remain informed of all existing and new drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer disease, especially because novel and investigational drugs may target the pathophysiology of the disease.

The first fully approved vaccine for COVID-19 will be marketed under the name Comirnaty.

This week on Pharmacy Times, there are a number of important topics that will be covered and posted throughout the week.

Prescription labels have a lot of details on them, which can make it difficult for patients to find and use important information.

Col. Dallas Hack, director of medical affairs at MagicMed, discusses the drug development program of a novel derivative of psilocybin for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Additionally, among this population, combining aerobic exercise with a moderate reduction in daily calories resulted in greater improvements in aortic stiffness versus exercise only or exercise plus a more restrictive diet.

Vitamin K works against warfarin and can be used as an antagonist for it.

This month's featured products include the pneumococcal 20-valent conjugate vaccine, semaglutide injection, and more.

This week’s recommendation by the Biden administration for booster shots to combat COVID-19 is a call to action for pharmacists to get ready for the upcoming flurry of activity.

Expanding services and revenues for pharmacies while improving public health and reducing stress on parents and others in the health care system is a win-win-win situation.

The investigators concluded that a definite statement on risk or management recommendations cannot be made based on currently published data.

The pharmaceutical market is massive, clocking in at more than $1.2 trillion in 2020, with an anticipated growth of nearly $22 billion dollars expected in 2021. Examining which drug makes up the most of that revenue, one name pulls far away from the competition.

Study indicates that the genetics affecting aggression in children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and disruptive behavior disorders are the same as genetics underlying aggression in the general population.

But state-to-state communications and inconsistencies related to licensing present legal issues.

The lower the glomerular filtration rate, the lower the stage, the worse kidney disease is.

Whereas traditional vaccines have used live or inactivated pathogens to elicit an immune response, mRNA is responsible for cellular processes, building structures, and more.

How would you answer these patients' questions?

The investigators analyzed a panel of antibodies generated in response to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and found that delta was unable to evade all but 1 of the antibodies tested.

In clinical trials, empagliflozin significantly reduced the relative risk of the primary composite endpoint of time to cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure by 25%.

CMS reported that 3.3 million more Medicare Part D beneficiaries with complex health needs than expected between 2013-2018 received a comprehensive medication review as a part of medication therapy management

According to the investigators, both trials demonstrated an overall well-tolerated safety profile for brolucizumab.

According to Fenn, these numbers are significant when considering the types of errors that are likely to occur in sleep-deprived operators, such as surgeons or police officers, and the 4% decrease in errors could potentially save lives.

Severe persistent asthma is the worse type of asthma.