September 17, 2021
Article
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.
September 16, 2021
Video
September is National Recovery Month, so Pharmacy Times interviewed Rich Dion, PharmD, of Wolters Kluwer, Health, on the critical role of the hospital pharmacist in ongoing efforts to fight the opioid epidemic.
September 09, 2021
Pharmacists can be instrumental in reducing the main challenges in opioid use disorder—namely supply, demand, and harm.
August 31, 2021
The AHA worked with a team of leading health authorities to develop the advisory, which highlights recommendations, algorithms, and guidance for health care professionals and researchers who specialize in heart and brain health.
Study findings could influence how drug developers consider how opioid drugs cause tolerance and respiratory depression, and it suggests an alternative approach to developing safer analgesics.
August 30, 2021
Pharmacists carry a unique responsibility in the battle that has claimed 500,000 lives in the past 2 decades.
August 26, 2021
For the study, approximately 20,000 people were followed over a span of 4 years, which showed that reports of marijuana use peaked at 9% for patients with cancer versus 14% among those with no cancer history.
August 13, 2021
Nicholas Mathews, co-founder of Stillwater Behavioral Health, discusses how pharmacists can respond to the identification of potentially problematic opioid prescription practices at sober-living facilities.
August 03, 2021
Thomas Maggio, MBA, public affairs and engagement manager at AACP, discussed his presentation assessing the Opioid-Related Activity Database and its impact in showing the efforts of pharmacists and student pharmacists to fight the opioid epidemic.
July 22, 2021
Advice to community pharmacists and patients who suffer from migraine on strategies that can improve quality of life and be used to navigate the care continuum.
