Interviews

Bola Olagunju, PharmD; and Vicki Saengkheune, PharmD, stress that medication is an important tool in the care of patients with obesity, and improving one disease state can help others improve as well.

Katelyn O'Brien, PharmD, emphasizes sick-day management and preprocedure holds to lower euglycemic DKA risk with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors.

With a dual glucose-ketone monitor now available, pharmacists must interpret the data and give patients a clear DKA action plan, Goldman says.

Kelsey Norman, PharmD, says addressing provider inertia and asking about adherence at every visit are central to proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitor success.

Updated guidelines call for earlier primary aldosteronism screening in stage 2 hypertension, opening a clear role for pharmacists, says Anthony Ishak.

Vicki Saengkheune, PharmD; and Bola Olagunju, PharmD, describe a collaborative clinic where pharmacists titrate therapy, provide counseling, and remove access barriers.

Jackie Burke, PharmD, has advice for strengthening collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM) in a year: ask leaders what they need, then pilot one focused, trackable, reportable workflow.

Jackie Burke, PharmD, says the widest collaborative drug therapy management (CDTM) gap is operational—implementing workflows and showing outcomes, not proving pharmacists' clinical expertise.

The strongest antiobesity medication candidates are chosen by overall health and comorbidities like heart failure, CKD, and sleep apnea, not weight alone.

Kelsey Norman, PharmD, says pharmacists' longer visits and collaborative practice agreements make them well positioned to get patients to low-density lipoprotein (LDL) goals.

Anthony Ishak, PharmD, explains how the PREVENT risk estimator helps pharmacists calibrate dose intensity and move stage 2 patients to combination therapy.

The Cleveland Clinic team's real-world findings presented at ESC 2026 are hypothesis-generating and need prospective confirmation but point to a low threshold for OSA screening.

Publication, conference dissemination, and guideline inclusion are needed for uptake, which has historically been poor for chronic kidney disease (CKD) outcome sets.

Milind Desai, MD, MBA, explains the domino effect linking obesity, obstructive sleep apnea, and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—and why treating obesity may break the chain.

A minimum agreed set of outcomes could let pharmacists compare chronic kidney disease (CKD) interventions head-to-head and cut the heterogeneity that has long muddied trials.

A clinical pharmacy specialist at UPMC Health Plan discusses how pharmacists help select disease-modifying therapies, address adherence barriers, and coordinate whole-person care for those with MS.

Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and GIP/GLP-1 agents are just the start: amylin- and glucagon-based mono-, dual-, and tri-therapies are on the horizon.

Pharmacists’ medication expertise can mitigate GI adverse effects and improve outcomes for patients beginning obesity pharmacotherapy

A Medicare GLP-1 bridge program marks 2026, while multiagonists like CagriSema are poised to lead the next wave of obesity therapy.

From statins after 70 to aspirin-free STEMI care, the pharmacist takeaway across 13 trials: identify disease earlier, treat precisely, deliver reliably.

Pharmacist Jennifer Goldman on why expectation-setting, GI counseling, and nutrition drive glucagon GLP-1 persistence and long-term success.

Craig Beavers, PharmD, breaks down CARDIO-TTRansform, SINGLE-AF, and POET II—and what each means for anticoagulation, stewardship, and monitoring.

Older triglyceride drugs manage only 10% to 30% reductions; newer injectables go far further, with FCS as their first key role.

Certifying pharmacy technicians to administer immunizations streamlines workflow, combats vaccine misinformation, and positions pharmacies to fill a coming gap in physician access.

Before escalating therapy, Stacey M. Cutrell, PharmD, urges pharmacists to rule out pseudo-resistance and nonadherence driving stubborn blood pressure.

Finerenone, SGLT2s, and GLP-1s each target a different driver of CKD—pharmacists can tie every drug to a matching lifestyle change for adherence.

Jeremy Johnson, PharmD, on how oral and injectable proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) inhibitors are helping high-risk patients hit LDL targets statins alone can't reach.

Jennifer Griffin, PharmD, MS, outlines a listening-first approach to vaccine-hesitant patients and explains how delegating immunizations and non-clinical tasks to trained technicians has transformed her pharmacy's workflow.