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Logan Franck, PharmD, BCACP, a clinical associate professor in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, discuses his American Association of Pharmacy Technicians session on over-the-counter medications.

Treatment's approval marks exciting new development for patients with ES-SCLC to prevent CIM.

Results are first to show causal relationship between losing mLOY in the blood and development of cardiovascular disease.

Data indicate that consumption of 7 or more units of alcohol per week is associated with higher iron levels in the brain, which has been linked to Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases.

Ruxolitinib (Opzelura; Incyte) cream 1.5% is the first and only treatment approved by the FDA for repigmentation in patients with vitiligo.

This month, we spoke with Bob Luschen, PharmD, clinical coordinator for the pharmacy department at cancer Treatment Centers of America, Atlanta.

Dalbavancin (Dalvance) is indicated for acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections caused by designated susceptible strains of Gram-positive microorganisms.

MoveMD is intended for joint pain and discomfort.

It's really important that we capitalize on this time and the impact that pharmacists had to make some of this reform permanent.

Health system specialty pharmacies help remove barriers to care, optimize therapy, and improve outcomes.

Use of these drugs as medications, though, promising, may be restricted for various reasons to a select few.

Pharmacists can leverage patient medical history for formulating effective drugs, and patients can also benefit from single dosage, greater efficacy, and affordability of compounded medications.

Data from Roche’s phase 3 HAVEN 6 study show clinically meaningful bleed control, with no new safety signals observed.

Phase 3 study follows recent approval of the drug for the same condition in individuals aged 12 years and older who weight at least 40 kg.

Influenza viruses typically circulate in the Northern Hemisphere during the winter and spring, but they occasionally can circulate more during the summer months, as did the 2009 H1N1 pandemic strain.

A study demonstrated the role of the serotonin 1B receptor in appetite and showed that triptan, a commonly prescribed migraine medicine, may be repurposed for appetite suppression and obesity.

Building a team to support best practices, medication safety, and staff education will reduce risks.

If we are culturally competent, then we know the impacts of social determinants of health can have and how racism and transphobia homophobia can contribute to the social determinants of health.

Ryan Burke, PharmD, director of professional affairs at Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, discusses how the changing role of pharmacy technicians has also helped the role of the pharmacist.

Persistence by pharmacists and showing patients respect can help overcome misinformation.

Patients with diabetes on Medicare Advantage were also less likely to be prescribed newer, more expensive medicine than patients on Medicare Fee-For-Service plans, indicating potential disparities in care.

Patients with heart failure in bereavement are at a higher risk of death from the condition, particularly in the first week following a family member’s death.

Apomorphine (Kynmobi) is indicated for the acute, intermittent treatment of off episodes in patients with Parkinson disease.

About one-third of participants in the phase 1b cohort of the KRYSTAL-1 study show an intracranial response, according to Mirati Therapeutics.

Every pharmacist knows that if they don't have a well-trained technician available, they're not going to be able to do the things that were so amplified during COVID-19.

The nature of CLL being a long-term, incurable disease makes its treatment a challenge as it is more focused toward improving patient’s quality of life.

With the rapid pace of change in biosimilar payer benefit design, efforts to stay regularly updated on policy changes ahead of time become critical for patient care.

Even before the pandemic, pharmacists were playing a really important role in public health, being one of the most accessible health care providers.