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Nicole Palmer, senior manager of Volunteer Engagement at US Pharmacopeia (USP), and Michelle Then, PharmD, MBA, member of the USP Healthcare Safety and Quality Expert Committee, discuss the benefits of being a volunteer at USP and the opportunities for students and early career pharmacists.

Women in the study had higher rates of urgent procedures and were in poorer health when they received surgery.

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How would you handle these patients' questions?

Popular television shows and films have a lot more accurate representations of pharmacology than one may think.

An overview for community pharmacies of a process to minimize vaccine errors using a COVID-19 vaccine point of distribution as an example.

Mavacamten is a first-in-class, oral, allosteric modulator of cardiac myosin designed to decrease contractile function and improve VO2 in patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Voxelotor (Oxbryta) is a hemoglobin S polymerization inhibitor indicated for the treatment of sickle cell disease in adults and pediatric patients 4 years of age and older.

Pharmacists’ performance and ultimately their own well-being on the job can be largely determined by their effectiveness in time management.

FT218 is an investigational formulation of sodium oxybate that is designed to be taken once at bedtime for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness for individuals with narcolepsy.

Investigators observe strong immunogenicity profile in study participants aged 5 to 17 years 1 month after the primary vaccination series.

Cabotegravir inhibits HIV integrase by binding to the integrase active site and blocking the strand transfer step of retroviral DNA integration.

Pharmacists can potentially improve the health and quality of life of millions of people by staying up to date with advancements in migraine treatments.

They added that policy decisions around preventing and treating health conditions is important and should account for the indirect costs of the conditions as well.

Hogue is the second pharmacist to ever serve on the advisory committee.

Acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD) is the most frequently encountered, life- threatening complication following an allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (aHSCT).

This month's generic product new features dexmethylphenidate, colchicine, and clarithromycin.

Ravulizumab-cwvz (Ultomiris) is the first and only long-acting C5 complement inhibitor for the treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis to gain FDA approval.

This month's OTC case studies focuses on asthma.

Scemblix is indicated for Philadelphia chromosome-positive chronic myeloid leukemia in chronic phase, previously treated with 2 or more tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

Pedialyte replaces fluids, electrolytes, and minerals lost from diarrhea and vomiting.

Thiazolidinediones may change metabolic patterns and contribute to weight gain.

Individuals with diabetes, a higher body mass index, or a history of hospitalization are more likely to develop the condition, the analysis shows.

Of these visits, approximately 11%, or 8 million, resulted in antibiotic prescriptions, foremost commonly for illnesses that are not caused by a bacterial infection, such as bronchitis, non-bacterial skin conditions, and viral respiratory-tract infections.

Evusheld concentrations remained elevated in serum for 6 months after administration, supporting that a single dose could provide long-term protection against COVID-19.

Almost all the participants who had not had COVID-19 seroconverted after vaccination, meaning they made antibodies against the virus.

Telehealth use expanded in the pharmacy during the pandemic, however, pharmacy personnel face challenges when implementing these services, beginning with regulatory requirements.

The data show that the 10-year survival rate of patients with breast cancer who survived Hurricane Katrina was much lower than those who did not face a major weather event.