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Pharmacist-led services are not only important during COVID-19 immunization efforts in the United States, but are additionally critical in vaccination endeavors globally.

Although bloodletting had been praised by medical professionals for more than 2 millennia, not all patients were as enthused at being purged of their blood as their physicians were, regardless of the claims of its efficacy.

Megan May, PharmD, BCOP, reviews the authorization process for treatment options for the management of NETs.

Thoughtful application can reduce resistance and improve overall operations, if consistent steps are followed.

Pharmacy and primary care are dramatically underallocated with COVID-19 doses compared with influenza efforts.

Pharmacy support staff members are stepping up and playing an outsize role in the pandemic response.

Studies have indicated that medication synchronization can have a positive impact on medication adherence, but few have assessed patient satisfaction with these programs.

The researchers analyzed millions of pharmacy transactions by more than 600,000 people in the United States from 2017 to 2019 in order to get a better sense of how vouchers and other point-of-sale co-payment offsets are used.

Rx Product News featured in PT retail for March 2021.

Isatuximab in combination with carfilzomib and dexamethasone reduced the risk of disease progression or death by 45% versus standard of care alone.

Individualized recommendations for the best exercise to lower blood pressure were recently published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, so what better time to refresh your understanding and promote awareness around Parkinson disease than now?

Aspects of normal life outside of the pandemic could create difficulties for children with type 1 diabetes, including pressures around food in school.

Joshua Lynch, DO, EMT-P, FAAEM, FACEP, shares ways to improve naloxone accessibility, and Theresa Mallick-Searle, MS, RN-BC, ANP-BC, discusses stigmatization.

Experts weigh in on protocols, policies, and programs that influence patient safety and address when a conversation should ensue with patients about naloxone.

March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility, and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation and the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) partnered to release a new guide for pharmacies on transgender and gender-diverse inclusion.

Early recognition and treatment, along with a coordinated approach and multidisciplinary team, are important to limit disease progression.

Generic product news from March 2021 PT Retail.

Despite significant decreases in 2020, a large number of adolescents less than 18 years of age continue to use e-cigarettes, with considerable adverse health effects, according to a presentation at the 2021 National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP) conference.

To begin understanding systemic racism and its impact on social determinants of health, researchers said pharmacists must first look inward and examine their own biases and socializations.

The team discovered a correlation between the implementation of Henry Ford’s universal mask policy and a significant drop in the rate at which its health care workers tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.

Earlier research has found that vitamin D supplementation can prevent inflammation in other respiratory diseases, but there have been limited studies examining the role of vitamin D supplementation in COVID-19.

The study also analyzed the relationship between ultra-processed food and drink products with 2 other cancer types.

The results from a phase 3 trial in a population of American adolescents aged 12 to 15 years found that the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine BNT162b2 showed 100% efficacy and robust antibody responses.

Although pediatric patients represent a small portion of total acute myeloid leukemia cases, clinicians said there is a critical need for more effective therapies in this population.

Panelists review the challenges in managing VTE.

P.J. Moton-Poole, a senior manager at ViiV Healthcare, discusses the role pharmacists play in addressing health care disparities in BIPOC communities.