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The risk is particularly high in the first 2 years after an HIV diagnosis.

The role of monoclonal antibodies in minimizing COVID-19–related complications remains important to assess.

To build a brighter, healthier, and more equitable future for all US citizens, there is an indisputable need to decriminalize psychedelic medicines.

Analysis indicates that there was a larger increase of filled prescriptions for individuals who delivered by cesarean birth.

These are used to help reduce inappropriate testing, where an expert consults with medical directors of infection prevention and control for a test-order override.

Pharmacy benefit managers offer mentorship, training opportunities, and professional advancement beyond what's available in traditional pharmacy careers.

Pharmacists are crucial in supporting patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder as shortages of Adderall continue.

It is important for pharmacists to educate patients, especially those with cardiovascular risks, about the differences between fish oil supplements and prescription n3-FAs products.

It is still unclear whether comorbidities have similar negative effects on cognition beyond those directly caused by obstructive sleep apnea.

Individuals treated with the drugs from AstraZeneca demonstrate clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvement.

State-level respiratory syncytial virus hospitalization rates for 2022 could be the highest seen since 2006, analysis published in Frontiers in Pediatrics indicate.

The trial did not meet the second primary efficacy endpoint of medically attended respiratory syncytial virus-associated lower respiratory tract illness.

Implementing screening and testing services by pharmacists will expand access to care for patients.

Networking and being prepared and educated are keys to succeeding as women in the pharmacy field.

Not only are pharmacists easily accessible to the public, they are also highly visible as a source for travel immunization services.

The overall survival hazard ratio numerically favored niraparib in the germline BRCA mutation cohort and favored placebo in the non-germline BRCA mutation cohort in patients with platinum-sensitive recurrent ovarian cancer.

Similarities between the symptoms of Clostridioides difficile infection and Crohn disease may cause confusion for health care providers.

Brianna Hawkins, MBA, a University of Tennessee Health Science Center doctor of pharmacy candidate, discusses oncology drug development and how students can start a career in this alternative path.

Many long-term therapies rely solely on load amelioration, but new ones are needed, according to investigators.

Individuals who are rituximab-naïve remained stable after 2 years of follow-up, the analysis shows.

It would also be beneficial to include a patient’s entire healthcare team in this management strategy, said an expert at the Hematology/Oncology Pharmacy Association (HOPA) Annual Conference 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Part 1 of this 2-part series examines USP <797> and <795> revisions for sterile and nonsterile compounding, veterinary compounding, FDA inspections of 503A pharmacies, and the interstate distribution of compounded prescriptions post Wellness Pharmacy v. FDA.

Discussions are led by a variety of experienced preceptors to provide insight, strategies, and resources for pharmacy residents.

Eye drops come in many forms and for many indications, such as redness, itchiness, dryness, allergies, dilating drops, glaucoma drops, lubricants, numbing agents, antibiotics, and to lower pressure.

Accelerated approvals for ibrutinib (Imbruvica) for patients with mantle cell lymphoma and with marginal zone lymphoma voluntarily withdrawn based on data that were insufficient to support conversion to full approval.

The patient had no significant past medical complications and was fully immunized for the age-based recommendation from the Advisory Council and Immunization Practices, study shows.

Women who are pregnant should continue or start treatment with alternative or preferred antiretroviral therapies for viral suppression, investigators suggest.

Consistent toxicity management and education reinforcement can improve the patient’s treatment management strategy.