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Health-system pharmacists will inevitably face growing ethical challenges as their roles in patient care continue to evolve.

Whether it is complacency, inconvenience, or lack of confidence, some patients just need an extra push to get their annual flu shot.

Pharmacists and other health care providers use the Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults as a guideline for prescribing medications for older adults.

Out-of-pocket costs to remain a significant hurdle for patients even after closing of coverage gap.

Prescription drugs costs for patients with psoriatic arthritis tended to be higher than comparable costs for ankylosing spondylitis.

Vistogard treats patients who develop life-threatening toxicities within days of receiving cancer drugs.

Proper drug selection may alter outcomes and health care system costs.

A report by STAT has found that a majority of institutions conducting clinical trials fail to report their results to the web site ClinicalTrials.gov.

Fatigue had a strong association with pain intensity and interference in inflammatory bowel disease.

Patients who receive an overdose of chemotherapy drugs will now have access to an emergency treatment called uridine triacetate.

Marshall University School of Pharmacy students showed their holiday spirit through a recent Toys for Tots Foundation fundraising drive.

As a pharmacy student, I learned about the value of acronyms and mnemonics.

On rare occasions, patients may present with a documented lidocaine allergy.

On-demand PrEP before and after sexual activity could reduce the incidence of HIV-1 in men who have sex with men.

With flu season well under way, many pharmacy technicians have found themselves directing a myriad of flu-related questions to pharmacists.

The FDA is eliminating the Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for type 2 diabetes medications containing rosiglitazone.

There is one biological factor that may impact the development of a birth control pill for men.

The FDA recently approved the first and only drug available in the United States to reverse the effects of chemotherapy drug overdose.

In my previous column about Scott Weiland's death, I made the point that for every celebrity who gets media coverage for going to rehab, there are thousands of common folk who overdose in silence.

In time for the quit smoking New Year resolutions that are anticipated at the end of this month, the International Pharmaceutical Federation has outlined the wide variety of different ways in which pharmacists can reduce the use of tobacco through a new publication.

Charges of exercising poor professional judgment have been dropped against a pharmacist who refused to dispense an EpiPen to a family without a prescription.

Bendeka was approved for indolent B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma that progressed during or within 6 months of treatment with a rituximab regimen.

Researchers weigh risk and reward in starting early antiretroviral therapy in patients with HIV.

Liver conserving treatments are sorely needed.

Patients with chronic conditions like HIV and hepatitis C could no longer be denied coverage due to pre-existing conditions under the ACA.

Prolonged steroid treatment may put inflammatory bowel disease patients at greater risk for steroid-associated adverse events.

Test diagnoses RA with better accuracy by detecting synthetic citrullinated peptides.

LQG participants show improvements in lung function, overall health, mental health, and quality of life.

The FDA has accepted for review Ocular Therapeutix's new drug application for sustained release dexamethasone to relieve ocular pain in patients post-ophthalmic surgery.