Parminder K. Judge, PhD, explains why eGFR and electrolytes should be monitored when diuretics are added to reach intensive BP targets in patients with CKD
|Articles|June 2, 2022
Daily OTC Pearl: Sciatica Therapy
Author(s)Saro Arakelians, PharmD
OTC Sciatica Therapy helps relieve sciatica pain, including difficulty moving, burning, and tingling in the legs, toes, and feet.
Advertisement
OTC/Lifestyle Pearl of the Day: Sciatica Therapy
Indication: To help relieve sciatica pain, including difficulty moving, burning, and tingling in the legs, toes, and feet.
Insight:
- Fast dissolving tablets.
- May help with backpain and numbness in the legs as well.
- For patients 12 years of age and older.
- Dissolve entire tablet under the tongue.
- Take 1 tablet 3 times a day.
Source:
Advertisement
Related to this article
The project maps how flu and HIV proteins enter cells, with the aim of developing longer-lasting vaccines.
VAX-31 met all primary end points against PCV20 and PCV21 in the pivotal phase 3 OPUS-1 trial.
Pharmacy teams can prevent early discontinuation by setting clear expectations for when—and how—a medication's benefit will become apparent.
A year after FDA approval in heart failure (HF) with LVEF of 40% or higher, new ACC guidance and trial subanalyses are shaping how pharmacists use finerenone.
Neither the lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)]–lowering antisense oligonucleotide nor the IL-6 inhibitor cut CV events in phase 3, but patients with high Lp(a) may still bring questions to pharmacists.
Pharmacists make a difference in patients’ lives through MTM services.
The Main Street Pharmacy Access Act would let Medicare pay pharmacists for care they can already legally provide, if pharmacies have the time.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Trending on Pharmacy Times
1
Finerenone Expands MRA Options as Pharmacists Address Underrecognized HFpEF
2
Diuretics, eGFR, and Intensive BP Lowering in CKD: What to Watch
3
Finerenone in Heart Failure: Evidence and Practice a Year Later
4
Researchers Target Viral Fusion for Universal Flu, HIV Vaccines
5