|Articles|March 18, 2018

What Counseling Points Should Pharmacists Offer New Users of Biologics?

Assure patients they'll be able to forward their medications, and counsel on how to administer them.

In this clip, April Jones, PharmD, discusses counseling points pharmacists should share with patients when they begin biologics. Jones spoke on psoriatic disease at a presentation held during American Pharmacists Association’s Annual Meeting & Exposition (APhA2018) in Nashville, Tennessee this week.

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