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Daniel Holland, PharmD, is a graduate and medical writer from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy. Connect with him on LinkedIn or at daniel.holland222@gmail.com
What Patients On a Vegan Diet Need to Know About Medications
Animal products are prevalent in pharmaceuticals manufacturing, including in some unexpected places.
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Does Ibuprofen Disrupt Testosterone Production?
Recent findings suggest a possible connection between the common OTC medication and an under-diagnosed hormonal disorder.
Inappropriate Dosing in Elderly Emergency Department Patients
A team of researchers have assessed supertherapeutic doses of NSAIDs, opioids, and benzodiazepines.
How to Improve Outcomes for Asthma Patients
Pharmacists are in a prime position to offer guidance to those who have this often under-treated chronic disease.
Pharmacist-provided Lyme Disease PEP: Improving Treatment Accessibility
A Rhode Island independent pharmacy is the first in the country offering on-demand Lyme disease post-exposure prophylaxis.
Deadly Druggists: Pharmacists and the Death Penalty
What is our duty to patients? Does this change if we believe they are abominable?
9 Plants for a Pharmacy-Themed Garden
Are you a proud green-thumbed pharma-“nerd” looking for a statement garden this summer?
Hepatitis C Regimen Can Cause Cataracts
An adverse effect with interferon-ribavirin Hepatitis C therapy that does not stop after discontinuation.
Lyme After Some Time
Lyme disease symptoms can persist after cure. But how can you separate fact from fiction in treatment?
How Well Do You Know the Grapefruit Drug Interaction?
There is more to the grapefruit drug interaction than eating one kind of fruit.
Improve Glycemic Control to Extend Lifespan
Patients with severe mental illnesses avoidably die much sooner than general population.
The Key to Better Bipolar I Disorder Control?
What can you (or your pharmacist) do to improve Bipolar I Disorder outcomes?
Pregnant Women on Antiepileptics May Be Put at Ease by These Findings
Epilepsy medications can cause folate deficiency-related birth defects but what about other birth defects?
Philly's Sweetened Beverage Tax and Non-Sugar Sweeteners
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Ibuprofen Use in Pregnancy: Less Dangerous Than Thought?
There is little evidence on ibuprofen’s impact on birth weight and premature delivery.
Awaiting a Long-Acting PrEP Dosage Form
An antiretroviral vaginal ring is being investigated to quell the spread of HIV.
A Pharmacist's Guide to Meniere's Disease
Meniere's disease is a bothersome to disabling syndrome of the inner ear characterized by vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus, and sensation of ear fullness.
7 Things to Know About Syphilis
The CDC has recently reported increasing antibiotic resistant Treponema pallidum strains and ocular syphilis incidence.
Advanced Care Planning for HIV Patients
Increased life expectancy for HIV-positive patients spurs the need to discuss advanced care planning.
Statin Use in HIV Patients Taking Protease Inhibitors
HIV infection is a proinflammatory condition predisposing patients to arteriosclerosis, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia, and vascular thrombosis.
Cystic Fibrosis Patients Shouldn't Skip Supplements
Impaired bone health becomes increasingly common as patients with cystic fibrosis move into middle age.