The FDA approved Edarbi (azilsartan medoxomil), a new angiotensin receptor blocker, for the treatment of hypertension in adults.
As medical information specialists and medical science liaisons, pharmacists use their drug expertise and clinical skills to serve as information providers
Don’t leave behind your writing passion if you head to pharmacy school; instead, leverage it as a way to share with others what you’ve learned in school.
Greg Clyde, PharmD, shares his love of pharmacy with patients in oklahoma.
Clarian Health, an 11-hospital health system, developed and managed a multihospital formulary through focused planning and collaboration.
Pharmacists are the key position to help patients cope with serious illness and adjust their lifestyles to their conditions. Here is the practical guide for counseling patients living with these life changing health concerns.
Less than one-fourth of Part D beneficiaries reported switching plans. Elderly beneficiaries who reported switching did not realize significant savings in prescription costs over nonswitchers.
State pharmacy associations are working to advance provider status legislation at the state and federal levels.
New ideas, new tools, and new collaborations among managed care, physicians, and pharmacy to optimize value in asthma management.
Medicare Part D plans can change their cost-sharing structure and formularies every year. As such, beneficiaries should annually reevaluate plan offerings to minimize their out-of-pocket costs.
Overcoming the challenges to meet the special needs of long-term care patients, this pharmacy provides a careful approach that provides positive results.
Dr. Dutcher is a registered pharmacist based in Punta Gorda, Fla.
Medications in this drug class can alter the safety and efficacy of co-administered medications.
The pharmacoeconomic impact of treating acute gout flares with ColciGel or with oralcolchicine.
This pharmacy adjudication, prescription fulfillment study demonstrates how a sudden drop of prescription drug coverage has an effect on Medicare Part D patients' prescription decisions.
A value-based benefit design program for prescription medications for asthma, hypertension, and diabetes could result in increased prescription use and decreased healthcare utilization and costs.
In the United States, adult immunization rates are substandard. Opportunities exist to improve these rates trough quality performance measurement, but not without challenges.
How these issues are handled will have a major impact on the future of pharmacy practice.
Direct-acting antivirals are a costly but highly-effective class of drugs for the treatment of hepatitis C that can cure most cases.
Discontinuation of antidepressants should take place gradually, as abrupt stoppage or marked reduction in the dosage of an antidepressant is frequently associated with adverse effects (AEs), such as withdrawal symptoms.
Lessons from implementing electronic medical records should be heeded by allowing clinicians to focus on patient care and by delegating the management of telemedicine to support staff, such as pharmacy technicians.
Top news of the week from the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology.