These combination therapies have demonstrated longer PFS with a tolerable AE profile.
An overview of how gene therapy has evolved since its inception, current applications, and emerging challenges.
Study finds little evidence to support the long-standing recommendation that women with a first-degree family relative diagnosed with breast cancer should get screened 10 years earlier.
Successful integration demands overcoming various hurdles.
The significant surge in oncology drug shortages in 2023 particularly affected essential chemotherapeutic drugs.
Pharmacists should be aware of workplace hazards involving sharps and, if necessary, initiate oPEP.
Because patients may interact with a pharmacist more regularly than other health care providers, it is possible to detect potential signs and symptoms of atrial fibrillation in a patient during their encounters.
As data continue to develop in this arena, β-lactam therapeutic drug monitoring is likely to become more routine, as it has with drugs like vancomycin and the aminoglycosides.
Key opinion leaders provide some advice for the public regarding COVID-19 booster shots and look to the future of the pandemic.
Collaborating with patient advocacy organizations offers pharmacy students a unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact in health care.
Their exclusion ripples into demand estimates for pharmacists, leading to a distorted picture of pharmacist demand and, ultimately, impacting the number of individuals choosing to enter the profession.
The history of targeting neuroinflammation is a good example of the challenges to finding a treatment for Alzheimer disease.
Specific drugs, foods, and supplements can lead to this condition.
The goals of therapy for atopic dermatitis include reducing symptoms of pruritis and dermatitis with disease control and prevention of flares.
The role of the pharmacist in sickle cell disease management revolves around appropriate pain management.
Education about prevention measures and early signs and symptoms of the condition are crucial
An overview for community pharmacies of a process to minimize vaccine errors using a COVID-19 vaccine point of distribution as an example.
Historically, colchicine has been used primarily in the management of gout; however, in 2023, the FDA approved Lodoco, a newly marketed colchicine product, for the management of cardiovascular disease.
Tapping their specific skill sets and training can help serve patients more effectively, although challenges exist.
Pharmacies can help bring inequities plaguing health care systems to an end to ensure the COVID-19 pandemic does not follow trends of inequity experienced in the HIV pandemic.
In their concluding remarks, Arun Jesudian, MD; Ralph J. Riello, PharmD, BCPS, and Chas McCormick, RPh, MBA, summarize the key takeaways and highlight the persistent unmet needs in the management of hepatic encephalopathy.
Pharmacists’ pharmacotherapeutic expertise helps them advocate for their patients and assist providers.
Understanding the complicated web of insurers, discounts from government and commercial plans, and payer access is extremely complicated.
Data shed light on brentuximab vedotin plus nivolumab, bendamustine, or gemcitabine.
Lack of acknowledgement or rewards in high-pressure pharmacy environments can lead to mental health issues.
Pharmacists can also ensure proper education and selection of therapy before and after discharge.
Pharmacists should continue to monitor payer policy changes and reimbursement rates and improve understanding of electronic order entry.
The outmoded technology used in many pharmacies keeps pharmacists behind the scenes, tethered to slow, intermittent communication with the rest of the patient’s care team.
Pharmacy workflow changes in the preparation of chemotherapy products can reduce patient chair time.