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The Importance of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIVPrEP therapy has revolutionized HIV treatment by protecting patients who are high risk for acquiring the virus.
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Pharmacist-Led DOAC Monitoring Improves DosingPatient monitoring significantly improved for patients seen in the pharmacist-led clinic due to greater efforts to order labs per policy and prescribe an appropriate DOAC dose.
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A Pharmacist’s Guide to Continuous Glucose MonitoringThis guide discusses the integration of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology into clinical practice, emphasizing the role of pharmacists in selecting and optimizing CGM devices for patients.
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Pharmacists Play an Essential Role in Patients’ Access to ContraceptionLegislation allowing pharmacists to prescribe contraceptives is becoming more widespread.
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Closing Thoughts From The Panel On Pneumococcal VaccinationThe panel of pneumococcal vaccination experts offer their concluding insights and perspectives on the current landscape of pneumococcal vaccines.
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Ohio Leads the Way in Pharmacy Reform, Will Other States Follow?Many pharmacists must find a way to vaccinate hundreds of patients in an organized way, while still having to run an understaffed pharmacy.
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Healing Trust in Medicine in a Fractured Post-Pandemic LandscapeThe pandemic’s aftermath left lasting tensions in health care.
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Op-Ed: Why We Need a Health Promotion Screening Law in MassachusettsImplementing screening and testing services by pharmacists will expand access to care for patients.
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Finding an Opportunity to Advance Pharmacy Practice During a PandemicThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant innovation, which presents a unique opportunity for pharmacists to advance pharmacy practice by serving as the integral drug monitoring experts of the health care team.
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Key Considerations for Pharmacists Administering RSV VaccinesThe panelists provide guidance on how pharmacists should advise patients on recognizing RSV symptoms that require urgent medical attention.
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Little Pills, Big Risks: The Untold Dangers of Referring to Low-Dose Aspirin as 'Baby Aspirin’Aspirin, known as acetylsalicylic acid, has been marketed in ways that have de-emphasized potential risks to children.
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Clinical Overview: Innovations in Nephrology 2023It is important for pharmacists to understand implications related to drug clearance to maximize therapeutics in patients with kidney disease.
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Optimizing ADC Supportive Care Prescribing and AE Management With Institutional WorkflowsPanelists discuss how health care professionals use standardized antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) pathways to guide dosing, adverse effect (AE) management, and transitions. Protocols ensure monitoring, toxicity mitigation, and seamless shifts between therapies for optimal care.
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Expanding How to Assess Adherence in Older Adults With Home Medication Management“There is method to this madness” describes routines that affect adherence to medication regimens.
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New Tool Helps Providers Navigate Adalimumab BiosimilarsThe tool consolidates and highlights key features that would be considered when choosing a biosimilar adalimumab.
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COVID-19 Vaccines: FDA Approved, EUA, and in the PipelineClinical testing of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy has led to the first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine, Comirnaty.
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The Evolving Role of Adjuvant Immunotherapy in Resected Renal Cell Carcinoma: Key Findings and Future DirectionsThe adjuvant therapy has demonstrated varied efficacy for patients.
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Focus on Human Papillomavirus Virus Vaccination in Adults and Young AdultsCombining strong evidence-based recommendations with caring, compassionate, and frequent counseling opportunities hopefully will increase vaccine acceptance and ultimately reduce the incidence of HPV and associated cancers among our patients.
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The Importance of Hemoglobin A1c Management in Type 2 DiabetesPharmacists can help to interpret HbA1c and glucose results when patients come to pick up medications and contact prescribers and/or make recommendations based off patient results.
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Pharmacy Automation Can Be a Means to Drug SafetyIn the pharmacy, time is the ultimate value-add.
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Pharmacy Focus: Pharmacists' Role in Medical Cannabis Counseling and Patient EducationIn this episode, Jill Simonian and Codi Peterson explore the evolving role of pharmacists in medical cannabis, addressing legal complexities, patient counseling, and key considerations for safe and effective use.
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Comparative Oncology: Advances in Cancer Care from Pets to HumansDogs share a number of cancers with humans, including melanoma, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, and osteosarcoma.
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Simulation Demonstrates Potential Effectiveness of Model-Informed Precision Dosing for HeparinThe growing awareness in health care of the challenges associated with proper dosing of anticoagulants such as heparin has inspired the emerging field of anticoagulation stewardship.
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Preparing for PrEP: The Implications of PrEP Medicare Coverage Transition for PharmaciesThe shift is intended to maintain uninterrupted access to PrEP, crucial for preventing HIV, and highlights the ongoing efforts to end the HIV epidemic by improving public health outcomes.
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Pharmacy Care Coaches Improve Outcomes in Patients With DiabetesCare Coach program offers a comprehensive set of pharmacy and counseling services to patients struggling to manage their diabetes.
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An Informatics Approach to Preventing Diversion of Controlled SubstancesData analysis can help hospitals address waste of controlled substances that fuels diversion and increased costs.
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Patient Safety and the Role of a Specialty Pharmacist in a Health SystemDue to the high-touch, high-risk nature of specialty medications, specialty pharmacies must incorporate robust programs to ensure proper medication usage and minimize the potential for error or adverse events.
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Molnupiravir: What We Know So Far About Oral Antiviral COVID-19 TreatmentMolnupiravir (Lagevrio) is a potent ribonucleoside analog that blocks SARS-CoV-2 replication by acting as a competitive substrate of virally-encoded RNA-dependent RNA polymerase.
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Pharmacist-Led DOAC Monitoring Improves DosingPatient monitoring significantly improved for patients seen in the pharmacist-led clinic due to greater efforts to order labs per policy and prescribe an appropriate DOAC dose.
