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The Role of Pharmacogenetics in Precision MedicineClinicians have long been aware that patients do not uniformly respond to medications.
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The Ins and Outs of the Internship Application ProcessAs more pharmacists graduate from pharmacy schools, landing a job has become increasingly competitive.
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NCPA 2024: Enabling Clinical Program Growth Requires a Change in MindsetChanging the way pharmacists and pharmacy staff think about themselves is key, although providers, payers, and patients must also change how they view the value of pharmacy services.
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Trends in First-Year Utilization Costs of HIV MedicationsHIV is of interest among many in managed care. This paper focuses on the costs and demographic characteristics associated with new HIV therapy initiators.
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Adherence to Oral Oncolytics Requires a Clinically Integrated Approach to Specialty PharmacyDespite initiatives that help patients maintain adherence, health care providers still need to leverage their collective resources and work together to overcome this tremendous hurdle in cancer care.
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More Medications Means Changes to HIV Treatment GuidelinesThe HIV treatment update includes more considerations for coinfected patients and pregnant women than the previously published 2011 guidelines.
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Improving Compounding Safety: New Regulations and Options for Institutional InsourcingWith increasing regulatory oversight for sterile compounding and a limited ability to assure the quality of compounded sterile products obtained from external sources, many hospital pharmacies are moving to insource these products.
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Insulin Pump Therapy and Continuous Glucose MonitoringInsulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring systems can be invaluable tools for patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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Biosimilars and Follow-on BiologicsPharmacists must be experts on follow-on biologics (FOBs), including biosimilars, so they can provide education to health professionals about safe prescribing and use, which ultimately affects patient care.
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Persistence With Mirabegron Versus Tolterodine in Patients With Overactive BladderIn a retrospective analysis of the Optum database, overactive bladder patients treated with mirabegron bladder patients persisted longer with treatment than patients treated with tolterodine, and had reduced resource utilization and costs.
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First-Line Pharmacologic Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes: Optimizing Metformin TherapyThis article will briefly discuss some of these issues, including treatment of diabetes (focusing on the initial treatment choices) and individualization of therapy and adherence, and will introduce an extended-release metformin dosage form, Glumetza.
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Community Pharmacist Shares Adventures From Ten Days in QuarantineA community pharmacist reflects on spending time in quarantine after a positive COVID-19 test in the family.
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Risky Business: Overanticoagulation from High-Risk Antimicrobials and WarfarinWarfarin is the most commonly prescribed anticoagulant in the United States, having been indicated for the treatment and prevention of venous thromboembolism and the prevention of thromboembolic complications.
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INDUSTRY INTERNSHIPS: A DIFFERENT WAY TO SPEND YOUR SUMMER VACATIONMr. Crouch is a PharmD candidate at Rutgers University, Class of 2009.
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The Community Pharmacy TransformationSafeway Pharmacy Offers an Invitation to Individuals with Passion to be a Part of the Community Pharmacy Transformation
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Emerging Therapies and the Expanding Role of Pharmacists in the Care of Patients with Heart FailureThis Continuing Education activity is supported by an educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation.
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Dapagliflozin: Benefits in Heart Failure Patients With and Without DiabetesA new study has found that patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction receiving dapagliflozin decreased their risk of worsening HF or death from cardiovascular events.
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The Women of Specialty Pharmacy: Industry Advocates, Entrepreneurs, InnovatorsThe first of a 2-part series on the influential women shaping the specialty pharmacy industry.
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Be Mindful of DDIs Between Analgesics and Oral Cancer DrugsAlthough these chemotherapy agents provide convenience and ease, they are subject to hepatic first-pass metabolism and enzymatic drug-drug interactions.
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Transitions of Care for Patients with Atrial FibrillationAtrial fibrillation, the most common cardiac arrhythmia, is strongly associated with increased morbidity and mortality and has become a major global public health challenge.
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Veterinary Medicine in Community PharmacyStudent pharmacists speak to veterinary pharmacists and veterinarians about commonly prescribed medications for companion animals.
