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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.
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Technology for AdherenceTechnology that helps increase communication can improve patient outcomes.
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Medication Management: Measuring What MattersAs new care delivery models evolve to focus on value, accountability, and team-based care, new measure development opportunities exist to address care gaps and to support team-based care delivery systems and care transitions.
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Best Practices in Transforming Chronic Pain CareThe number of opioids prescribed in the Untied States was approximately 3 times as high in 2015 as it was in 1999.
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Pandemic Vaccine Planning: Lessons Learned and Preparing for the FutureThe variations between seasonal and pandemic influenza necessitate the use of different approaches when planning vaccination delivery within the pharmacy.
