Given the collision of COVID-19 and flu season, receiving the flu vaccine may hold additional benefits by reducing symptoms that may be confused with those of the novel coronavirus.
For patients who require life-sustaining medications, emergency preparedness is essential. Here is a game plan to guide you and your patients when facing the unexpected.
A unique co-payment discount program for antidepressants was associated with higher antidepressant medication adherence, lower likelihood of discontinuation, and lower healthcare costs.
Pharmacists should be knowledgeable about the different approaches used to modify biopharmaceuticals and how they affect stability, dosing, safety, and efficacy.
Patients with relapsed/refractory leukemia and lymphomas generally have a grim prognosis, which has paved the way for immunotherapy treatments.
Saxagliptin, in combination with metformin, provides a durable, well-tolerated, and cost-effective treatment option for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, from a US payer perspective.
The Association of Community Cancer Centers (ACCC) Oncology Pharmacy Education Network (OPEN) provides resources that are pharmacist driven and developed.
Common medications containing polyvalent cations should be separated to prevent decreased absorption of the HIV therapy.
Our analysis models the clinical and economic value of fidaxomicin for the treatment of Clostridium difficile infection compared with metronidazole and vancomycin.
Gray market diagnostic OTC medical devices pose substantial health and safety risks to patients.
Study assessed chemotherapy use in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) to determine how use of CML-specific tests impacted drug selection and modification.
Failure to recognize the interests of manufacturers to ensure proper use of 340B pricing may result in 340B hospitals missing the opportunity to secure and retain discounts on key orphan and specialty drugs or may render them unable to access the drugs at all.
Compared with doxorubicin plus cyclophosphamide, docetaxel plus cyclophosphamide was highly cost-effective for adjuvant treatment of operable breast cancer.
On August 4, 2021, the Biden administration expanded the authority of pharmacy technicians under the PREP Act to allow pharmacy technicians to administer adult flu vaccines during the 2021-2022 flu season.
Now in 4 states, the program allows providers to admit errors without worry about legal ramifications in the courtroom.
New guidelines and standards have facilitated a robust pipeline of biosimilars in the United States.
Implementing a more efficient pharmacy system can have benefits for both patients and employees.
This paper considers opportunities and barriers relating to medication taking and self-management by people with diabetes and related conditions as discussed during an invitational symposium.
Specialty pharmacies are molding the future of pharmacy and they offer the opportunity to practice clinical pharmacy. As you contemplate your next step, here are several nontraditional options available to you.
The FDA approved Sunovion Pharmaceuticals' Latuda (lurasidone HCL), an atypical antipsychotic used to treat schizophrenia in adults 18 years and older.
In outpatients with type 2 diabetes mellitus, persistent exenatide treatment lowered glycated hemoglobin and hyperglycemia in both genders. Waist circumference and body weight were more reduced in women.
The decision to initiate treatment for Alzheimer's disease should be made with specific patient and caregiver goals in mind.