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Exploring the Critical Elements of Hyperkalemia: A Hospital Pharmacist's PerspectiveThis Continuing Education activity is supported by an educational grant from Relypsa, Inc.
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Students Should Seize the Opportunity to Host Brown Bag ConsultsThe current health care environment makes it challenging for student pharmacists to find ways to shine. But the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has given students the opportunity to assist pharmacists with new workflow issues and prioritize patient volume.
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Neuropathic Pain: A Glimpse Inside the Unabating AfflictionOriginating from damage within nerve cells themselves, neuropathic pain is often complex, with many treatment challenges.
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Effect of Dispensing Supply on Pravastatin Refill AdherenceIn uninsured, indigent, and low-income patients with hyperlipidemia, optimum pravastatin refill adherence was observed with a 90-day dispensing supply.
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Store, Handle, and Administer Vaccines Safely to Prevent ErrorsPharmacists should stay abreast of changes in formulations and recommendations, foster communication with their staff, and plan proactively.
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Making Sense of Allergic Rhinitis: Key Points in Optimizing Patient Counseling StrategiesPharmacists can learn to apply counseling strategies to help address common patient questions to achieve optimal symptom relief in allergic rhinitis.
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Occupational Rhinitis: A Hard Day's Work for NosesAbout 5% to 15% of the global workforce is estimated to have an occupational disease.
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Rx Product News: Profile: A Closer Look at New FDA Actions: SelzentryThis novel agent for HIV patients received accelerated FDA approval.
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Going the Extra Step to Enhance the ExchangesWhich states can policy makers look to as leaders in creating patient-focused health insurance markets? A series of state-by-state progress reports holds the answer.
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Natural Medicines: What Is Their Role in Parkinson's Disease Management?Researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, India studied an array of natural medicinal products with beneficial effects on mitochondria or redox stabilization.
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340B Compliance: Tips to Maintaining a Successful ProgramSince its induction in 1992, the 340B Drug Pricing Program has been responsible for helping eligible covered entities stretch scarce federal resources and increase services to patients of the covered entity.
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Etanercept and Ustekinumab Dosing for Psoriasis and Psoriatic ArthritisFor patients with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis, actual-to-expected dosing ratios and costs were lower for etanercept than for ustekinumab.
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Vitamin D Deficiency and Patient EducationPharmacists should be aware of the risk factors and signs of vitamin D deficiency to identify patients who would benefit the most from counseling and education.
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Engage and Consult: a Service Model Designed to Enable SuccessChoosing the right partner in this dynamic environment is an important decision for all stakeholders.
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Statin-Fenofibrate Combination Therapy in an ACCORD Population: A Retrospective AnalysisRetrospective analysis of a population meeting criteria for the ACCORD lipid trial supported adjunct fenofibrate in patients with reduced low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and elevated triglycerides.
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Guide to Discussing Influenza Vaccine With PatientsPharmacists, being easily accessible to the community, can offer a unique perspective when discussing the flu vaccine.
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Cost-Effectiveness of Fingolimod in Treating Patients With Relapsing-Remitting Multiple SclerosisFingolimod, a first-line, once-daily oral disease-modifying therapy for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, has the lowest cost per relapse avoided compared with other first-line agents.
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Patient Characteristics' Effect on the Conversion Between Basal InsulinsThe characteristics of patients who require increases in their basal insulin dose were compared with those requiring no increase following conversion between basal insulin analogues.
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High-Touch Specialty Pharmacy Services Improve Migraine Medication Access and AffordabilityThe underlying purpose of a study presentation that won the Top Poster Award at the 2019 National Association of Specialty Pharmacy Annual Meeting and Expo in Washington, DC, was to assess whether high-touch, clinic-based specialty pharmacy services could positively affect the affordability of self- and provider-administered migraine medications for patients.
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Community Retail Pharmacy: An Evolving and Rewarding CareerIf your perception of life as a community retail pharmacist is that it is simply time spent counting by 5s, nothing could be further from the truth.
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Clinicians, Pharmacists Should Work to Ensure Safety Compounded GLP-1 MedicationsPharmacists can educate patients about how to recognize unsafe online sources of medications and ensure patients are properly educate on how to administer their medications.
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Workplace Wellness: Promoting a Culture That Benefits Companies and EmployeesApproximately 155 million people in the United States under the age of 65 years receive employment-based health benefits.
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Implementing Critical Pathways of Clinical Care at Moose PharmacyWhy are we implementing critical pathways for care delivery? Because I want Moose Pharmacy to be around another century and a half.
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Antimicrobial Stewardship Efforts Advance in US Health SystemsRecently released action plans detail procedures to combat antimicrobial resistance.
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Should Pharmacists Refill a Prescription if the Prescriber's License is Inactive?Most state pharmacy regulations do not specifically require verification of the prescriber’s license prior to dispensing.
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Enhancing the Strategy for Specialty PharmaceuticalsStrategies for controlling use of specialty pharmaceuticals should focus on situations where these agents are used inappropriately and on improvement of the complex billing process.
