For patients with psoriasis and/or psoriatic arthritis, actual-to-expected dosing ratios and costs were lower for etanercept than for ustekinumab.
Pharmacists 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.
Choosing the right partner in this dynamic environment is an important decision for all stakeholders.
Retrospective 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.
Pharmacists, being easily accessible to the community, can offer a unique perspective when discussing the flu vaccine.
Fingolimod, 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.
The characteristics of patients who require increases in their basal insulin dose were compared with those requiring no increase following conversion between basal insulin analogues.
The 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.
If 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.
Pharmacists can educate patients about how to recognize unsafe online sources of medications and ensure patients are properly educate on how to administer their medications.
Approximately 155 million people in the United States under the age of 65 years receive employment-based health benefits.
Why are we implementing critical pathways for care delivery? Because I want Moose Pharmacy to be around another century and a half.
Recently released action plans detail procedures to combat antimicrobial resistance.
Most state pharmacy regulations do not specifically require verification of the prescriber’s license prior to dispensing.
Strategies for controlling use of specialty pharmaceuticals should focus on situations where these agents are used inappropriately and on improvement of the complex billing process.
This study explores the impact of a Medicare Part D formulary tier change, specifically with respect to branded insulin products, on insulin adherence, hemoglobin A1C, and diabetes-related events in elderly diabetic beneficiaries strategies for selection of appropriate and cost-effective therapy will also be discussed.
Using the SEER-Medicare database, we found negative association between Medicare claim processors“related physician's chemotherapy reimbursement and their prescription of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor for non-Hodgkin lymphoma patients.
New drugs and drugs in the pipeline for gout have changed the treatment for this painful disease, one of the oldest documented diseases. Here's an update on what's new and what specialty pharmacists need to know as they counsel patients for gout.
Recent increases in the number of therapies indicated for a given oncology subtype has resulted in heightened utilization management stringency.
Pharmacists can learn about the available interventions for smoking cessation.
A real-life look at pharmacist-led care management's ability to overcome barriers to care and adherence in HIV treatment.
Many clinical trials are underway in a race to develop a safe and effective vaccine against severe acute respiratory SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
Diabetes is a disease that affects a person's life each day by having a negative effect on quality of life and creating a financial burden for patients and families.
Sixteen new investigator award (NIA) winners are receiving up to $10,000 in grants from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.