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As COPD progresses, patients can experience exacerbations leading to a decreased quality of life and increased costs.

Fidaxomicin is a macrolide antibacterial medicine indicated to be used to treat infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by C. difficile.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) leads in hospital costs, physician services, and prescription drugs.

Jeffrey Fudin, PharmD, DAIPM, FASHP, FFSMB, discusses best uses for opioids, and when to use other pain medications.

The CDC is making strides toward better understanding the pneumonia-like coronavirus (2019-nCoV) that originated in Wuhan, China.

Shared decision making is a tool used by health care professionals to educate more thoroughly, and communicate with their patients.

A study published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education conducted focus groups of pharmacy preceptors to discuss desired business-related skills.

A case of the virus that reportedly originated in Wuhan City, China has been confirmed in Washington State.

Megan Maroney, PharmD, BCPP, clinical associate professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; clinical psychiatric pharmacist, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, discusses the higher risk for potential adverse effects of suicidal ideation and behavior, and depression in younger patients.

ADHD is correlated with lower health-related quality of life that starts in childhood and can persist into adulthood.

The Pharmacy HIT Collaborative released a revised draft version of pharmacy value sets, and is requesting comments from stakeholders.

In the third part of the series analyzing results from the Pharmacy Times Salary and Job Satisfaction Survey, we further explore pharmacists' satisfaction with their jobs and the factors that contribute to their overall happiness in a position.

The medication is newly indication for reducing the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) including cardiovascular death, nonfatal heart attack, or nonfatal stroke in adults with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular disease (CVD).

NDMA contamination in medications has caused concern among consumers, and health care professionals after WHO recalled 1159 lots of ARBs including valsartan, losartan, and irbesartan.

Starting January 2020, aspiring certified pharmacy technicians must complete a Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam-recognized education or training program, or have equivalent work experience before taking the exam.

Influenza B has been causing severe illnesses in many areas of the country.

The nasal solution is a local anesthetic indicated for the introduction of local anesthesia of the mucous membranes for diagnostic procedures and surgeries.

Sunday was National Pharmacist Day, and we asked on Facebook why you entered the pharmacy field, and why you continue to believe in the importance of the profession.

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) induced by lamotrigine was recently an active topic on social media, with users following a recent article that reported an Austin, Texas detective had died from the condition in 2018.

This medication is the first precision therapy approved to treat a genomically defined population of patients with GIST, according to Blueprint Medicines.

The CDC has reported 34800 new cancer diagnoses linked to HPV annually, and the virus is predicted to account for more than 90% of all cervical and anal cancers, more than 60% of all penile cancers, and 70% of all oral cancers.

Girish Dighe, PharmD, MS, explains why it's important to understand more than just the revenue integrity piece of the puzzle.

Members of the former International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists voted in November 2019 to change the association’s name to the Alliance for Pharmacy Compounding.

Deferasirox is indicated for treating chronic iron overload caused by repeated blood transfusions in patients age 2 years and older.

Since 2004, the FDA has approved different treatments for advanced prostate cancer, adding almost 2-3 indications per year for the past 15 years.

The Prescription Drug User Fee Act date, the FDA action data for this supplemental application, is scheduled for the second quarter of 2020.

The treatment is the first and only fast-acting mealtime insulin injection that does not have a pre-meal dosing recommendation, according to Novo Nordisk.

Novadoz Pharmaceuticals, who markets the product, has commenced shipping of the drug, available in bottles of 30 tablets.

ASHP’s annual Pharmacy Forecast is designed to help advance pharmacy practice leadership, and to provide insight into the forecasted trends.

Megan Maroney, PharmD, BCPP, clinical associate professor, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey; clinical psychiatric pharmacist, Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ, discusses the higher risk for potential adverse effects of suicidal ideation and behavior, and depression in younger patients.