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CMS Interim Final Rule on mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid potentially impacts pharmacies that provide services under a contract or arrangement with these facilities.

Pharmacy performance measures can support greater patient access to care and services through team-based care and to facilitate value-based contracts between pharmacists and payers.

Pharmacists can encourage patients to ask prescribers about newly approved preventive therapies when appropriate.

The study enrolled 214 patients, with 105 randomized to a risankizumab injection every 4 weeks over a 24-week period, while 109 patients received a placebo.

Tums treats symptoms such as heartburn, upset stomach, or indigestion.

Odevixibat is indicated for the treatment of pruritus in patients 3 months of age and older with progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.

For patients with diabetes, continuous glucose monitoring offers the opportunity to lessen the burden of traditional finger sticks.

Patients were randomized 1:1 to receive either erenumab or topiramate, with the erenumab arm split into dosages of 70 mg or 140 mg.

The results were presented at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2021.

Pharmacists Can Provide Advice on Pain Products’ Directions, Dosage, and Duration of Use

The phase 3 clinical trials evaluated the efficacy and safety of cariprazine as an adjunctive treatment for these patients.

Learn about how Dr. Nabila Ismail combines her passion for pharmacy with her love for travel.

Natural melatonin sends messages to the receptor agonist in the brain and other areas of the body to help control the sleep and wake cycles.

Heart defects associated with Eisenmenger syndrome cause blood to circulate abnormally in the heart and lungs.

Milk of Magnesia is a laxative thought to work by drawing water into the intestines, which can cause movement of the intestines.

Difelikefalin treats moderate-to-severe pruritus associated with chronic kidney disease in adults undergoing hemodialysis.

Peer Exchange panel discusses pharmacists' role in recommending systemic and topical agents.

Dumping syndrome occurs when food, especially sugar, moves from the stomach into the small bowel too quickly.

Study addresses the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of older people.

Kyle Detwiler, CEO of Clever Leaves, discusses his company’s donation of $1 million in medical-grade cannabis to research organizations for the purposes of advancing medical research.

The study results also show that strokes were far more common among traditional smokers.

Individuals taking erenumab had a 55.4% reduction from baseline in their monthly migraine days, results from HER-MES show.

Use lowest effective dosages to prevent constipation, sedation, respiratory depression, and more.

Patients who received information in their native language reported being more likely to understand the information about their medication.

A pharmacist can offer up to date knowledge on the clinical evidence behind new drugs, serving as a source of guidance for patients amongst the controversy with aducanumab and other new medications for Alzheimer disease.

Parents or legal guardians of children in this age range are now able to schedule appointments for vaccination.

A single 1200 mg subcutaneous dose of casirivimab and imdevimab (Regen-COV, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals), a preventative COVID-19 treatment, reduced the risk of contracting COVID-19 by 81.6% during months 2-8, according to additional results from a phase 3 trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Compound W is used to help remove warts, corns, and calluses.

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome typically causes overly flexible joints and stretchy, fragile skin.