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IBgard is a dietary supplement that helps to manage the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.

Baricitinib (Olumiant) is indicated for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and COVID-19 in hospitalized adults.

The new recommendations include 10 key points for managing this type of stroke, including training for home caregivers to improve patients’ quality of life.

Options include calcitonin gene-related peptide antagonists, ergotamine, hormone therapy, lasmiditan, and triptans.

There are a number of ways to treat migraines, but CGRPs are becoming more well-known in the pharmacy space.

Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors found to reduce the risk of an aneurysm rupture by 18%.

Tolvaptan (Jynarque )is a selective vasopressin V2-receptor antagonist .

IBS Complete Support helps relieve abdominal pain, bloating, and constipation associated with irritable bowel syndrome.

Ciprodex is approved for the treatment of ear infections, acute otitis media, and acute otitis externa.

Pharmacists as immunizers are vaccine distributors, educators, facilitators, and administrators.

Real-world data show fremanezumab-vfrm (Ajovy) injection plus gepants combination effective in patients with difficult-to-treat migraine.

Citalopram (Celexa) is indicated for the treatment of major depressive disorder in adults.

Pepcid is indicated in adult and pediatric patients 40 kg and above for the treatment of active duodenal ulcer active gastric ulcer.

In clinical trials, Xiidra was found to improve eye dryness scores significantly compared with placebo.

The FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted nearly unanimously for an emergency use authorization for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, NVX-CoV2373, for use in individuals 18 years of age and older.

Mentorship in pharmacy is particularly important because it may contribute to the development of competent, proficient, and motivated pharmacists to lead the profession and continue to advance the field.

Approval in this patient population makes dupilumab the first and only biologic medicine approved for the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis from infancy through adulthood.

Cymbalta is a serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor indicated for major depressive disorder and anxiety, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, fibromyalgia, and chronic pain related to the muscles and bones.

Gastro-Ease helps maintain a healthy stomach, promoting health and comfort.

Inclisiran (Leqvio) is a small interfering ribonucleic acid approved by the FDA for patients who are on a maximally-tolerated dose of statins and need additional LDL-C reduction.

In a collaboration using a neutral zone, organizations do not have access to each other’s data, but will instead have access to insights gathered by pooling their data together with other organizations for analysis by artificial intelligence technology.

Investigators analyze the results of 71 clinical trials from around the world that were published between 1987 and 2020.

Further analyses showed guselkumab provided patients with sustained improvements in measures of health-related quality of life, fatigue, pain, and work productivity.

Priorix can be administered as a first dose, followed by a second dose of Priorix, or as a second dose to those previously administered the first dose of another MMR-containing vaccine.

Sinupret is a natural product that may help to promote strong nasal passages and sinuses along with overall immune function.

As pharmacists’ role in the health of communities continues to grow, it becomes even more critical for pharmacists to be armed with advanced technology when providing drug analysis.

Pharmacies can help bring inequities plaguing health care systems to an end to ensure the COVID-19 pandemic does not follow trends of inequity experienced in the HIV pandemic.

Famvir, a prodrug of penciclovir, is a nucleoside analog DNA polymerase inhibitor indicated for adults patients who are immunocompetent with herpes labialis (cold sores); treatment of recurrent episodes of genital herpes; and treatment of recurrent episodes, suppressive therapy of recurrent episodes and herpes zoster (shingles).

In light of the growing numbers of students opting for post-graduate trainings, colleges and schools of pharmacy may want to consider offering electives geared toward exposing students to post-graduate career possibilities and provide guidance toward success.

Suzanne Soliman, PharmD, BCMAS, discusses pharmacy management.