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In recent years, pharmacists have increasingly become recognized as essential contributors to patient care and community health.

Guidance on the use of basal insulins (BI) and insulin pens to enable pharmacists to answer questions regarding the safe and effective use of BI for the management of diabetes.

Jason Ausili, PharmD, the Chief Clinical Officer of FDS Amplicare, discusses the impact on community pharmacies and patients of the recent announcement by the HHS regarding the amendment to the COVID-19 PREP Act.

iImplementation science is an emerging concept examining the development of services in a way that not only helps ensure their initial execution but also their sustainability over time.

Customers vaccinated at any Rite Aid location can supplement their paper vaccination card with a verified digital version that can be accessed on their mobile device.

But the good news is treatments can be tailored for patients with the chronic behavioral condition.

There are several types of sleep apnea, but the most common is obstructive sleep apnea.

The investigators noted that heart attacks are often caused by the rupturing of vulnerable plaques, defined as plaques with a large lipid core with a thin fibrous cap that serves as a wall or barrier around the plaque to keep it intact.

Beyond the benefits to the pharmacist profession, granting provider status to pharmacists addresses the larger societal problem of growing physician shortages.

Treatment options for head live include Permethrin (Nix) and Pyrethrin (Rid) as OTC options and prescription medicines such as Ivermectin (Sklice), Spinosad (Natroba), and Malathion.

Pharmacists can review clinical evidence and CDC recommendations before providing information.

PT0271 improved lung function and reduced the risk of exacerbations in individuals with asthma.

Although most Americans live close to a pharmacy, vaccination rates remain suboptimal.

Improvements in moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis began quickly after the first dose of dupilumab, with improved itching in 1 week and skin clearance in 2 weeks.

But will policy and program administrators make optimal use of existing primary care and pharmacy systems?

Formulary changes, utilization management, and a lack of transparency upset a lot of members, which hides a lot of good things that pharmacy benefit managers do.

The findings, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, add to a list of cardiac risks experienced by patients with HIV.

There are many substances that are included on the prohibited list for the Tokyo Olympics that are considered standard medications for certain disease states.

Crohn disease causes inflammation of the digestive tract, which can lead to abdominal pain, severe diarrhea, fatigue, weight loss, and malnutrition.

A panel of experts from various settings in the pharmacy field discuss the application of cultural humility and their own experiences when providing culturally appropriate care to underserved or marginalized populations.

With COVID-19 vaccination clinics still operating and booster doses on the horizon, there continues to be a need for pharmacy technicians as immunizers well into the future.

Dupilumab (Dupixent) was approved in 2017 for the treatment of adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis whose disease is not adequately controlled with topical prescription therapies.

The research team analyzed the associations between maternal diabetes before or during pregnancy and the risk of high refractive error (RE), which are conditions in which there is a failure of the eye to properly focus images on the retina.

Parents are encouraged to either get all immunizations in one health care facility or have a card that documents all the immunizations the child has received.

The Pharmacy Quality Alliance developed the “Medication Access Framework for Quality Measurement” to address the social determinants of health that hinder patient medication access and contribute to poor health outcomes.

Six-point plan outlines strategies to increase national vaccination rates, keep schools open, increase testing and masking access, and to relieve health systems that are overrun with COVID-19 patients.

Empagliflozin demonstrated a 21% relative risk reduction for the composite primary endpoint of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure, compared with placebo.

Concepts could be used in payer-pharmacy value-based arrangements.

A new study explores why individuals who suffer most from the condition have the worse symptoms at night.