Public Health Matters Video: Walmart is Elevating Specialty Pharmacy Services and Enriching HIV Care
July 18th 2024Tune into this episode of “Public Health Matters” to hear how Walmart is leveraging its network to provide HIV care and specialty pharmacy services and how integrating community pharmacy outreach is significant for patients.
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Study Finds 1 in 10 Pregnant Individuals Who Test Positive For COVID-19 Will Develop Long COVID
July 17th 2024The investigators note that the high prevalence of long COVID, including in pregnant individuals, emphasizes a need for health care professionals and patients to closely monitor symptoms.
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Severe Pemphigus Vulgaris Successfully Treated With Intravenous Immunoglobulin
July 17th 2024A patient with severe and recurrent pemphigus vulgaris achieved lasting remission with a novel intravenous immunoglobulin preparation that had the added benefit of reducing treatment-related side effects.
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Comparison Shows Eligibility for Vericiguat Wider Than Expected for Heart Failure
July 17th 2024Investigators compared the criteria for eligibility in the VICTORIA trial with guideline and label criterion, finding a wider than expected population with heart failure were eligible for vericiguat therapy.
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Expert: Availability of OTC Naloxone in Stores, Pharmacies Will Lead to Greater Uptake
July 16th 2024Allison Burns discusses how pharmacists should prepare and educate themselves regarding OTC naloxone, and the steps that can be taken in stores and pharmacies to ensure OTC naloxone is visible and available.
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Improving Medication Reconciliation Accuracy in a Primary Care Practice
Accurate medication reconciliations are critical for ensuring safe patient outcomes, and a correct medication list can help prevent drug-drug interactions, contraindications, and duplicate therapies.
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Biosimilar Ranibizumab Could be More Cost-Effective Than Aflibercept for nAMD
July 15th 2024Switching from aflibercept (Eylea; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals) to biosimilar ranibizumab (Lucentis; Genentech) for neovascular age-related macular degeneration could be more cost effective for patients.
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