April 2011 Allergy & Asthma

If recognized early, even the deadliest skin cancer can be treated and cured. Pharmacists can help patients spot the warning signs.

Counseling legitimate pain patients about the proper use of opioids can prevent medications from falling into the wrong hands.

Despite counseling patients and procuring medications, a defendant facing multiple injunctions claimed not to be a pharmacists.

Whether patients are coping with allergies caused by seasonal, nonseasonal, or food allergens, pharmacists can help patients prevent and manage their bothersome symptoms.

The choice of which antihistamine to use for allergy symptoms is often a family affair. Pharmacists can help patients move from a panacea model to one that takes into account individual needs and medical history.

The FDA approved Krystexxa (pegloticase) Injection for the treatment of chronic gout in adult patients who are refractory to conventional therapy.

Pharmacists must consider the potentially prolonged onset and offset of drug interactions when enzyme induction or deinduction is involved.

Community pharmacists and emergency departments can improve patient safety by communicating effectively to ensure that patient's medication profiles are accurate and up-to-date.

The specialty pharmacy market developed treatments that have significantly improved outcomes for patients with pulmunary artierual hypertension, progressive, incurable disease.