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Case Studies: May 2022
How would you handle these patients' questions?
Generic Product News: May 2022
This month's generic product news features clarithromycin, sevelamer hydrochloride, and metronidazole.
Pet Peeves: May 2022
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Rx Product News: May 2022
This month's Rx product news features empagliflozin, mitapivat, and RSVpreF.
OTC Cases: Stomach Infections
This month's OTC Cases focuses on heartburn, pinworm infection, and food poisoning.
Cibinqo From Pfizer Inc
The FDA has approved abrocitinib tablets to treat adults with moderate-to-severe, refractory atopic dermatitis.
Burnout: Self-care Is Not the Answer
Here are 9 tips for employers to address employees’ feeling of detachment, exhaustion, and reduced accomplishment.
OTC Product News: May 2022
This month's product news features beet gummies, nerve relief, and acne blemish patches.
Advancing Multistate Licensure Is Vital in Telehealth Era
But meeting regulatory requirements may entail a great deal of financial expertise and time.
Insomnia Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Pharmacists must communicate more than drugs and dosages and offer counseling on lifestyle and sleep habits.
Home-Based Services Improve Health Outcomes
Pharmacists can resolve medication-related problems through face-to-face consultations with patients.
Changes in the Law Result From OTC Drug Product Tampering
Chicago Tylenol murders still reverberates after 40 years; they changed medication packaging forever.
Pharmacist Prescribing: Road Less Traveled Is Getting Busier
Some states are pushing to increase scope of practice, expand programs.
Copying an Old Prescription May Lead to Trouble
Expediting the dispensing process makes sense, but take care when entering and verifying script.
Lawsuit Seeks Punitive Damages for Dispensing Error
Does sufficient evidence exist to support an award against pharmacists’ employer, a national pharmacy chain?
New Congressional Bill Aims to Reform Review, Approval Process
Goal of modernizing therapeutic equivalence rating determination act is to increase availability, competition, drive down prescription costs.
7 Secrets of Smoking Cessation Can Jump-start the Process
Combining nicotine replacement therapy and varenicline is often most successful, but pharmacists can help patients find best approach.
Don’t Panic! Stockpile OTC Medications Mindfully
Educate patients about how to purchase and store medical products without hoarding resources.
Help Patients Prepare for Allergy Season
With climate change potentially affecting pollen counts, new OTC products can relieve symptoms.
What Is the Future of Brand-Name Dispensing?
Community pharmacies may become generics-only dispensers unless manufacturers rethink the bifurcation of prescription drugs.
Pharmacist Employers Must Address Employee Burnout
The APhA noted that burnout had been a problem in the pharmacy profession for a long time but had been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.