September 2022

Indicated for the management of mild, moderate, and severe Alzheimer disease and dementia symptoms, the donepezil transdermal system (Adlarity; Corium) delivers donepezil hydrocholoride through the skin and is recommended at an initial dosage of 5 mg per day.

This month's generic product news features clorazepate dipotassium tablets, exemestane tablets, and paliperidone extended-release tablets.

FDA revises emergency use authorization to grant prescribing authority for Pfizer’s Paxlovid antiviral treatment for COVID-19.

This month's Rx product news features Qulipta, Eylea, and Paxlovid.

This month's OTC cases features anemia.

Appointment-based models are typically most effective when all pharmacy team members participate.

Lawsuit asserts physician, pharmacist negligence in patient’s fatal overdose after she received alprazolam, oxycodone, oxymorphone.

Take steps to safeguard prescribing, dispensing, and patient use of the COVID-19 antiviral medication.

This month's OTC product news features Hiccupops, deep relief acne treatment, and lidocaine patches.

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Presentation by Chapman University dean highlights patient relations, staffing issues.

How would you respond to these patient questions?

Pharmacist education also helps prevent adverse reactions, maximizes outcomes for the symptomless disease.

Assess for medication-related problems, monitor patients remotely, and use mobile tools to deliver consultations.

Amendments reflecting more contemporary options could raise ethical questions for health care workers.

USC Analysis: although generics save US health care systems billions, PBMs jack up prices for employers, government, and patients.

Many drugs for these conditions enter clinical trials, but few demonstrate success.

Pharmacists should ascertain whether self-treatment is appropriate and suggest medical care if it isn’t.

Key responsibilities include providing recommendations, administering vaccinations, disseminating evidence-based advice, reducing spread of influenza in communities.

Another market innovation continues the bifurcation of the profession's practice as community pharmacies become generics businesses.

It is not a leap to think that the 2022-2023 season could be worse than the past 2 seasons.