What if there were no special steps required of clinicians to help individuals receive medication for opioid use disorder (OUD)? Could this scenario allow patients with OUD to be treated where it’s most convenient for them, even in a pharmacy?

Loren Bonner

As summer approaches, pharmacy staff may begin to field more questions about how patients can manage their health and their medications while they travel, especially during extended travel abroad.

Sonya Collins

Chronic pain is common and debilitating, and its treatment continues to present challenges to the medical community.

Sonya Collins

There is an expanding variety of home testing and monitoring kits available for patients interested in preventative care, detecting the presence or absence of a medical or physiologic condition, and monitoring therapy or results of a wellness routine.

A federal judge in Ohio who oversees the National Prescription Opiate Litigation (NPOL) has recently issued a ruling with significant implications for pharmacists and pharmacies.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

Updates from FDA

Herbs and herbal products have been used during pregnancy for centuries and have recently become popular through the widespread belief that it is “safer to go natural.”

Mickie Cathers

In December 2022, FDA approved Sunlenca (Gilead Sciences, Inc.), the first medication in a new class of drugs used to treat HIV type 1 (HIV-1) in patients who are unable to be successfully treated with other available medications.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

With 77% of Americans taking at least one supplement on a regular basis, it is more important than ever for pharmacists to know about these products.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

With a large amount of new, high-quality data available, the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) workgroup issued a new comprehensive update on diabetes management in chronic kidney disease (CKD) only 2 short years after the last comprehensive update became available.

Ariel L. Clark, PharmD

At the start of 2023, the American College of Physicians (ACP) released an update to their pharmacological guideline recommendations for the treatment of osteoporosis and low bone mass to prevent fractures in adults.

Clarissa Chan, PharmD

For individuals with suicidal thoughts or who don’t respond to any therapies for depression, ketamine offers a treatment choice, according to Megan Ehret, PharmD, BCPP, from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy.

Loren Bonner

Topical analgesics are often used to relieve pain associated with aches and pains in muscles and joints, such as backaches, arthritis, strains, bruises, and sprains.

Mary Warner

Trending topics

The safety and efficacy of area under the curve (AUC) monitoring in ICU patients receiving continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) has yet to be validated by the literature, but a new study by Wang and colleagues published in Pharmacotherapy on January 30, 2023, seems to shine light on the topic.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and ASHP Foundation released the 11th edition of the Pharmacy Forecast report, which provides an insightful perspective on the factors that can affect patient care, population health, and the pharmacy profession.

Aneesh Asokan, PharmD, MBA

An article published on January 21, 2023, in AJHP reveals some welcome findings: When pharmacists are involved in antibiotic selection, hospitals can potentially save money and patients are less likely to be prescribed undesirable second-line therapies.

Olivia C. Welter, PharmD

Mental health disorders are common, complex to diagnose and treat, and costly to manage. They are also associated with a high risk of morbidity and mortality. Common disorders such as depression and anxiety are among the leading causes of disease burden globally. WHO reports that anxiety disorders affect over 260 million people.

Adrijana Kekic, PharmD, CTLC

A Minute With... 

Samantha Freiter, APhA–ASP Chapter President
and 2024 PharmD candidate, University of Pittsburgh
School of Pharmacy

Member since 2020

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