Many health care professionals know that promethazine injection is a vesicant and is highly caustic to the intima of blood vessels and surrounding tissue. Parenteral administration can result in severe tissue damage, regardless of the route of administration.

Institute for Safe Medication Practices, Horsham, PA

Unclear or incomplete prescription orders can set up pharmacists to err in order processing.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

It’s hard to know how widespread COVID-19 vaccination reimbursement issues are for pharmacists across the country.

Loren Bonner

Pharmacists may notice that some OTCs they stock in their pharmacies are now appearing on the rotating coils inside an increasing number of vending machines alongside chips and crackers.

Sonya Collins

One year into COVID-19 vaccination, pharmacists across the country have learned a great deal. Guidance from federal officials changed rapidly and misinformation spread all over social media, but through it all pharmacists have been the trusted voice of confidence for patients seeking answers to all sorts of questions about COVID-19 vaccines.

Loren Bonner

Heartburn is a very common gastrointestinal complaint, often described as a burning sensation in the chest.

Mary Warner

Ioflupane i 123, Levonorgestrel, Pemetrexed.

Best known for treating inflammation, evening primrose oil (EPO) has been a popular supplement for centuries used to address a host of conditions.

Mickie Cathers

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) now recommends that children and adolescents should be screened for anxiety.

Johanna Taylor Katroscik, PharmD

Studying antidepressant use in pregnancy has led to an abundance of research, but without many answers.

Loren Bonner

Many medications can be taken without regard to meals, but which ones need to be taken with food?

Lauren Howell, PharmD

After rejecting approval twice, FDA has approved Furoscix (ScPharmaceuticals).

Lauren Howell, PharmD

Extended rivaroxaban treatment could reduce risk of recurrent venous thromboembolism.

In an effort to better understand and diagnose long COVID, researchers of a new study published October 10, 2022, in JAMA looked at the proportion of individuals who experienced common self-reported long COVID symptom clusters 3 months after initial symptomatic SARSCoV-2 infection in 2020 and 2021.

Mariecus CM Jarvis-Mays, PharmD, MEd

The ever-rising complexity of patient health has prompted the Society for Perioperative Assessment and Quality Improvement (SPAQI) to address the lack of resources for perioperative medication management through publication of their own guidance.

Olivia C. Welter, PharmD

Influenza hospitalizes as many as 45,000 children per year. The virus causes up to 600 annual deaths in the pediatric population.

Sonya Collins

Over the past decade, reported morbidity and mortality rates from community acquired pneumonia (CAP) have stagnated.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

Legislative, legal, and regulatory developments affecting pharmacy in 2022

Jason Martinez, PharmD, BCACP, Chief Population Health Officer, Community Health & Wellness, Columbus, OH