While job hopping may have once been considered a red flag or taboo, 21% of millennials report changing jobs in the past year, according to a Gallup report on millennials in the workplace. This number is almost three times higher than the percentage of non-millennials who have done the same.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

Voxzogo (vosoritide) is a C-type natriuretic peptide indicated to increase linear growth in pediatric patients with achondroplasia with open epiphyzes.

Institute for Safe Medication Practice, Horsham, PA

A recent case from Illinois demonstrates, once again, how the instructions “as directed” in prescription vial labeling can invite malpractice liability.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

A study from the November/December 2024 issue of JAPhA found that over a 3-month period, there was a difference of over $16,000 between the actual revenue that was generated and the potential revenue that could have been generated if pharmacists were able to bill for their services in an ambulatory clinic.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

In November 2024, a joint FDA advisory committee voted 14–1 to eliminate the REMS program for clozapine.

Olivia C. Welter, PharmD

Updates from FDA

CDC estimates that one out of every 10 Americans—or more than 38 million people—has diabetes. For more than a century, insulin has served as a life-saving treatment for people with diabetes.

Elizabeth Briand

A recent study published in the January 2025 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine suggested that metformin, widely used to manage T2D, may also lower the risk of asthma exacerbations.

Aiya Almogaber, PharmD

Effective, noninvasive treatments for chronic sciatic are limited. For patients whose condition is caused by a herniated disk, acupuncture may be a viable treatment strategy, according to a study by Tu and colleagues published in the December 2024 issue of JAMA Internal Medicine. JAMA
Internal Medicine. 

Sonya Collins

Fenugreek is widely known for its potential benefit in managing diabetes, reducing menstrual cramps and high cholesterol, and lifting energy and testosterone levels.

Mickie Cathers

A patients’ first stop after being told to increase the fiber in their diet is often their neighborhood pharmacy.

Mary Warner

Patients with SUD are frequently readmitted after hospitalization. However, hospitalization can represent an opportunity for treatment initiation, including medications for alcohol use disorder and OUD through the use of addiction consult teams.

APhA Staff

On any given day in the United States, there are shortages of some 300 different prescription medications.

Sonya Collins

Spironolactone, a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, has been shown to improve outcomes in patients with heart failure, but its routine use following myocardial infarction remains uncertain.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

Crohn’s disease is one of two types of irritable bowel disease, affecting more than 1 million individuals nationwide.

Elizabeth Briand

When Hurricane Helene damaged Baxter International’s North Cove, NC, manufacturing facility last fall, an I.V. fluid shortage ensued.

Sonya Collins

FDA approved 50 new (“novel”) drugs in 2024 that had not been approved or marketed in the United States.

Mark S. Johnson, PharmD, BCPS

Crossword Challenge

The APhA Academies have been integral to the evolution of the pharmacy profession, playing a key role in shaping its development through significant changes and advancements in practice, education, and policy.

CharLeigh Steverson, PharmD

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