Most community pharmacists have experienced seeing a patient in distress. In fact, a December 2023 study published in JAPhA found that almost all respondents from a sample of community pharmacists had interacted with someone displaying suicide warning signs.

Loren Bonner

Dosing is a critical aspect of safe and effective drug therapy. Drug doses must be individualized for each patient, as a dose that is therapeutic for one patient may be toxic or subtherapeutic for another patient.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

Clinicians may be hesitant to adjust a patient’s BP medications based on a single in-office reading.

Sonya Collins

Cost Plus has been operating online since 2022. Last year, Mark Cuban’s online Cost Plus Drug Company launched its Team Cuban card and Affiliate Pharmacy Network.

Sonya Collins

Hippocrates, author of the Hippocratic oath, said that “Desperate times call for desperate measures.” It’s believed that this saying was boiled down from his justification for using extreme cures for extreme diseases around 400 BC.

Sonya Collins

Updates from FDA

Licorice is more than your granddad’s favorite candy. Licorice root is also available as an herbal supplement advertised as promoting digestive function, benefiting respiratory health, and supporting immunity. But licorice root may also adversely raise BP.

Mickie Cathers

Atopic dermatitis, a form of eczema that causes dry, itchy, and inflamed skin, is common in young children but can occur at any age.

Mary Warner

Adults with persistent symptomatic asthma achieved a higher rate of remission when treated with azithromycin, according to an analysis published in the August 2024 issue of CHEST.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

In the summer of 2023, after many years of research and clinical trials, FDA approved several agents to prevent RSV.

Olivia C. Welter, PharmD

Dose appears to play a role in the event of a psychotic episode for patients prescribed amphetamines for ADHD, according to research published in the October 2024 issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.

Loren Bonner

As anyone who has ever sneezed, coughed, and groaned their way through a bout of flu knows, these viruses are not easy to ignore.

Elizabeth Briand

Blood transfusions are commonly administered to patients with acute brain injury, but the optimal hemoglobin transfusion threshold is uncertain in these patients. Members of the TRAIN Randomized Clinical Trial Study Group conducted a multicenter, phase 3, parallel-group, open-label randomized clinical trial to assess the impact on neurological outcome of two different hemoglobin thresholds to guide red blood cell transfusions in patients with acute brain injury.

Each year in the United States, approximately 230,000 people are diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), accounting for more than 80% of all lung cancer cases. 

Elizabeth Briand

Antimicrobial resistance is now one of the biggest threats to global health—and it’s only set to worsen.

Yara Al-Shaer, PharmD

Older adults who take trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMPSMX) while on digoxin are at a much higher risk of dangerous adverse effects compared with those who take amoxicillin, according to research published in the July 2024 issue of the Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy.

Aiya Almogaber, PharmD

In August 2024, the American Heart Association (AHA) published a scientific statement that identifies evidence-based gaps in managing elevated inpatient BP, including asymptomatic hypertension and hypertensive emergency.

Terri D’Arrigo

More than 40 years have passed since HIV first emerged as a threat to public health.

Jennifer Cocohoba, PharmD, AAHIVP

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