Spend 5 minutes on Instagram or TikTok and it is easy to see how much Americans love their pets.

Elizabeth Briand

Adalimumab is used for nine different autoimmune indications in both pediatric and adult populations and is available as many different prefilled syringe and pen carton configurations.

Institute for Safe Medication Practice, Horsham, PA

In June 2024, this column summarized a legal case in which the dismissal of a student pharmacist from her pharmacy program was upheld based on the “broad discretion” that is granted by courts to academic institutions.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

On February 21, 2024, Change Healthcare, a UnitedHealth Group subsidiary that processes health care data and one of the largest processers of prescription medications in the United States, was the target of a ransomware attack.

Sonya Collins

Whether pharmacists like it or not, OTC hearing aids are out on pharmacy shelves...

Loren Bonner and Lauren Howell, PharmD

Updates from FDA

From hypertension guidelines to calculating kidney function, race is a key component of how pharmacists are taught to identify which medication a patient should be taking and whether a medication is needed.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

nterventions led by pharmacists and community health workers are most likely to help patients with hypertension achieve disease control, according to research published July 19, 2024, in the American Heart Association’s (AHA’s) journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and OutcomesCirculation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

The Endocrine Society, with input from a panel of experts, developed a new guideline published in the August 2024 issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism that presented the most appropriate indications for vitamin D supplementation and screening for vitamin D deficiency in generally healthy individuals.

Olivia C. Welter, PharmD

CDC’s 2024 U.S. Selected Practice Recommendations of Contraceptive Use (SPR), published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on August 8, 2024, contains several changes from the 2016 SPR, especially with respect to the placement of intrauterine devices (IUDs).

Terri D’Arrigo

The first needle-free dosage form of epinephrine was approved by FDA in August 2024. neffy (epinephrine nasal spray–ARS Pharmaceuticals) is a pocket-sized nasal spray approved for emergency treatment of type 1 allergic reactions, including anaphylaxis, in adult and pediatric patients who weigh 30 kg (66 lbs) or greater.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

Bronchitis and upper respiratory tract infections often come with a side of acute cough. A wide range of antitussive agents and expectorants to treat symptomatic cough are available over the counter.

Mickie Cathers

Wounds are defined as any injury that causes a break in the skin, including abrasions (from rubbing or friction) and lacerations (from a sharp-edged object).

Mary Warner

ß-blocker therapy is a standard of care for patients after myocardial infarction, with a prescription rate that has reached over 90% in most Western countries. However, early coronary reperfusion therapy has led to a sharp decrease in the risks of heart failure and death after myocardial infarction and has led to questions about the add-on benefits of lifelong b-blocker treatment in patients with a preserved left ventricular ejection fraction and no other primary indication for b-blocker therapy.

Cutaneous adverse reactions are a common occurrence when it comes to antibiotic use, impacting a significant portion of patients. These reactions can range from mild rashes to severe life-threatening conditions such as Stevens-Johnson syndrome.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

Research shows that an infusion of amino acids may help protect patients from acute kidney injury (AKI) following cardiac surgery.

Aiya Almogaber, PharmD

Much has been said about the importance of having pharmacists in an emergency department (ED), but little is out there about what pharmacists are capable of in a freestanding ED.

Loren Bonner

WHO has noted that, upon hospital discharge, as many as 80% of patients may have a medication discrepancy or a health care provider may have failed to communicate an in-hospital medication change. These discrepancies can lead to increased health care costs, hospital readmissions, and patient harm. 

Sonya Collins

According to the American Psychological Association, implicit bias is “a negative attitude, of which one is not consciously aware, against a specific social group.”

Olihe Okoro, PhD, MPH, MPharm

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