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Understanding Recent Changes to 505(b)(2) Drugs and Reimbursement

Pharmacy Times

The Orange Book is the reference, and it allows the FDA to declare something [to be] therapeutically equivalent.

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Unicorns Don’t Exist: Rethinking the Generalist Model in Oncology Pharmacy

Pharmacy Times

But together, they contribute to the ever-expanding expectation that oncology pharmacists should “know all the things,” an emotion aptly captured by Allie Brosh in her book Hyperbole and a Half. Touchstone Books; 2013. Time Enough for Love. Putnam’s Sons; 1973. Rao KV, Gulbis AM, Mahmoudjafari Z.

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Investigating the Pharmacist’s Role in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for Patients With Cancer

Pharmacy Times

In the 2017 book The Big Picture , author Sean Carroll seamlessly blends the scientific with the philosophical and comments that “life is not a substance, like water or rock; it’s a process, like fire or a wave crashing on the shore. Fortunately, he had a great oncology team with a pharmacist who specialized in gastrointestinal oncology.

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How Myo-inositol Can Improve Hashimoto’s Symptoms

The Thyroid Pharmacist

In my first book, Hashimoto’s: The Root Cause , I discussed how an elevation of TSH, for whatever reason, may result in triggering or exacerbating the autoimmune process of Hashimoto’s. 12) For anyone looking to support immune health, hormone balance, and metabolic health, in addition to their thyroid, this is a great option. (37-39)

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Solutions for Constipation Relief

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Chemotherapy agents: Chemotherapy agents can lead to constipation in a variety of ways such as slowing the movements of the intestinal tract or creating inflammation that disrupts digestive function. My book Adrenal Transformation Protocol is a wonderful resource for learning the best ways to support your body’s stress response.

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Oncolytic viruses: past and present

European Pharmaceutical Review

This strategy has failed to gain a foothold in the past as the patient’s immune system interferes, destroying the unprotected oncolytic viruses. After surgery, strategic combinations of radiotherapy, chemotherapy like temozolomide, and other forms of treatment, such as immunotherapy or the use of an electric field cap, are employed.

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Selenium: The Nutrient That Can Reduce Thyroid Antibodies by 40%

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Selenium is vital to our body’s ability to convert T4 to T3, and has a balancing effect on our thyroid and immune health. There are many different types of selenoproteins that focus on different functions relating to thyroid and immune system support. Why such an impact on so many? This is how autoimmunity starts. percent felt worse.

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