Pharmacy Times

JULY 24, 2025

Pharmacists are positioned to personalize HFpEF care through monitoring, patient-centered strategies, and shared decision-making, enhancing treatment adherence and outcomes. Finerenone, a nonsteroidal MRA, shows promise in reducing HF events and atrial fibrillation, offering potential benefits over steroidal MRAs like spironolactone.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 8, 2025

SHOW MORE Intranasal insulin shows promise in targeting memory regions of the brain, offering new hope for Alzheimer disease treatment in older adults. Insulin absorption varies between cognitively normal individuals and those with mild cognitive impairment, with higher uptake in the former.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 19, 2025

Malesker, PharmD, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP, BCPS +1 More Hypertension is widespread and linked to serious health risks, but new treatments for resistant cases target new mechanisms of action. Jansen, PharmD Candidate , Mark A.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 2, 2025

These technologies prevent the risk of both hypo- and hyperglycemic episodes, facilitating safer fasting. The guidance is updated every 5 years, with the most recent update published in May 2025. Monitoring technology is valuable to assess glycemic control and enable timely interventions in T1D patients.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 1, 2025

SHOW MORE Pharmacists can help oversee the treatment process to ensure patients with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) are adhering to tafamidis. Ongoing research explores tafamidis' long-term efficacy, potential in other heart failure forms, and combination therapies for enhanced outcomes.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 7, 2025

Pharmacists are essential in managing OIC, advising on treatment, monitoring effectiveness, and identifying contraindications and potential complications. Pharmacological support often starts with OTC agents, like water-holding laxatives (e.g., polyethylene glycol and lactulose) and stimulant laxatives (e.g., bisacodyl and senna).

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 16, 2025

Although the use of colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) is well-established in mitigating severe FN, existing literature suggests there is only an approximate 3% difference in FN rates between various CSF agents. Utilizing colony-stimulating factors (CSFs) decreases the incidence of severe FN.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 10, 2025

3 Although meloxicam injection delivers a non-opioid alternative for pain control, it is not recommended as a first-line agent when rapid onset of analgesia is needed due to its delayed onset. 2 REFERENCES 1. Meloxicam: Selective COX-2 inhibition in clinical practice. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism. December 21, 2004. Subscribe Now!

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 21, 2025

Cardiovascular disease risks in HIV patients have evolved with ART, requiring preventive measures like statins and cardiovascular risk scores for effective management.

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Pharmacy Times

JUNE 23, 2025

The presentation emphasized early intervention and personalized treatment plans in managing type 2 diabetes, shifting from "treating to failure" to "treating to target." It is not indicated for type 1 diabetes and carries a boxed warning for thyroid C-cell tumors, with unknown risk in humans.

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Drug Topics

JULY 30, 2025

Prescription cascades refer to a medication being prescribed to prevent or treat an adverse drug reaction to another medication. Further, it would be potentially inappropriate if there are more suitable treatment alternatives available, such as switching the drug causing the adverse drug reaction.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 8, 2025

Further research is needed on the clinical impact, treatment longevity, and cost implications of biosimilar use in pediatric IBD. 2 Tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors (anti-TNFs) have become both first- and second-line therapies for the treatment of pediatric patients with Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 17, 2025

Understanding and addressing barriers to medication adherence are crucial for effective treatment of psychiatric disorders and improving patient outcomes. Long-acting injectable antipsychotics may improve adherence in homeless populations, but transportation and clinic visit logistics must be considered.

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Pharmacy Times

AUGUST 7, 2025

The FDA's fast track designation highlights birelentinib's potential to meet unmet needs in CLL/SLL treatment. A cornerstone of treatment for these patients is BTK and BCL-2 inhibitors, but many patients progress or relapse on these therapies.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 3, 2025

She emphasizes that treatment options are mostly supportive, making prevention through good hygiene and vaccination essential. Pharmacists play a crucial role in educating high-risk individuals about RSV risks and encouraging vaccination to reduce severe illness.

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Pharmacy Times

JULY 15, 2025

The compounds activate the integrated stress response (ISR) pathway, halting viral protein synthesis and enhancing the cell's ability to shut down viral replication. The compounds activate the integrated stress response (ISR) pathway, halting viral protein synthesis and enhancing the cell's ability to shut down viral replication.

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The Thyroid Pharmacist

AUGUST 1, 2025

Even in full-term, healthy pregnancies, maternal health conditions including hypothyroidism, hormonal imbalances and PCOS (especially if they occurred during puberty), and many others can prevent or delay the production of breast milk. A practitioner will help assess individual patients to determine if or when breastfeeding is advised. [11]

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Drug Topics

JUNE 25, 2025

1,2 “There is an extraordinary unmet need in obesity treatment, which is the ability for patients to stop GLP-1 drugs without regaining weight. 1 “These early Revita data are better than I expected and suggest the potential to prevent the weight regain we see in practice. Fractyl Health. News release. June 23, 2025. Gallagher A.

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BuzzRx

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Certain foods can increase sweating or lead to a change in body odor because of the compounds they contain. Some medicines have a strong smell themselves or produce compounds that can cause body odor. However, there is no evidence of a lasting improvement in excessive sweating with these treatments.

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The Thyroid Pharmacist

JULY 20, 2023

And as we’ve seen, even with supplementation, you need to address your root causes to prevent iron supply and demand challenges. Viruses that have been associated with anemia include Epstein-Barr Virus , hepatitis A and C, human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6), cytomegalovirus, parvovirus B19, and HIV. [45] However, when they added 1.5

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The Thyroid Pharmacist

JANUARY 20, 2023

Nikolai Lazarev defined adaptogens as “an agent that raises the body’s ability to resist stress by countering undesired stressors, whether physical, chemical, emotional, or biological.” Would you like to know if adaptogenic herbs might be of benefit to you? This can also mean fewer nutrients are absorbed.

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