10
Jan
2022
CDC now advises all clinicians to talk to their patients who are sexually active, including adolescents, about HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) at least once and to prescribe the prevention medication to anyone who requests them.
Categories: Immunology, APhA News, Drug Therapy, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Pharmacists, Student Pharmacists, Technicians
Tags: APhA News
17
Dec
2021
Patients with diabetes who used statins experienced less control of their diabetes than patients who did not take statins, suggests a new retrospective study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Categories: Cardiology, Diabetes Management, APhA News, Drug Interactions, Drug Therapy, Medication Optimization, American Heart Association, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Pharmacists, Student Pharmacists, Technicians
Between 2019 and 2020, illicitly manufactured fentanyl-related overdose deaths increased substantially in western, southern, and midwestern states, CDC reported.
Categories: Pain/Addiction, APhA News, Drug Overdose, Opioids, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Pharmacists, Student Pharmacists, Technicians
13
FDA said it is temporarily halting its risk evaluation and mitigation strategy (REMS) program for clozapine, a treatment for schizophrenia.
Categories: Psychiatry, Medication Safety, REMS, APhA News, Drug Therapy, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Mental Health, Regulatory, Pharmacists, Student Pharmacists, Technicians
The Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) announced the launch of a new certificate in MTM for pharmacy technicians.
Categories: MTM, APhA News, Medication Optimization, PTCB, Pharmacists, Student Pharmacists, Technicians