Community Practice

Walk into a pharmacy in 2030 and there’s a good chance you’ll see a pharmacist. And there’s a good chance the pharmacist will have little or nothing to do with dispensing.

A new study examines why some individuals are able to fight off the flu better than others. The answer, in part, may lead back to childhood.

Creating a place where patients seek diabetes care and counseling.

Fish oil supplementation may be associated with lower all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality, and CVD events.

The World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic.

A new study found several shortcomings in blood pressure management.

At the 2020 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), longer-term study results on emtricitabine 200 mg and tenofovir alafenamide 25 mg tablets (Descovy, Gilead) for HIV PrEP were presented.

Eleven Schnuck Markets’ pharmacies will close after CVS Pharmacy’s acquisition of 110 Schnuck’s pharmacies.

President Donald Trump has signed a bill that will provide more than $8.3 billion to fight the coronavirus disease outbreak.

Strategies for seizing revenue opportunities outside of the PBM.

Plus, ASHP comments on the latest drug shortage.

Advil Dual Action, an ibuprofen and acetaminophen fixed-dose combination, has been approved as an OTC product for pain relief.

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Kevin DeMass, RPh, is the owner and leader of a talented team of professionals that encounters a wide variety of patients, ailments, and medications.

Vaccination is first line of defense.

A new systematic review demonstrates efficacy of direct-acting antiviral therapies and supports a recommendation for universal screening of hepatitis C virus.

The FDA announced the first drug shortage due to COVID-19, and pharmacies are having challenges keeping face masks and hand sanitizers stocked.

Pyrimethamine (Daraprim) tablets are used to treat toxoplasmosis.

British study supports exogenous boosting theory.

Rimegepant (Nurtec ODT, Biohaven),a fast-acting orally disintegrating tablet, delivers quick and sustained efficacy for patients with migraine.

In new comments to the US government, several pharmacy groups say that mergers of major companies have had significant anticompetitive effects without improving the cost and quality of health care.

A new study tested the investigational drug in combination with proton pump inhibitors for patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease.

The CDC’s 2020 National Diabetes Statistics Report outlines the current state of the disease.

The differences between antihypertension medication classes were generally small and nuanced in terms of their effect on reducing cardiovascular risks.

Separately, a pharmacy association executive urges Americans to receive the flu vaccine.

Regardless of naloxone availability, rural pharmacies can serve as an educational resource for individuals seeking access to the medication.

A secondary analysis presented at the American Stroke Association’s International Stroke Conference 2020 confirmed the safety of apixaban treatment.

Bempedoic acid (Nexletol, Esperion) is a new lipid-lowering therapy option for patients with heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia or atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Several pharmacy groups said they will file a brief in the Supreme Court case, Rutledge v. the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association.