Drug Topics July/August 2026

Community pharmacies deliver personalized travel medicine, helping travelers leave protected and prepared.

Community pharmacists deliver travel vaccine clinics, navigate entry rules, and update routine shots with new guidance on polio, measles, and chikungunya.

Counseling, team-based care, and tailored pharmacy interventions remain among the most effective tools against medication nonadherence in the United States.

Community pharmacists use medication therapy management and point-of-care testing for improved hemoglobin A1C, BP, and lipid assessment as well as adherence.

Community and independent pharmacists are beginning to test whether they can help fill the resulting gaps in medication management for older adults.

What ties this issue together is not the size of the pharmacy involved but the resourcefulness required to keep serving patients.