Drug Topics September 2023

It’s crucial to be openminded about these approaches, and to convey accurate information to patients in a nonjudgmental manner.

Opioid use disorder during pregnancy is stigmatized, but these patients deserve compassionate, nonjudgmental care.

PBMs, retail chains, and pharmacy schools have all contributed to the current state of the profession. It's time they worked on fixing it.

GLP-1 receptor agonists, used to manage diabetes, are now being used for obesity in children and adolescents.

The gut-brain-skin axis is more important to overall health than previously understood, and prebiotics and probiotics play a large role in the benefits.

Despite pleas from celiac disease advocates, the FDA still does not require drug manufacturers to note on the label whether a medication contains gluten.

Highly effective medications for severe disease are expensive and administered invasively, whereas the development of treatments for milder disease has lagged.

The respiratory syncytial virus vaccine (Abrysvo) is the first and only maternal RSV vaccine used to help protect infants from the virus.

Legal challenges have made dispensing abortion medications more difficult than ever.

Each year, drug diversion is estimated to cost the US health care system an estimated $70 billion. Outside of these costs, drug diversion poses a significant risk to patient safety and patient’s communities.

As AI becomes more prevalent, how must the pharmacy world change how it learns?

Only 4% of money for research and development is used to focus on women’s health issues.

A Q&A with Marc Ost, co-owner of Eric’s RX Shoppe, which was one of the first community pharmacies to receive the new vaccine.

The approval of norgestrel (Opill) is expected to help reduce barriers to access by allowing people to obtain the medication without needing to see a health care provider.

The long-awaited revised USP <797> guidelines will become official on November 1, 2023.