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Leal addressed APhA conference attendees at the opening general session.

Gaps exist in knowledge about interchangeability and substitutions.

Patient confidence in CBD products—and pharmacist ability to provide counsel—increased during the study.

In rural settings, patients and providers are frequently reading from different scripts when it comes to managing these conditions

Recent changes in regulations mean that pharmacists are able to administer vaccines to children as young as 3.

Cross-practice collaboration is one of the best ways to improve patient outcomes.

OTC guidelines for osteoarthritis have evolved over time.

The American Pharmacists Association annual meeting will take place March 17 to March 22 in San Antonio, Texas.

The team at Drug Topics® joined pharmacy professionals at the 2021 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition.

The addition of a pharmacist to a diabetes management team increases therapy optimization and medication access while enhancing patient care.

As part of our ThoughtSpot 2021 podcast series, guest host Jenni Zilka, President of Good Neighbor Pharmacy, leads a conversation on global trends in independent pharmacy across the US and Europe.

Study findings presented at the 2021 ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting & Exhibition revealed naloxone counseling can impact the opioid crisis through patient education.

Mean days of therapy per 1000 patient-days were reduced across medication categories.

Investigators supplemented a slim body of existing research on CBD for pain management.

Patients with immune mediated inflammatory diseases are at an increased risk of herpes zoster, but research on the risk of possible vaccine-related flares following vaccination with the recombinant zoster vaccine is limited.

A study presented at ACR Convergence 2021 examined the relationship between race/ethnicity, living in a disadvantaged neighborhood, and how often patients are prescribed disease-specific treatments.

Non-White patients were more likely to express beliefs that medications are both harmful and overused, leading to a decrease in medication adherence.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis should be encouraged to receive their yearly flu vaccine.

Patients require more information on biosimilars, but the number of switches a patient experience does not negatively impact their satisfaction with care.

Patients who lived in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas were more likely to have potentially inappropriate opioid prescriptions, compared with other types of potentially inappropriate medications.

Pharmacists are a key part of the multidisciplinary approach that health care providers should take when tapering patients off opioid therapy.

Fewer patients today are likely to express an unwillingness to change their RA medications compared with patients 15 years ago, survey results showed.

A poster presentation at ACR Convergence 2021 compared risk factors for long-term opioid use among DMARD and non-DMARD users.

The vaccine’s safety, tolerability, and efficacy was discussed across multiple abstracts presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Patients with fibromyalgia are turning to medical cannabis to improve sleep problems and other negative effects, according to a poster presentation at ACR Convergence 2021, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting.

The study, presented at ACR Convergence 2021, evaluated how methotrexate self-injection education videos on YouTube have evolved over time.

Susan Lorenz-Fisher, vice president of corporate responsibility & sustainability, AmerisourceBergen, and Erin Briggs, senior pharmacy advisor, Americares, discuss mental health awareness and resources for pharmacists to support their mental health.

Steven Anderson, CEO, NACDS, joined Drug Topics® for a forward look at how associations—like the National Association of Chain Drug Stores—can empower pharmacies through the power of collaboration in 2022.