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As pharmacists move away from opioids in pain management, researchers present the use of supplemental OTC products to assist patients’ acute pain.

Because of their accessibility in the community, pharmacists can help to deliver balanced and individualized services and address social determinants of health.

The most commonly reported symptoms of long COVID include neurological, muscular, respiratory, and psychological.

Using a novel pharmacy vulnerability index, researchers identified US regions at the most risk of becoming pharmacy deserts.

Tirzepatide and semaglutide show long-term health care cost savings but, the high cost of the medications offset the savings.

Among various weights and diabetes diagnoses, researchers explored the differences in patients’ food perceptions when considering weight management and appetite.

Among the drugs presented, Biktarvy and lenacapavir, teropavimab, and zinlirvimab (LTZ) demonstrate rates of suppression of HIV, and vesatolimod is well tolerated.

A new report from the American Economic Liberties Project presents the continued challenges pharmacies face since Congress’ failure to pass PBM reform at the end of 2024.

These findings challenge the common assumption that older adults might struggle to use more advance medical devices.

Additional data shows that an investigational drug, given every 4 months with Apretude, kept viral levels suppressed for patients who were already on stable treatment.

These findings are shared as late-breaking data at the 32nd Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) being held in San Francisco, California.

Researchers compared changes in diet quality and waist-to-hip ratio during midlife with that of hippocampal connectivity and cognitive function in later life.

Approximately, 62% of respondents stated that the number of active drug shortages could potentially increase by more than 25% within the next 5 years.

US Senators on both sides of the aisle came together to announce the Protecting Pharmacies in Medicaid Act.

Ensitrelvir demonstrated a 67% relative risk reduction of developing symptomatic COVID-19 in household contact patients.

Deucravacitinib (Sotyktu) also demonstrates improvements in signs and symptoms, extra-articular manifestations, and patient-reported outcomes.

Patients aged 12 to under 18 saw clinically meaningful regrowth on the scalp, eyebrow, and eyelashes with both high-dose and low-dose treatment.

Representatives from Cencora’s Good Neighbor Pharmacy Network discussed legislation created to improve declining pharmacy rates and who is accountable for addressing pharmacy deserts.

Approximately 89.7% of patients taking CagriSema achieve the coprimary end point of weight loss of 5% or more compared with 30.3% on the placebo.

Researchers analyzed historical characteristics of bleeding disorders among women by highlighting clinical challenges and management strategies.

Investigators note that low itch and mild disease severity are maintained following a treatment-free interval of 80 days.

Researchers investigated the health benefits, utilization, harms, and costs associated with the use of alternative methods for colorectal cancer screening in Australia.

A conversation with Chelsee Jensen, PharmD, BCPS, director of formulary management at the Mayo Clinic.

COVID-19 vaccination before a SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with a 75% reduced likelihood of long COVID symptoms that impact daily functioning among patients between the ages of 5 and 17 years.

Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels could potentially be a valuable biomarker for determining the risk of diabetic kidney disease.

IQVIA released a report detailing pharmacists’ authority to administer vaccines in the US as well as adults’ overall vaccination rates by state.

In a previous study, results showed that patients taking semaglutide could be at a higher risk of nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION), causing blindness.

The prevalence of depression and anxiety were also higher among younger patients and those who had a longer duration of pain.