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Updates from FDA

On January 4, 2023, APhA hosted an open forum as part of the Pulse on Practice and Policy Open Forum Series to discuss the drug shortages that pharmacies are facing nationwide

Morgan Carson-Marino, PharmD, MS

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a significant global health issue.

Corey Diamond, PharmD

Over the course of the pandemic, researchers raced to find effective treatments for patients with COVID-19.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

According to CDC, 8.4% of adults took sleep medication either every day or most days to help them fall or stay asleep in 2020.

Mary Warner

S-adenosyl-l-methionine (SAMe) is a compound found naturally in the body, produced in the liver.

Mickie Cathers

For years, patients with asthma have been prescribed regimens that include several different inhalers, requiring them to remember the correct timing and situation for using each one.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

The latest CDC data find that deaths involving synthetic opioids like fentanyl increased by a staggering 80% over the past 2 years. These drugs were involved in more than two-thirds of the overdose deaths in the year ending March 2022.

Loren Bonner

Ninety-five percent of gabapentin prescriptions are written for off-label pain management, despite studies questioning gabapentin’s effectiveness for managing pain, and reports of its misuse with simultaneous opioid therapy.

Loren Bonner