When a practitioner, patient, or caregiver accidentally instills ear drops into the eye, it may lead to an immediate burning and/or stinging sensation, and the patient may later experience pain, redness, swelling, or blurred vision.

In the spring of 2021, protesters gathered outside Sentinel High School in Missoula, MT. They waved signs and held out flyers that claimed the COVID-19 vaccine caused miscarriage and infertility. They screamed “baby killer” at every parent and student who rushed by on their way inside to the vaccine clinic.

Sonya Collins

As if the opioid epidemic in America couldn’t get any worse, a new “emerging drug threat” is contributing to the rise in overdose deaths around the country.

Loren Bonner

Despite pharmacy professionals having more clinical education and opportunities for specialization than ever before, job satisfaction for pharmacists remains low.

Olivia C. Welter, PharmD

Common GI complaints that can generally be managed with nonprescription treatments and self-care include belching, heartburn, indigestion, acid reflux, sour stomach, and nausea.

The Federal Food Drug & Cosmetic Act determines the classification of pharmaceutical products as being available by prescription only (RxOnly) or OTC. States have the authority to decide who may prescribe and who may dispense RxOnly drugs.

David B. Brushwood, BSPharm, JD

The layered learning practice model (LLPM) allows new practitioner pharmacists to precept students and other learners while also being precepted by more experienced practitioners.

Brittany Botescu, PharmD; Paria Sanaty Zadeh, PharmD; and Bella Blankenship, PharmD

Pharmacists have long been recognized for the vital roles that they play in delivering vaccines and providing education to patients in their communities.

A bill signed into law in June 2023 makes Texas the largest state so far to ban gender-affirming care for minors. Once the law takes effect in September, health care providers will be prohibited from prescribing hormones or puberty blockers.

Lauren Howell, PharmD

Describing the various sociodemographic disparities that may be associated with vaccine uptake can be difficult, but a study published on November 11, 2022, in JAPhA characterizes differences in disease burden, and sociodemographic and lifestyle characteristics for cohorts of participants who received certain common vaccines.

Jon​athan Little, PharmD