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To Dose or Not to Dose?

Prescribing low-dose aspirin for preventing secondary cardiovascular disease is well established, but its safety and efficacy in primary prevention remains open to debate.

Hospital/Health System

Pain, Agitation, and Delirium: A Review of Pertinent Guideline Updates for Pharmacists

News and Trends

Opioids for Wisdom Teeth Removal Unwise?

Heart-Related Death and Poor Sleep

Understanding Cholesterol Therapy: An Update for Community Pharmacists

Updated AFib Guidelines Tout Newer Blood Thinners

Acute Cough—Does Anything Help?

News and Trends

Opioids Often Overprescribed for Elbow Fractures in Children

Opioid-related research developments of interest to pharmacists.

Normal Thyroid Function Fluctuations Linked to AFib Risk?

Opioid Therapy–Associated Cardiovascular Effects

Study Suggests Diastolic Heart Failure Treatment

Heart Disease Risk Starts in Womb

CMS Initiatives Regarding Pain-Management Issues

Applying HIV/AIDS Lessons to the Opioid Crisis

Study Suggests Diastolic Heart Failure Treatment

Trends in Aspirin Use for Secondary Prevention of ASCVD

PAIN MANAGEMENT

OTC Transdermal Analgesic Patches in Pain Management

Diabetes Drug Candidate to Treat Heart Failure?

News and Trends

Prescribed Opioids Raise Pneumonia Risk

An Overview of Naloxone for Pharmacists

Alzheimer’s Disease: Current Treatments and Potential New Agents

Opioid Use May Increase Heart Rhythm–Disorder Risk

Opioid-related research developments of interest to pharmacists.

Peripheral Arterial Disease From a Community Pharmacy Perspective

Guiding Novel Neurologic Drug Approvals

Hospital/Health System

Managing Opioid Overdose in the Hospital Setting

Reading Blood Pressure

Why Heart Attack Triggers Arrhythmia in Some Patients

ALZHEIMER'S and DEMENTIA

Brain Changes Signal Nascent Alzheimer’s

News and Trends

Perils of Mixing Opioids, Benzodiazepines

Opioid-related research developments of interest to pharmacists.

Review of Rheumatoid Arthritis for the Pharmacist

Aripiprazole 1 mg/mL Oral Suspension

Sleep Duration in Employed Adults

Management of Acute Ischemic Stroke: a Review of Pertinent Guideline Updates

GASTROENTEROLOGY

A New Approach to Managing Gastroparesis

Ketoprofen 10%, Guaifenesin 10%, Amitriptyline HCl 3%, and Capsaicin 0.075% in Lipopen Ultra Cream Base

News and Trends

Worsening Overdose Crisis Predicted

Opioid-related research developments of interest to pharmacists.

Benefits and Complications of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors

Hospital/Health System

Malignant Hyperthermia: An Overview

News and Trends

Comparison of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain

News and Trends

Opioids Doubling Suicides and Overdoses

MEDICATION MANAGEMENT

Management of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug-Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions

Isradipine Compounded Oral Suspension, USP

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