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Hospital/Health System

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

Treating pain can help decrease agitation, while limiting sedation can help prevent delirium within the ICU.

Hospital/Health System

Malignant Hyperthermia: An Overview

Study Suggests Diastolic Heart Failure Treatment

Heart Disease Risk Starts in Womb

Trends in Aspirin Use for Secondary Prevention of ASCVD

Understanding Cholesterol Therapy: An Update for Community Pharmacists

GASTROENTEROLOGY

A New Approach to Managing Gastroparesis

Updated AFib Guidelines Tout Newer Blood Thinners

News and Trends

Opioids Doubling Suicides and Overdoses

News and Trends

Worsening Overdose Crisis Predicted

Opioid Use May Increase Heart Rhythm–Disorder Risk

News and Trends

Prescribed Opioids Raise Pneumonia Risk

Acute Cough—Does Anything Help?

Benefits and Complications of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors

News and Trends

Opioids for Wisdom Teeth Removal Unwise?

Opioid-related research developments of interest to pharmacists.

Study Suggests Diastolic Heart Failure Treatment

CMS Initiatives Regarding Pain-Management Issues

Diabetes Drug Candidate to Treat Heart Failure?

Why Heart Attack Triggers Arrhythmia in Some Patients

Hospital/Health System

Managing Opioid Overdose in the Hospital Setting

Heart-Related Death and Poor Sleep

An Overview of Naloxone for Pharmacists

The most common medications involved in prescription-opioid overdose deaths include methadone, oxycodone, and hydrocodone.

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

Applying HIV/AIDS Lessons to the Opioid Crisis

Isradipine Compounded Oral Suspension, USP

ALZHEIMER'S and DEMENTIA

Brain Changes Signal Nascent Alzheimer’s

MEDICATION MANAGEMENT

Management of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug-Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions

Reading Blood Pressure

News and Trends

Perils of Mixing Opioids, Benzodiazepines

Opioid-related research developments of interest to pharmacists.

PAIN MANAGEMENT

OTC Transdermal Analgesic Patches in Pain Management

Aripiprazole 1 mg/mL Oral Suspension

Sleep Duration in Employed Adults

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

To Dose or Not to Dose?

Guiding Novel Neurologic Drug Approvals

Normal Thyroid Function Fluctuations Linked to AFib Risk?

Opioid Therapy–Associated Cardiovascular Effects

Alzheimer’s Disease: Current Treatments and Potential New Agents

News and Trends

Comparison of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain

News and Trends

Opioids Often Overprescribed for Elbow Fractures in Children

Peripheral Arterial Disease From a Community Pharmacy Perspective

Review of Rheumatoid Arthritis for the Pharmacist

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