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CMS Initiatives Regarding Pain-Management Issues

In 2018, CMS adopted a three-pronged approach to the public-health emergency posed by opioid use.

Acute Cough—Does Anything Help?

News and Trends

Opioids Often Overprescribed for Elbow Fractures in Children

Study Suggests Diastolic Heart Failure Treatment

News and Trends

Comparison of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain

GASTROENTEROLOGY

A New Approach to Managing Gastroparesis

PAIN MANAGEMENT

OTC Transdermal Analgesic Patches in Pain Management

Heart Disease Risk Starts in Womb

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

Trends in Aspirin Use for Secondary Prevention of ASCVD

Isradipine Compounded Oral Suspension, USP

Understanding Cholesterol Therapy: An Update for Community Pharmacists

Normal Thyroid Function Fluctuations Linked to AFib Risk?

Opioid Therapy–Associated Cardiovascular Effects

News and Trends

Opioids for Wisdom Teeth Removal Unwise?

Opioid-related research developments of interest to pharmacists.

Hospital/Health System

Managing Opioid Overdose in the Hospital Setting

Heart-Related Death and Poor Sleep

Sleep Duration in Employed Adults

Guiding Novel Neurologic Drug Approvals

Peripheral Arterial Disease From a Community Pharmacy Perspective

MEDICATION MANAGEMENT

Management of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug-Induced Hypersensitivity Reactions

Review of Rheumatoid Arthritis for the Pharmacist

Benefits and Complications of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors

News and Trends

Perils of Mixing Opioids, Benzodiazepines

Alzheimer’s Disease: Current Treatments and Potential New Agents

Applying HIV/AIDS Lessons to the Opioid Crisis

News and Trends

Worsening Overdose Crisis Predicted

News and Trends

Opioids Doubling Suicides and Overdoses

Why Heart Attack Triggers Arrhythmia in Some Patients

Diabetes Drug Candidate to Treat Heart Failure?

Opioid Use May Increase Heart Rhythm–Disorder Risk

To Dose or Not to Dose?

Hospital/Health System

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

Aripiprazole 1 mg/mL Oral Suspension

Updated AFib Guidelines Tout Newer Blood Thinners

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

This formula may be used to treat mild-to-moderate pain.

Reading Blood Pressure

News and Trends

Prescribed Opioids Raise Pneumonia Risk

An Overview of Naloxone for Pharmacists

Hospital/Health System

Malignant Hyperthermia: An Overview

Study Suggests Diastolic Heart Failure Treatment

ALZHEIMER'S and DEMENTIA

Brain Changes Signal Nascent Alzheimer’s

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