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Clinicians often are unaware that gabapentinoids can cause peripheral edema or even respiratory depression.

“The pharmacist should have realized that the prescription was incorrectly written and should have communicated with the provider, who would have then understood that the titration schedule was incorrect, and all this wouldn’t have happened.”

“Pharmacies exist to heal the sick, not to fuel addiction and line the pockets of drug traffickers.” – DEA Administrator Terrance Cole

“When I ask hospitals about who is leading their immediate-use compounding initiatives, sometimes I get a blank stare from the pharmacy department, and often an even more blank stare from nursing.”

Pharmacists’ ability to provide off-label vaccines may be severely constrained… IDSA calls on insurers to continue covering COVID vaccines consistent with multiple medical society recommendations.

Across the board, for all outcomes—acute pancreatitis, all-cause mortality, hospitalizations, ICU admissions—we saw significant reductions in patients on GLP-1s compared to chronic pancreatitis patients not on these drugs.” – Mahmoud Y. Madi, MD