Pharmacy, Volume 13, Issue 2

Naldemedine, a peripherally acting μ-opioid receptor antagonist, is used to treat opioid-induced constipation (OIC). However, it causes diarrhea as an adverse effect. This retrospective study aimed to investigate whether the occurrence of diarrhea...

Introduction: Health disparities affecting minority populations and resulting in poorer outcomes for disadvantaged groups have been documented in the literature. Sodium/glucose-cotransporter 2 (SGLT2i) inhibitors and GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA)...

Background: In pharmacy education in Japan, efforts continue to develop a model for ethics education that fosters high ethical standards and the problem-solving skills essential for medical professionals. This study qualitatively analyzed the attitud...

Background: Although psychotropic medications (PMs) have enormous adverse events and may cause serious harm if administered inappropriately, there is a scarcity of research concerning the patterns and appropriateness of prescribing these medications...

Ekbom Syndrome, also known as Delusional Parasitosis (DP), is considered a rare psychiatric condition. Based on diagnostic criteria, it is characterized by the strong belief of being infested with various parasites, as well as the presence of percept...

With diabetes reaching epidemic proportions globally, it is imperative to increase the number of providers equipped to screen, educate, and help patients achieve glycemic control. This study evaluated the long-term results of student pharmacists atte...

Over the past five years, the application of artificial intelligence (AI) including its significant subset, machine learning (ML), has significantly advanced pharmaceutical procedures in community pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, and pharmaceutical i...

Buprenorphine and methadone are widely used as medication for addiction treatment (MAT) in patients with opioid use disorders. However, there is no compelling evidence of their impact on the immune–endocrine response. Therefore, the aim of this...

In the United States, 41.6% of all pregnancies are unintended. This disproportionately affects women 20 to 24 years old. The high rate of unintended pregnancy among college students is associated with a lack of or incomplete formal education on repro...

Short-course antibiotic therapies for common infections treated in hospital are supported by national guidelines. Hospital clinicians’ knowledge of the course length recommendations for the management of common infections has not been fully exp...