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Pharmacists should be aware of the increasing use of supplements

Pharmacists Encouraged to Learn More About Herbal Supplements

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Pharmacists should steer patients toward brands of herbal products that are reliable and unadulterated
Quintupling the dose of inhaled glucocorticoids seems not to be effective for preventing exacerbations among children with asthma

Quintupled Glucocorticoid Dose No Help in Pediatric Asthma

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But quadrupling dose of inhaled glucocorticoids may be beneficial for adolescents, adults with asthma
Compared to whites

Minorities Face Worse Prognosis and Complications in T1DM

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Findings based on analysis of whites, blacks, and Hispanics during three years after diagnosis
Carboxytherapy appears to be a promising therapeutic option for treatment of alopecia

Carboxytherapy Found to Be Effective As Alopecia Treatment

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Reduction in dystrophic hair, black and yellow dots, tapered hair for patients with alopecia areata
Opioid treatment is not superior to non-opioid treatment for improving pain-related function over 12 months

Opioids Don’t Top Non-Opioids for Pain-Related Function

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Findings in patients with moderate-to-severe chronic back pain, hip or knee osteoarthritis pain
Trogarzo (ibalizumab-uiyk) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adult patients living with HIV who have not responded to other antiretroviral medications.

FDA Approves New Medication for Drug-Resistant HIV

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Trogarzo is given intravenously once every 14 days in combination with other antiretrovirals
Direct-acting antiviral prophylaxis is safe and prevents chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection after kidney transplantation from HCV-infected donors to noninfected recipients

Prophylaxis Can Prevent HCV Infection in Kidney Recipients

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With direct-acting antivirals, no adverse events seen when kidneys came from HCV-infected donors
Domperidone is well tolerated and effective in producing a moderate short-term increase in expressed breast milk volume among mothers of preterm infants

Domperidone Tied to Modest Increase in Breast Milk Supply

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Mothers of preterm infants with insufficient milk supply had 88.3 mL/day increase in milk volume
The global costs of diabetes are high and will increase substantially by 2030

Global Costs of Diabetes Will Continue Rising Through 2030

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Global economic burden will not decrease, even if international targets are met
Low-dose dexmedetomidine significantly reduces delirium in critically ill adults

Dexmedetomidine Found to Prevent Delirium in Critically Ill

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Patients receiving low-dose dexmedetomidine report no changes in sleep quality