Dr. Jennifer Bacci shares her team's findings on perceptions of the Flip the Pharmacy initiative as a strategy to implement and improve community pharmacy-based patient care. Full manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1728
Dr. Charles Hepler discusses the vital role of philosophy in pharmacotherapy, arguing that over-reliance on science alone leads to fallacies and suboptimal patient care. He highlights the need for a disciplined, systematic approach to consider individual patient circumstances and societal impacts, exemplified by the OxyContin crisis, advocating for greater philosophical reflection in clinical practice and drug approval processes.
Fascinating discussion with Dr. Sara Wettergreen on harnessing the power of placebos and mitigating nocebo effects. Read the full manuscript at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1692.
Drs. Luigi Brunetti and Tom Lodise discuss the why and how of AUC guided dosing for vancomycin. Full text manuscript available for free at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2722
Drs. Bruce Lambert and Gordon Schiff share the less publicized details of the RaDonda Vaught medication error case, bringing to light nine steps for action to improve medication safety and ensure justice when errors occur. Access the full text manuscript for free at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1676
Lead authors, Drs. Maya Campara and Joelle Nelson, share about the process that led to the publication of these important recommendations that will impact care and practice within the transplant community. Read and download the open access consensus recommendations at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2716 or the executive summary: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2718
Guest editors, Drs. John Allen and Nancy Borja-Hart share their perspective on some of the most important issues and advances in health equity in clinical pharmacy from the JACCP special issue. Full issue can be accessed at: https://www.accp.com/membership/resfelAward.aspx.
Dr. Mark A. Munger shares his team's research on the concomitant use of NSAIDs plus misoprostol and the associated reduced risk of NSAID-induced cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and renal adverse events. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2708.
Dr. Megan Rech describes her team's findings on the causes of premature attrition of clinical pharmacists and what individuals and organizations can do to combat it. Full text free to read and download at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1631
Dr. Courtney Montepara shares her experience involving APPE students in research with a cardiology pharmacist-led intervention on high-intensity statin prescribing upon discharge after acute myocardial infarction. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1617.
Authors Raj Desai and Steven Smith evaluated data for patients with stable hypertension and depression to determine whether the initiation of serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors had a similar risk of antihypertensive treatment intensification and major adverse cardiovascular events compared to initiation of SSRIs. The full text manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2686.
Dr. Erin Kelty discusses the incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome in Western Australia from 2003 to 2018 and provides insight on the medications used to treat opioid use disorders that were a substantial driver of NAS. The full text manuscript is available open access at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2678.
Pharmacy practice faculty provide significant effort in direct patient care. Dr. Thomas Dowling discusses practice plan payment models, barriers to financial sustainability, recommendations for successful practice plans, and next steps for schools and colleges of pharmacy. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1605
The first in a series of interviews with different leaders in clinical pharmacy: Dr. Peter H. Vlasses.
Dr. Anastasia Armbruster expands upon the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis and treatment of arrhythmias. The full text manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2663.
Dr. Katie B. Olney expands upon her team's study of Bayesian and linear methods to guide vancomycin dosing. Full manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2670
Drs. Katherine Gruenberg and Emily Abdoler share their research on pharmacists' therapeutic reasoning processes and how they are similar and different from that of physicians. The full manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1580
Dr. Laura Borgelt provides an overview of her team's systematic review of the use of hormonal contraceptives in perimenopausal women. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2657
The risks of misuse and cannabis use disorder warrant careful consideration, yet the benefits of effective analgesia associated with cannabis may outweigh these risks. Cannabis rescheduling and subsequent expansions in pain management research are warranted, particularly for CBD-predominant and CBD-isolate medical cannabis products. Read the full manuscript at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1584.
Literature describing the role of pharmacists in acute care OUD interventions is limited. Learn what has been published from author, Dr. Madison Irwin. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1547
A fascinating discussion about the role of vaccination in pregnant and nursing women for protecting their children with Drs. Sarah Jorgensen and Najla Tabbara. Read the full manuscript at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2649
Dr. Ashley Meredith discusses the impact of pharmacist-prescribed hormonal contraception services based on her team's systematic review of implementation studies. Read the full manuscript at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jac5.1539
Do clinical pharmacists improve HFrEF patients outcomes post-discharge, and should they be part of the standard of care? Learn from authors, Drs. Laura Sleater and Addison Upton. Read the full-text manuscript at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1529
Guest editors, Drs. Bill Baker and Cynthia Jackevicius, of Pharmacotherapy's December 2021 themed issue provide valuable insight on advances in cardiovascular pharmacotherapy. Full issue is online at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/18759114/2021/41/12.
Are newborn outcomes different with exposure to different antidepressants? Learn about this important research and how to get involved in research early in your career. Read the full manuscript at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2628.
Dr. Douglas Slain explains the background and findings of his group's analysis of pharmacy practice chairs' likelihood of engaging in patient care. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1504
Dr. Joseph J. Carreno shares the early clinical trial data and real-world assessment of COVID-19 vaccines. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2622 The Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists (SIDP) Publications and Podcasts Committee developed the concept for the manuscript, identified expert authors, provided peer review throughout its composition, and approved its final form. The SIDP Board of Directors also reviewed and approved...
Dr. Jennifer Pruskowski provides a comprehensive overview of how to implement deprescribing into your clinical practice. The full manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1521
Listen for the content on excess risks of fall-related injury and hospitalization associated with various combinations of CNS medications among older persistent opioid users and learn from the study methods employed in this case-time-control study conducted using administrative claims. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2612.
Dr. Christina (Rivera) O'Connor summarizes the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists perspective on the role of infectious diseases pharmacists in outpatient intravenous and complex oral antimicrobial therapy. Full manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1473
