Older adults, especially those managing multiple chronic conditions, are more likely to face complex drug regimens. The use of five or more drugs (called polypharmacy) is common in this age group. As ...

It may seem obvious that patients’ medication records should be accessible to their doctors, but that’s not always the case. While technology has made it possible for hospitals to amass a mountain of ...

Medication-assisted treatment (MAT), such as naltrexone, is a well-documented successful treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD). However, there are multiple barriers for clinicians to use MAT, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In March 2020, a group of nephrology pharmacists met to discuss ways to help improve patient lives and keep the ...

Geriatric pharmacology is a challenging field of medical practice. This is because aging causes changes in body structure, function, composition, and metabolic pathways. In addition, older adults have ...

Between January 1 and March 31, 2024, Jennifer Santillan, Specialist Pharmacy Technician at the Operating Room Pharmacy at University of Illinois (UI) Health, and colleagues, tagged nearly 30,000 ...