Food and Lifestyle Interactions with Warfarin

The cornerstone of effective warfarin therapy is the relationship between health care providers and patient. It is imperative that providers be aware of and incorporate all potential food and lifestyle interactions into a patient's dosing regimen and counsel the patient on the best lifestyle and diet choices.
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Cultural Competence in Diabetes Care

With the ever-increasing diversity of the U.S. population, pharmacists are likely to serve more patients of different cultural backgrounds than in the past. Pharmacists and pharmacy organizations should make efforts to become familiar with the cultural practices and beliefs of the populations that they commonly serve and implement strategies.
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Innovations in Pain Management: New Drug Developments, Targets, and Strategies for Safe and Effective Analgesia

There are significant challenges associated with the management of both acute and chronic pain. Several new medications have been introduced to the market within the past few years, and while promising, their role in pain management continues to be unknown. For pharmacists, it is important to recognize the current challenges associated with pain management and to be a resource for other clinicians as analgesic options are considered.
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Building Sustainability and Effectiveness with Pharmacy-Based Patient-Care Services

There are numerous ways for pharmacists to work toward increasing longevity and quality of life and reducing health disparities in the general population. A primary way that pharmacies and pharmacists can become involved is to provide patient-care services, among them medication therapy management (MTM), immunization services, and smoking cessation programs.
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Medication Therapy Management: An Evolution of Change

MTM services began to be offered in the community, but there was very little consistency and lack of reimbursement for the pharmacist. However things have changed. Pharmacist education has evolved to incorporate a highly clinical skill set, and pharmacist competency to deliver such services has dramatically increased as a result. The view of pharmacists as medication therapy experts has long been recognized by patients and providers.
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