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Challenges, Opportunities for Community Pharmacies With COVID-19 Outbreak
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Independent pharmacies have struggled for years to survive, and the COVID-19 pandemic has both helped and hurt them. That’s according to the 2020 NCPA Digest, which offers a snapshot of the state of community pharmacy. Here is more information.
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Hydroxychloroquine Prescriptions Shot up in March, April
Before Decline
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What happened with hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine this past spring could be a cautionary tale about hyping drugs’ potential before clinical trials provide any evidence. In a recent report, CDC researchers track the dramatic increases in prescriptions by nontraditional specialties—as much as an 80-fold increase—and then the drop toward normal levels after data came out with less-than-promising results. Here is more information.
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Some Hormone Replacement Types Likelier to increase Breast Cancer Risk
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One of the concerns about use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in women is the increased risk of developing breast cancer. Find out what a new study says about HRT products more likely to increase the risk, and the effect of long duration of therapy. The study generally predicts less danger than other recent studies.
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Despite H1N1 Hype, Influenza Strains Actually Don’t Differ Much
in Severity
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Although the A/H1N1 pandemic hit the world hard in 2009-2010, in general, influenza strains don’t differ that much in severity. So says a new military study that reveals few differences between influenza A(H1N1), influenza A(H3N2), and influenza B infection with regard to self-reported disease severity or clinical outcomes. Here are more details.
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