May 24, 2023 

FDA Emphasizes Risk of Prescription Stimulant Misuse, Abuse

Pharmacists may want to take an extra minute when they dispense prescription stimulants and counsel patients not to share their prescribed stimulants with anyone else or use them in any way other than how they are prescribed. The FDA, which is requiring an updated Boxed Warning on those products, is urging more education on stimulant abuse and misuse. Read more.

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Upping COVID-19 Bivalent Booster Uptake Decreases School Absenteeism

For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination efforts have focused on those at the highest risk of severe illness or death. Now that the emergency has officially ended, other issues can be considered, such as school absenteeism. Find out how much that would decrease if the same number of school children got COVID-19 bivalent boosters as get flu shots.

Teen Participants in Semaglutide Trial Fell Below Obese Category

More than 20% of adolescents in the United States are classified as obese. That is one of the reasons a new secondary analysis of a study on semaglutide use in teens is considered so promising. Find out what percentage of adolescents dropped out of the obesity category after using the drug for a little more than a year.

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