june

Interview: Med Ed 101: Dr. Eric Christianson

By: Tasnima Nabi, Copy Editor [Content-Focused] - Social media is a powerful platform, allowing for the quick and easy exchange…

12 years ago

FDA Defends Generic Drug Labeling Plan

By: Nancy Simon, PharmD c/o 2016 - Last November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) submitted a proposal for a…

12 years ago

The Silver Age of Antibiotics

By: Andrew Leong, Staff Writer -- This year, the FDA approved three new antibiotics to treat acute bacterial skin and…

12 years ago

Accountable Care Organizations

By: Stephanie Chiu and Elissa Tam, PharmD Candidates c/o 2015 -- According to the Dartmouth Atlas project, health care spending…

12 years ago

Anticoagulation in Pregnant Women: Which Medications are Safe?

By: Diana Gritsenko, PharmD Candidate 2015 - Multiple complications can arise during pregnancy. While venous thromboembolism (VTE) has a prevalence…

12 years ago

FDA-Approved Afrezza: An Inhaled Alternative to Injectable Insulin?

By: Elissa Tam, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes who cannot control their…

12 years ago

Combating Counterfeit Drugs

By: Azia Tariq, Staff Editor - With the sale of counterfeit drugs reaching an alarmingly higher rate than ever, The…

12 years ago

HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

By: Elissa Tam PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - HIV/AIDS continues to be a persistent problem in the United States and…

12 years ago

Reservoir of Migraine Therapies Includes Analgesics, AEDs, and now Monoclonal Antibodies

By Davidta Brown, Senior Staff Editor - The pain, nausea, and light or sound sensitivity that comprise a migraine attack…

12 years ago

Pediatric Hypertension

By: Anthony Botte and Tyler Valente, PharmD Candidates c/o 2016 - Diseases which are prevalent within the pediatric population require…

12 years ago

The Role of Pharmacists Expanding into the Emergency Room

By: Sherin Pathickal, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 - In 2006, the Institute of Medicine reported that over 1.5 million people…

12 years ago

Migraine Relief at the Push of a Button

By: Davidta Brown, Senior Staff Editor - A new therapeutic device has seemingly leapt from the pages of a science…

12 years ago

Tailored Tablets

By: Azia Tariq, Staff Editor - Truly personalized medication is the goal of researchers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industries.…

12 years ago

DIA: 50th Annual Meeting 2014

By: Melissa Roy, Co-Copy Editor [Graphics Focused] - DIA stands for Drug Information Association. It is an organization that strives…

12 years ago

Quantifying the Benefits of Pharmacist Prescribing Power

By Davidta Brown, Senior Staff Editor - The idea of granting pharmacists the right to prescribe, as well as to…

12 years ago

Antipsychotic Use in the Elderly with Dementia

By: Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - The overuse of antipsychotics in the nursing home population for off-label indications continues to…

12 years ago

New Strides in Lupus Treatment

By: Daniel Mathan, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016, Anita Kachappilly, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016, & Amrita Singh, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 -…

12 years ago

Methadone Associated Arrhythmias on the Rise

By: Jenny Park, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Methadone maintenance therapy is prescribed for opioid dependency. Many HIV patients who…

12 years ago

Direct Association of HIV and Early Kidney Damage in Women

By: Elizabeth Kopec, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014, South University School of Pharmacy at Columbia, SC - Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)…

12 years ago

Still a Long Road Ahead for New Hepatitis C Treatment

By: Ramya Mathew, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Vertex Pharmaceuticals, an American biotechnology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has been…

13 years ago

Expanding a Technician’s Role

By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - Pharmacy, like much of medicine, is constantly changing, and the new changes in…

13 years ago

The Third Wheel or the Steering Wheel? Pharmacists on the Healthcare Team

By: Joshua Bliss, PharmD Candidate c/o 2016 - Doctor - a word often utilized by both professionals and the general…

13 years ago

After 15 Years, First New Recombinant Coagulation Factor IX (Rixubis) Gains Orphan Drug Approval

By: Tamara Yunusova, Senior Staff Editor - After a lengthy fifteen-year hiatus in recombinant drug approvals, FDA-approved Recombinant Coagulation Factor…

13 years ago

Ketoconazole No More

By: Hayeon Na, Co-Copy Editor [Content-Focused] - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on July 26th that oral dosage…

13 years ago

HIV Test: Making a Difference

By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - On June 27, 2013, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AIDS.gov,…

13 years ago

A Close Concurrence on Certolizumab (Cimzia®)

By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - This year, on July 23rd, FDA advisers voted 7 to 6, with one…

13 years ago

Take a Chance!

By: Praneeta Nagraj, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - Summer is a great time to recover from the school year through…

13 years ago

iPod, iPad, iPhone… iLimb

By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - There is a new invention called “i-limb ultra revolution,” which allows amputees to…

13 years ago

Organ Creation Attempts to Answer Shortage Crisis

By: Efime Popovitz, BS/MD Candidate, Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education - When Sarah Murnaghan received the long awaited adult…

13 years ago

DIA 2013 Annual Meeting: Boston, Massachusetts

By: Kristin M. Cheng, PharmD candidate c/o 2014  -       The Drug Information Association (DIA) 2013 Annual Meeting took place…

13 years ago

Two New Agents for the Treatment of Obesity

By: Nathan Trustman, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP at LIU - Obesity is defined as having a body mass index…

13 years ago

Solving the HCV Enigma: Current and Future Drug Therapy for Hepatitis C

By: Tamara Yunusova, Senior Staff Editor - Approximately 3.2 million Americans have chronic hepatitis C infection.1 While acute cases are…

13 years ago

Compounding at a Crossroads: New Boundaries in the Aftermath of Tragedy?

Davidta Brown, PharmD Candidate c/o 2017 -      The debate on the nature of compounding practice and the extent to…

13 years ago

PSSNY Convention

By Taryn Mondiello, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - From June 7th to June 9th, pharmacists from all over New York…

13 years ago

Lower Vaccine Costs for Developing Nations

By: Steve Soman, PharmD - India has become a powerhouse in pharmaceutical manufacturing, often supplying generic alternatives at a fraction…

13 years ago

Helping Solve the Cruel Mystery

By: Erica Dimitropoulos, Senior Staff Editor - Lupus is highly unpredictable and occurs without warning; there is no known cause…

13 years ago

Regulation of Low to Moderate Risk Medical Devices by the Food and Drug Administration

By: Hayeon Na, Co-Copy Editor [Content-Focused] - On March 22, 2013, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) aired an episode of “Need…

13 years ago

Extending the Standing Order for Tdap

By:  Christina Tarantola, PharmD, PGY-1 Resident at Kings Pharmacy - The New York State Department of Health issued a health…

13 years ago

Brand Vs. Generic: What Every Prescriber Should Know

By: Marina Yermolayeva, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - “I’m allergic to the generic; I need the brand name medication,” is…

14 years ago

Meet the new Beta 3 Agonist: Mirabegron (Myrbetriq®)

By: Steve P. Soman - Mirabegron (Mybetriq®), known also by the brand name Betanis®in Japan, is a new once daily…

14 years ago

The Role of N-Acetylcysteine in Contrast Induced Nephropathy

By: Neal Shah, Co-Editor-In-Chief - Contrast dyes enhance imaging for computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR), and X-rays.1  Dyes usually…

14 years ago

Artificial Saliva Agents in Xerostomia

By: Neal Shah, Co-Editor-in-Chief - Xerostomia, commonly known as dry mouth, is an anti-muscarinic side effect of numerous medications.  Antidepressants,…

14 years ago

The Pathophysiology of Syndeham’s Chorea

By: Neal Shah, Co Editor-In-Chief - Dyskinesias are abnormal, involuntary movement disorders.  Subsets of dyskinesias include choreas and atheosis.  Chorea…

14 years ago

The Pathology of Pure Red Cell Aplasia

By: Neal Shah, Co Editor-In-Chief - Pure Red Cell Aplasia (PRCA), also known as erythroblastopenia, is characterized by a suppression…

14 years ago

Student Pharmacist Star of the Month: Albana Alili

By: Marie Huang -       Each month, the Rho Chi Post has the wonderful opportunity to sit down with an…

14 years ago

Student Pharmacist Star of the Month: Michelle Pernice

By: Marie Huang - Each month, the Rho Chi Post has the wonderful opportunity to sit down with an inspiring…

14 years ago

I-STOP: The New Front Against Prescription Drug Abuse

By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi - As previously reported, the recent rise in violence against pharmacies (by people in search of…

14 years ago

Differences Between Antagonists and Inverse Agonists

By: Neal Shah - There are two major classifications of drug-receptor activity: agonism and antagonism. Agonism occurs when a molecule…

15 years ago

Interview with Dr. Elizabeth Palillo

By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi - Dr. Elizabeth Palillo graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2006. She then worked as…

15 years ago

Federal Government to Attempt Limiting Drug Shortages

By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, with special thanks to Dr. Tomasz Jodlowski - Drug shortages have plagued health care institutions in…

15 years ago