Therapy

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

Canagliflozin (Invokana®): New Type 2 Diabetes Drug

By: Sang Hyo Kim, Staff Editor - On March 29th 2013, the U.S Food and Drug Administration approved canagliflozin (Invokana®),…

13 years ago

Hope For Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia

By: Ada Seldin, Staff Editor - Emily Whitehead, a 7-year-old girl who fought off relapsing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), has…

13 years ago

Meet the Dean: Interview with Dean DiGate

By: Katharine Cimmino, Editor-in-Chief and Erica Dimitropoulos, Senior Staff Editor -       Just last month, St. John’s University…

13 years ago

Nattokinase use in DVT prophylaxis

Samad Tirmizi, Pharm. D. Candidate c/o 2014 - Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a clot formation that occurs within deep…

13 years ago

Olmesartan Medoxomil Label Revision

By: David Ong, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Manipulating the renin-angiotensin system is one of the many ways drugs are…

13 years ago

Children, Codeine, and Cytochrome P-450

By Davidta Brown, Staff Editor - For post-operative pain treatment, few drugs are as trustworthy, as tried-and-true, as codeine. Prescriptive…

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

New Findings Regarding Cardiovascular Adverse Events with ADHD Medications

By: Aleena Cherian, Co-Copy Editor [Graphics-Focused] - Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurological behavior characterized by persistent patterns…

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

Understanding Opioid Overdose

By: Aleena Cherian, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Although opioid analgesics are among the most effective drugs to treat pain,…

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

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

FDA Approves Dimethyl Fumarate for Treatment of Relapsing Forms of Multiple Sclerosis

By: Andy Zhang, PharmD Candidate c/o 2015 - On March 28, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the…

13 years ago

Event Review: Pharmacy Day

By: Helen Dong, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014  - Pharmacy Day, or Legislative Day, is a whole day affair for pharmacy…

13 years ago

Alzheimer’s Disease On The Rise

By: Ada Seldin - An impending storm is threatening to stagger the health care system and the nation at large.…

13 years ago

FDA Approves New Drug ‘Tofacitinib’ for Rheumatoid Arthritis

By: Erica Dimitropoulos, Senior Staff Editor - Rheumatoid arthritis is a painful and often debilitating autoimmune disease characterized by symmetric…

13 years ago

Breaking the Mold

By Beatrisa Popovitz, Staff Editor, Why does that pharmacist have to be two and a half feet higher than everybody…

13 years ago

Three-Person In Vitro Fertilization: Combating Mitochondrial Disease or Ethical Tipping Point?

By: Bharat Kirthivasan - The UK government might soon become the platform for an explosive debate on the utility and…

13 years ago

Merck Settles Lawsuits Over Vytorin

By: Tasnima Nabi, Staff Editor - Merck & Co. will pay $688 million to settle two lawsuits filed in December…

13 years ago

Increased Costs of Treatment due to the DSM-V: Implications for Pharmacy Practice

By: James W. Schurr and David Gao, PharmD Candidates 2014 - A recent Op-ed in Newsday by Allen Frances, MD…

13 years ago

New P2Y12 Antagonist on the Rise

By Nancy Rizkalla, PharmD candidate c/o 2015 -        Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with subsequent stent implantation is a highly…

13 years ago

New FDA Approval: Fycompa® to Treat Seizures

By: Bhavini Shah, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013  - Fycompa® (perampanel) has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval…

13 years ago

FDA Approves New Indication for Botox (OnabotulinumtoxinA) for Urinary Incontinence

By: Bethsy Jacob, PharmD Candidate 2014 - On January 18, 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a…

13 years ago

Liraglutide (Victoza®) for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

By:  Miriam Maltz, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP, Long Island University - Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a metabolic…

13 years ago

Emerging Pathways For Treating Hepatitis C Virus

By:  Maria Sorbera, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013, AMSCOP, LIU - Hepatitis C is the leading cause of chronic liver disease…

13 years ago

Pain Management and Palliative Care

By:  Monica Correia, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - This past year of advanced pharmacy rotations, has been a tremendous learning…

13 years ago

The Opioid Debate: PROP and PROMPT Battle Away

By: Tamara Yunusova - On Wednesday, July 25th a petition signed by the reform group Physicians for Responsible Opioid Prescribing…

13 years ago

FDA Approves Apixaban For Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

By: Alexandra Alleva, PharmD candidate c/o 2013 - As of December 28th, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer's brand name oral anticoagulant,…

13 years ago

Breakthroughs in Gene Therapy: Pharmacogenetics and Vectors

By: Tamara Yunusova, PharmD Candidate c/o 2017 - Gene therapy? You scoff in disbelief as thoughts of designer babies, liberal…

14 years ago

Are You Prepared for RSV Season?

By: Mahdieh Danesh Yazdi, Associate Student Editor - Many of us have prepared for influenza season by receiving the flu…

14 years ago

NYS ACCP – Fall Clinical Meeting 2012

By: James Schurr, Stephen Argiro, & Michael Cronin, PharmD Candidates c/o 2014 - This October, we had the privilege of…

14 years ago

Safety and Efficacy of Atropine for Salivary Hypersecretion

By: Elsa Thomas, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - Atropine is an anticholinergic used to treat various conditions, such as bradycardia,…

14 years ago

New Drug Review: Tofacitinib (Xeljanz®)

By: Jessica Lee, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system…

14 years ago

Mechanisms of NSAID Induced Functional Renal Toxicity

By: James W.  Schurr & Stephen Argiro, PharmD Candidates c/o 2014 - Patients frequently utilize non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for…

14 years ago

SSRI Discontinuation Syndrome

By: Shannon Tellier, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - Antidepressant discontinuation syndrome has been reported in all categories of antidepressants after…

14 years ago

Low-dose SSRIs for the Overly Sensitive Esophagus

By Sunhae Chang, PharmD Candidate c/o 2013 - When patients complain of heartburn, the blame usually shifts to gastroesophageal reflux…

14 years ago

The Role of NMDA in Electroconvulsive Therapy and Other Neuropsychological Disorders

By: Neal Shah, Co-Editor-in-Chief - Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a last-line procedure in the treatment of refractory depression, among other…

14 years ago

My Experiences at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

By: Addolorata Ciccone, Student Copy Editor - As a fifth-year pharmacy student researching and ranking advanced pharmacy practice experience (APPE)…

14 years ago

A Cherokee Experience: The Story of My Ambulatory Care Rotation

By: Nandini Puranprashad, Pharm D. Candidate c/o 2013 - I’m sitting in a quaint coffee shop in Cherokee, North Carolina,…

14 years ago

Bisphosphonates and Atypical Fracture Risk

By: Steve Soman, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2013 - Bisphosphonates are proven to enhance bone density and reduce fracture incidence in…

14 years ago

Antiplatelet Use Following Acute Coronary Syndromes

By: Addolorata Ciccone, Co-Copy Editor - Acute Coronary Syndromes Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a myocardial ischemia caused by obstruction…

14 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

Nutrition Support Pharmacy Practice

By: James W. Schurr, PharmD Candidate c/o 2014 - Nutrition Support Pharmacy is a specialized practice pertaining to the needs…

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

Use of Donepezil in Patients with Delirium (but without Dementia)

By: Lunbao (Jerry) Huang, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2013 - Donepezil, brand name Aricept®, is an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor indicated as monotherapy…

14 years ago

Understanding Diabetic Ketoacidosis

By: Mohamed Dungersi, Associate Student Editor -  What is diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)? Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is an acute complication of…

14 years ago

Impact of Gender and Race on the Efficacy on Opiods

By: Lunbao (Jerry) Huang, Pharm.D.  Candidate c/o 2013 - Pain is a very difficult condition to manage, as clinicians have…

14 years ago

A Reflection of my Palliative Care Rotation

By: Stanley Saji, Pharm.D. Candidate c/o 2013 - I had a preconceived notion that advanced pharmacy practice experiences (APPEs) were…

14 years ago