Over the years, prescription volume has increased at most pharmacies. This is due to a number of reasons, but one of the biggest reasons is due to expanded insurance coverage. In many cases, this has led to a decrease in patient satisfaction due to longer wait times at the pharmacy.  To understand why there may […]

Taking medications as directed is crucial for treatment success, but it is not always easy for patients to be adherent to their medications. Medication non-adherence is a serious problem and can lead to further health complications. It is often thought of as a result of patients being on too many medications or not fully understanding […]

With almost two years of dealing with COVID-19 and over 700,000 deaths, people are starting to turn to anything that can possibly bring a cure to this virus, especially non-FDA approved ones. Ivermectin is becoming an attraction for a possible treatment for COVID-19.  What is ivermectin?  Ivermectin is an antiparasitic agent that is normally used […]

Vaginal discharge. It seems like these days it has become more and more of a taboo word that no one wants to talk about. A form of embarrassment when it comes to women’s health because people believe that having vaginal discharge indicates that you are “dirty” or “unclean down there”. But in reality it is […]

Diabetes is a very common condition. Everyone is familiar with the main types of diabetes which are Type 1,2, gestational and prediabetes. People with type 1 diabetes have a nonfunctional pancreas and are not able to produce any insulin on their own thus needing dependency on outside (exogenous) insulin. Type 2 diabetes consists of having […]

Disclaimer: This is not an all-encompassing list of news updates from the months of January to March 2023.  As we enter the first quarter of 2023, the world continues to experience a wide range of significant events and developments that are already shaping our future in significant ways. From political upheavals and global health crises […]

This article is dedicated to Group Supervisor Special Agent Michael G. Garbo of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). SA Garbo was tragically killed on October 4, 2021 while conducting a routine drug search on the Amtrak train in Tucson, AZ. He spent his career devoted to keeping drug traffickers at bay from the midwest, the […]

Sex is a powerful force that is made to bring two people together. It also has benefits in regards to our general health, such as lowering blood pressure, helping to better the immune system, the heart and even our sleep just to name a few. But what happens to a female when both the mood […]

Founded in January 2020 and launched in May 2020, Pharmacist Consult is an organization based out of Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Pharmacist Consult provides insight for commonly encountered pharmacy-related questions from the point-of-view of a licensed pharmacist. The primary target audience for Pharmacist Consult is the general patient population. Pharmacists are trained through a […]

Naltrexone is a name you might have heard before. Mainly because it almost sounds similar to the infamous opioid blocker, naloxone, which is the active ingredient found in the popular medication Narcan ® used for opioid overdose. However, naltrexone is a bit different from naloxone since it has a greater bioavailability and a longer half-life. […]

With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging, many have missed the news that on January 24th, Merck’s application for gefapixant (MK-7264) was rejected. While not denied for safety reasons per the drug manufacturer’s release, it brings a different headline than the ones most of the public have been accustomed to: authorization and approval.  Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gefapixant What does gefipixant […]

With the COVID-19 pandemic still raging, many have missed the news that on January 24th, Merck’s application for gefapixant (MK-7264) was rejected. While not denied for safety reasons per the drug manufacturer’s release, it brings a different headline than the ones most of the public have been accustomed to: authorization and approval.  Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gefapixant What does gefipixant […]