Insights Newsletter April 2025: Emerging Trends for Clinical Leadership

This month’s Insights Newsletter covers the latest practice-changing pharmacy updates, emerging trends, and popular natural medicine topics and resources. 

Be Ready to Answer Questions About Measles 

Recent headlines and climbing cases are raising questions about how to manage measles. Our Letter articles review the symptoms of this highly contagious virus and what to do if a patient may have measles. They also review who should get postexposure prophylaxis and the best options for treatment and prevention. Your team can use these articles to help answer questions from patients about the role of vitamin A or cod liver oil for measles. Readers can also get our resource, Vaccine Adherence: Addressing Myths and Hesitancy, to support your discussions about autism, fears, etc. Read More

Community Pharmacies: Nip Allergic Rhinitis in the Bud 

Spring is here and questions will bloom about what works best for allergic rhinitis. Your team can use these articles to give advice on which nasal sprays to use, how to use them, and when to start them. These articles also cover when to use oral meds and which oral meds to recommend for patients with hay fever symptoms. Readers can use our Nasal Sprays for Allergic Rhinitis chart to see how products stack up. They can also get our resource, Managing Seasonal Allergies, for information on lifestyle changes and to review the role of other treatments (eye drops, etc). Read More

Hospitals: Shine a Light on IV Electrolyte Safety 

A recent recall of mislabeled commercial IV potassium chloride bags is sparking discussion about best practices for IV electrolyte safety. Our Letter articles review several strategies to optimize IV electrolyte safety, including storage recommendations and double checking what IV access patients have prior to giving IV electrolytes. Your team can use these articles to discuss IV electrolyte safety, identify areas for standardization, and implement safeguards. Readers can be ready for meds that impact electrolytes and lead to piggyback replacements using our chart, Lab Monitoring for Common Medications. Read More

Natural Medicines: Beware of Natural Cancer Cure-Alls 

A recent Netflix series called “Apple Cider Vinegar” is generating buzz about integrative therapies used for cancer – many of which are touted as “miracle” treatments online. Our NatMed article discusses the lack of evidence for coffee enemas, which are featured in the series. We also review laetrile therapy, promoted as a cancer cure-all and administered in clinics in Mexico, as well as the evidence on hydrazine sulfate. We advise patients to be very cautious of any “miracle” cancer remedies, as some may be harmful or interfere with proven therapies. Read More

Pharmacy & Prescriber Podcasts

Medication Talk

Listen to this month’s podcast episode, Cardiovascular Impact of Diabetes Meds, as our expert panel discusses which diabetes medications have cardiovascular (CV) benefits. They will review the evidence and discuss the pros and cons of SGLT2 inhibitors (dapagliflozin, empagliflozin, etc) and GLP-1 agonists (dulaglutide, semaglutide, etc) in patients with or at risk for CV disease. 

All Medication Talk episodes offer CE credit to Pharmacist’s Letter and Prescriber Insights subscribers for 2 years after the episode release date. Go to the CE/CME & Training Organizer and search “podcast” to find available courses.  

New! Rumor vs Truth

Listen to or watch this month’s episode, Expired Medications, as two of our TRC Healthcare editors, Steven Small, PharmD, BCPS, BCPPS, BCCCP, CNSC, and Don Weinberger, PharmD, PMSP, separate fact from fiction about expired medications. They’ll also share research and insights into some interesting claims. 

New! Clinical Capsules

Listen to our latest episode, To Vitamin D or Not to Vitamin D?, as TRC Healthcare editor, Rachel Cole, PharmD, explores the latest guidelines on Vitamin D supplementation. 

Upcoming Tradeshows

We have a packed tradeshow schedule this year and would love to meet with you in person! Send us a meeting request if you’ll be attending any of these shows. 

Check out where we’ll be in the coming months: 

• AANP National Conference: June 17-22 
• PTEC: July 10-12 
• NACDSTSE25: August 23-25
  HCP Hospital Pharmacy Fall Reverse Expo: September 29 – October 1 

See the Full List of Events for 2025 

New Blog! Compounding Chronicles

Oh geez, not another article about cleanrooms!

By Adam West, Course and Curriculum Manager at CriticalPoint.

Discover what this month’s Compounding Chronicles blog reveals about contamination control. Explore a real-world case study that illustrates how external activities can impact the microbial control inside the cleanroom suite. 

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Other Covered Topics

Explore our popular clinical resources, register for a live demo webinar of the all-new NatMed Pro to get an inside look at the redesigned interface, new features, and performance enhancements, and discover how Bula can help you stay on top of the 2025 pharmacy laws.