AzPA Pharmacy Flash

• Opioids: The pharmacist's role
  As the opioid crisis rages on (130 people die of opioid overdoses each day), pharmacists face a number of challenges: how do you keep potentially dangerous medications from those who abuse them while not making things overly difficult for the chronic pain patients who rely on them — all while maintaining a busy pharmacy?
• Scientists discover first new HIV strain in nearly two decades
  For the first time in 19 years, a team of scientists has detected a new strain of HIV. The strain is a part of the Group M version of HIV-1, the same family of virus subtypes to blame for the global HIV pandemic, according to Abbott Laboratories, which conducted the research along with the University […]
• How pharmacy graduates can overcome unemployment
  For unemployed pharmacy graduates, the heartbreak of not finding work is real. They dedicated themselves to a demanding education, spent significant money on their schooling, and developed a plan to find work they love — only to discover that competition for jobs is fierce.