Authors Raj Desai and Steven Smith evaluated data for patients with stable hypertension and depression to determine whether the initiation of serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors had a similar risk of antihypertensive treatment intensification and major adverse cardiovascular events compared to initiation of SSRIs. The full text manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2686. 

Dr. Erin Kelty discusses the incidence of neonatal abstinence syndrome in Western Australia from 2003 to 2018 and provides insight on the medications used to treat opioid use disorders that were a substantial driver of NAS. The full text manuscript is available open access at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2678. 

Pharmacy practice faculty provide significant effort in direct patient care. Dr. Thomas Dowling discusses practice plan payment models, barriers to financial sustainability, recommendations for successful practice plans, and next steps for schools and colleges of pharmacy. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1605 

The first in a series of interviews with different leaders in clinical pharmacy: Dr. Peter H. Vlasses. 

Dr. Anastasia Armbruster expands upon the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis and treatment of arrhythmias. The full text manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2663.

Dr. Katie B. Olney expands upon her team's study of Bayesian and linear methods to guide vancomycin dosing. Full manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2670

Drs. Katherine Gruenberg and Emily Abdoler share their research on pharmacists' therapeutic reasoning processes and how they are similar and different from that of physicians. The full manuscript is available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1580 

Dr. Laura Borgelt provides an overview of her team's systematic review of the use of hormonal contraceptives in perimenopausal women. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/phar.2657 

The risks of misuse and cannabis use disorder warrant careful consideration, yet the benefits of effective analgesia associated with cannabis may outweigh these risks. Cannabis rescheduling and subsequent expansions in pain management research are warranted, particularly for CBD-predominant and CBD-isolate medical cannabis products. Read the full manuscript at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1584. 

Literature describing the role of pharmacists in acute care OUD interventions is limited. Learn what has been published from author, Dr. Madison Irwin. Full text manuscript available at: https://accpjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jac5.1547