Our Profiles in Personalized Medicine highlights PCCA’s 2023 award winners: Igor Shaskin, BScPharm; Kevin Borg, PharmD; Ashley Berthelot; and Dayna Timmer, PharmD. We asked each winner to discuss what “Compounding: It’s Personal” means in their pharmacy, as well as share their patient and personal success stories and favorite PCCA bases.

Although January is National Thyroid Month, our Clinical Services team gets a lot of queries throughout the year on managing thyroid patients, including those with autoimmune conditions such as Graves’ disease (GD) and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT). While thyroid clinical management may seem complicated, understanding some basics of thyroid physiology and the pathophysiology of these autoimmune diseases may help make a difference in patients’ lives.

The human body is a complex network of interconnected systems, and recent research has shed light on the intricate relationship between visceral adipose tissue (VAT), estradiol levels and cognitive health.

On November 1, 2023, revisions to USP Chapter 795 and Chapter 797 became official and made USP 800 compendially applicable and potentially enforceable. However, other regulatory agencies — including state boards of pharmacy and the FDA — may impact whether USP 800 is enforceable in your pharmacy.

At the beginning of a new year, many people begin a detoxification and weight loss journey as part of their annual resolutions or to recover from over-indulging during the holidays. But in an environment where most are exposed to a variety of foreign contaminants daily, practices that help minimize or remove chemicals unknowingly stored in the body have become an important habit throughout the year.