New Guidelines: Pain Relief in Pregnancy: Exploring Alternatives
People will have questions about alternative approaches to managing pain in pregnancy, especially as debate continues about acetaminophen use and risk of autism. Our NatMed article reviews key therapeutic interventions, such as acupuncture, osteopathic manipulation, and reflexology. For instance, some data suggest weekly reflexology sessions may reduce pregnancy-related low back pain. We also review the role of topicals for pain, such as capsicum. Additionally, we provide cautions on therapies to avoid in pregnancy due to potential harm, such as turmeric.
New Guidelines: Pain Relief in Pregnancy: Exploring Alternatives
People will have questions about alternative approaches to managing pain in pregnancy, especially as debate continues about acetaminophen use and risk of autism. Our NatMed article reviews key therapeutic interventions, such as acupuncture, osteopathic manipulation, and reflexology. For instance, some data suggest weekly reflexology sessions may reduce pregnancy-related low back pain. We also review the role of topicals for pain, such as capsicum. Additionally, we provide cautions on therapies to avoid in pregnancy due to potential harm, such as turmeric.
Pharmacy and Prescriber Podcasts
Medication Talk
Listen to this month’s podcast episode, Pet Meds Unleashed: Keeping Furry Patients Safe, as our expert panel explores the clinical challenges of veterinary pharmacology, discussing medications, supplements, and inactive ingredients that can be dangerous to pets. You’ll hear practical dispensing and safety guidance, along with evidence-based strategies to help pharmacists protect animal patients from accidental exposure to human medications.
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.
Upcoming Live CE Webinars for Your Clinicians
Breaking Free: Overcoming Nicotine Dependency
Date: November 19 & 20, 2025
In this month’s live webinar, Breaking Free: Overcoming Nicotine Dependency, you’ll hear experts discuss evidence-based strategies to help patients quit smoking, vaping, and using other nicotine products. You’ll listen as panelists cover practical tools and strategies to empower your patients on their journey to a healthier, nicotine-free life.
Submit your questions here for a chance to have them answered during the webinar.
Available for APRNs, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, PAs, physicians, and RNs accreditation and CE/CME:
- ACCME: 1.00 hour
- ACPE: 1.00 hour – pharmacists and technicians
- ANCC: 1.00 hour
Notable New Meds of 2025
Date: December 10, 13 & 18, 2025
In this month’s live webinar, Notable New Meds of 2025, you’ll hear our editors wrap up the year by highlighting several novel drugs. You’ll listen as our editors review efficacy, safety, and other considerations with these new treatment options.
Available for APRNs, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, PAs, physicians, and RNs accreditation and CE/CME:
- ACCME: 1.00 hour
- ACPE: 1.00 hour – pharmacists and technicians
- ANCC: 1.00 hour
Pharmacy Essential Updates
Upcoming 2025 Live Webinars
Save the date for our final Super Saturday event of the year on Saturday, December 13th! This event will offer 4 Pharmacy Essential Update sessions back-to-back starting at 7:00am PST/10:00am EST, allowing subscribers to earn 4 hours of live CE credit. Register now in your CE & Training Organizer.
Also, check out our upcoming Pharmacy Essential live CE webinars. Topics include:
November
- Alpha-gal syndrome
- Managing dry eye disease
- New oral solution dosage forms
- Desiccated thyroid safety and switching
December
- Sinusitis
- Opioid antagonists
- Osteoporosis
*Pharmacists and pharmacy technicians can earn 1 Hour of CE for each attended webinar.
The Compounding Chronicles
The Only Time We Rest Is When We Fail
By Adam West, Course and Curriculum Manager at CriticalPoint
In compounding, “things will slow down soon” usually means a shutdown is coming. This month’s Compounding Chronicles blog urges a proactive pause—inspect, observe, and catch deterioration before it catches you.
The Compounding Chronicles
The Only Time We Rest Is When We Fail
By Adam West, Course and Curriculum Manager at CriticalPoint
In compounding, “things will slow down soon” usually means a shutdown is coming. This month’s Compounding Chronicles blog urges a proactive pause—inspect, observe, and catch deterioration before it catches you.
Product Spotlight
Compounding compliance is one of the most complex—and high-risk—aspects of pharmacy practice. With evolving USP <795>, <797>, and <800> standards and tighter audits, maintaining consistency and documentation across teams has never been harder. That’s why we built the Compounding Compliance Suite—a unified solution designed to make compliance second nature for your teams.
Built on CriticalPoint’s trusted education program, this suite provides the structure, consistency, and visibility you need to ensure every site, every shift, and every staff member is always inspection-ready.
What you get:
- CriticalPoint Training & Updates to standardize practices across roles and locations
- Compounding CE & Training Library to reinforce ongoing competency
- CSPT Exam Prep to strengthen technician readiness and certification success
- CE & Training Organizer to simplify tracking, reporting, and audits
Free Live Webinar: Pharmacy Workforce Planning: Risk, Readiness & Retention
Join TRC Healthcare’s in-house experts for a timely and comprehensive webinar designed to help decision-makers across hospital and retail pharmacy settings prepare for what’s next in 2026.
Can’t attend live? Register anyway and we’ll send you the recording.
About TRC Healthcare
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