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From Healing to Harm: The Unintended Consequences of Polypharmacy in Seniors

PharmD Live

Every day, 750 seniors (age 65 and older) in the United States are hospitalized due to serious side effects from one or more medications.(Shehab People over 65 make up only 14% of the population but account for 56% of hospitalizations for adverse drug events (ADEs) (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, AHRQ, 2021). Shehab et al.

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Is Pharmacy School Worth it? Part II

The Pharmacist Blog

compound interest with higher debt working against the pharmacist not accounted for). Pharmacy Technician does not work any extra shifts for overtime or put themselves on call to collect extra pay (hospitals often times pay techs $4/hr to $5/hr just to be on call if someone calls out sick). missed opportunity for compound interest).

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The elective care conundrum – can digital innovation help?

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These waits have worsened with the winter period and some hospitals are already cancelling planned operations. This has been compounded with the looming spectre of Brexit, which has meant the NHS lost some of its valuable workforce from overseas. Services used, in some regard, by pretty much every societal section.

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14 remedies to get rid of congestion

The Checkup by Singlecare

Inhale steam “Breathing in steam hydrates dry nasal cavities and sinuses, loosening any mucus and secretions,” says Robert Glatter, MD , a board-certified emergency medicine physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. Garlic Garlic does contain anti-inflammatory compounds that, in theory, might reduce congestion.

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Three strategies for managing loss of exclusivity successfully

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Eli Lilly’s Humalog compound and formulation patents expired in 2013 and 2014, respectively. They employed hundreds of new salespeople to detail doctors and hospitals, spent millions on TV and magazine ads and handed out masses of free samples. In late 2017, the FDA approved Admelog, Sanofi’s biosimilar of Humalog.

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Clinical service provision and workforce capacity require improvement in hospital pharmacy, EAHP finds

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

Progress needs to be made to support the development of hospital pharmacists in clinical service provision, according to the findings of a recent report published by the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP).

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Black History Month: Celebrating Influential African American Pharmacists & Industry Trailblazers

Digital Pharmacist

During this time he studied textbooks on the compounding of medicines and mastered his trade. Hughes began her career at Frederick Douglas Hospital Pharmacy in Philadephia. Sh e then practiced hospital pharmacy for 21 years in California before moving to a community pharmacy in 1971.