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New Regulation to Check Medication Errors

...itals in California. This regulation will help// pharmacists to be more involved in direct patient care. Otherwise, pharmacists are more involved in non-discretionary (clerical) tasks. The new regulation empowers general acute ...

Pharmacy Care Program Can Increase Medication Adherence in Elderly

... correctly. There is such a lack of education, and pharmacists can play a key role in this problem. We are the ones who can help with this.” Source-Newswise SRM...

Crushing Pills can cause Severe Side effects

...s side effects. David Wright, who led a group of pharmacists and lawyers, said, “People can opt to take drugs in patch, liquid or inhaler form.”Difficulty in swallowing pills is experienced by around 60% of the older people. Studies have revealed that tablets are being crushed and given to residents by 80% of ...

Bariatric Surgery Patients Have Special Medication Needs

...d,” said Smith. “It’s important for physicians and pharmacists to be aware of these patients’ special needs in order to make the best choices about appropriate medications.” Extended-release and delayed-release medications may not work properly because of the shortened small intestine, explains Smith. She adds...

Stay Healthy with Herbal Tea

...re also available over the counter in packets from pharmacists and in many local shops. "Not every herbal tea is a medicinal tea," says Laura Groche of the consumer affairs group Verbraucherinitiative. "Medicinal teas must contain information on the packaging about their correct usage, their chemical compone...

Doctors to give complete information on prescriptions to patients

...communicate themselves, they should hire nurses of pharmacists to do it for them. But patients should also do more,” she said. “The prescriber has a responsibility, but patients have an added responsibility to make this partnership work. Patients can bring notebooks, tape recorders or other people to help them...

Anabolic Steroids for Today’s Young Me

... use of steroids, which, are normally only sold by pharmacists to people with a doctor's prescription.Besides this the survey also found an increase in "speedballing" -- injecting heroin and crack cocaine simultaneously. Harry Shapiro, editor of Druglink magazine said, "It is clearly on the increase and if this...

Pharmacists to take over Treatment of Long-Term Illnesses

...kinson's and heart disease will soon be handled by pharmacists according to yesterday’s announcement.// Proposa...ollow-up treatment and advice. In addition some pharmacists will also be offered further training to in conditions like skin disorders and sexually-transmitted ...

Chemistry Over The Counter: Is It Just What The Doctor Ordered?

...ores are a conduit to enable prompt medicines, and pharmacists are vital associates of physicians. Zooming in on the role of pharmacists, one cannot over emphasise the need for impeccable standards of product and professional practice in pharmacy. When we talk of pharmacists, what comes to the mind instantly is ...

Codeine-based painkillers to be used cautiously

...mptoms of headaches and other forms of pain. Irish pharmacists often recommend these medicines to treat pain,” Darragh O’Loughlin, a Galway pharmacist, said. “However, prolonged regular use, except under medical supervision, may lead to physical and psychological dependence, addiction and result in withdrawal ...

Thailand May Seek Help Of Pharmacies For Screening Bird Flu

... large number of fowls died of unknown causes, the pharmacists will recommend the patients to meet the doctor immediately," he said. He also added that the drugstores were in a good position to help out since many unwell people self-prescribe. "A lot of people catch the flu from the change of weather. Meanwhil...

Screening of bird flu patients by pharmacies in Thailand

... large number of fowls died of unknown causes, the pharmacists will recommend the patients to meet the doctor immediately," he said. “One reason for the increasing number of patients who are being included in the bird flu watchlist each day is because the country is entering the rainy season”, he said. "A lot ...

Crackdown On Fraud By CFS Helps Scottish Health Service Save ￡7.4

...ey are entitled to free prescriptions, encouraging pharmacists to seek proof of entitlements and publicity campaigns aimed at deterring abuse have all helped CFS in tackling this problem. CFS has been able to save about ￡18m in the six years since its inception, and praising the efforts of CFS Deputy Health Min...

The IPU Want Morning After Pills To Be Made Available Over The Counter

...h to use it must have a doctor's prescription. The pharmacists in this respect believe that the drug should be av...nt with their GP at the weekend. Explaining that pharmacists were however available at weekends and that they do already provide advice to patients on a wide ran...

Nutritional Screening in Scotland Hospitals Needs Improvement

... for more teams of specialist doctors, dieticians, pharmacists and nurses to provide the nutritional expertise needed to patients....

Voluntary Error-Reporting System Ensures Patient Safety

...e area is immune to errors. Physicians, nurses and pharmacists caring for children were equally prone to mistakes, researchers say. ‘One of the more interesting findings was that drug-administering errors, such as giving the patient the wrong drug or the wrong dose or at the wrong time, were quite common,’ Leh...

Choosing your Bowel Cancer Test

...he program actively engages the community, GPs and pharmacists in screening, the opportunity for an informed choice and participation is limited."...

Alberta pharmacists vested with authority to prescribe

...he provincial government has permitted the Alberta pharmacists to prescribe drugs and administer vaccines, withou...l need a doctor’s approval. Now, beginning fall, pharmacists who have undergone a full-fledged training program can prescribe medicines for ailments like asthma ...

Pharmacy Board Says Pharmacists Have Right To Refuse Morning-After Pill

The state Board of Pharmacy has voted to allow pharmacists to decline to sell morning-after emergency contrac...armacy Association had said earlier this year that pharmacists should have the right to decline to dispense medicine that they felt was contrary to their beliefs. ...

Hospitalized patients better of with help from Pharmacists

... Department of Veterans Affairs has suggested that pharmacists who are based at hospitals turn out to be helpful ...erstand and follow their drug regimes. Previously, pharmacists did not often see hospitalized patients firsthand. However, in the last 20 years, pharmacists have b...

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