Category: Pharmacology - Page 3
How to Verify Controlled Substance Quantities and Directions: A Step-by-Step Guide for Pharmacists
Learn how to verify controlled substance quantities and directions to prevent dispensing errors, avoid legal penalties, and protect patients. Follow federal guidelines for DEA checks, PDMP reviews, and sig validation.
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Metformin and Contrast Dye: What You Need to Know About Lactic Acidosis and Kidney Function
Learn the truth about metformin and contrast dye: when to stop your diabetes medication, why lactic acidosis is rare, and how kidney function changes the rules. Updated guidelines make it safer than ever.
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Heat and Fentanyl Patches: How Warmth Can Trigger Overdose
Fentanyl patches can cause fatal overdose if exposed to heat - from fever, hot showers, or even exercise. Learn how warmth increases absorption and what steps to take to stay safe.
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Levothyroxine and Proton Pump Inhibitors: How They Interfere with Absorption
Levothyroxine and proton pump inhibitors can interfere with each other, reducing thyroid hormone absorption and raising TSH levels. Learn how to spot the signs and what alternatives actually work.
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Inactive Ingredient Differences: Can Excipients Affect Safety or Efficacy?
Inactive ingredients in medications-once thought to be harmless-may actually affect how drugs work in your body. Learn how excipients can impact safety and efficacy, and why changing them in generics matters.
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Dairy Products and Antibiotic Absorption: How Timing Affects Your Treatment
Dairy products can block antibiotic absorption, leading to treatment failure. Learn which antibiotics are affected, how long to wait before or after dairy, and why timing matters more than you think.
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Generic Drug Availability: How Long After Patent Expiration Until It Hits the Market?
Generic drugs don't hit the market right after patent expiration. Legal battles, patent thickets, and regulatory delays often push availability out by years. Here's how the system really works-and why you're still paying high prices.
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Severe Hyponatremia from Medications: Recognizing Confusion, Seizures, and How to Prevent Fatal Outcomes
Medication-induced hyponatremia can cause sudden confusion, seizures, and death. Learn which drugs trigger it, who’s at risk, how to spot early signs, and how to prevent life-threatening complications.
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Nitrosamine Contamination in Generic Drugs: Recent Recalls and Regulatory Shifts
Nitrosamine contamination in generic drugs has triggered over 500 recalls since 2018. Learn which medications were affected, how regulators are responding, and what this means for patient safety and drug affordability.
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Pristiq (Desvenlafaxine) vs Alternatives: What Works Best for Depression and Anxiety
Pristiq (desvenlafaxine) is one option for depression and anxiety, but it's not the only one. Learn how it compares to SSRIs, other SNRIs, Wellbutrin, and Remeron-plus when to consider switching.
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