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Episode 864: Why Did ISMP Remove the Do Not Crush List from Their Website?

Pharmacy Joe

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher If you navigate to the page on the website for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices that once hosted the document titled “Oral Dosage Forms That Should Not Be Crushed” you will instead find a notice that the list has been removed from the ISMP website.

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ACMT Toxicology Visual Pearl: Who Doesn’t Like a Nice Rosé?

ALiEM - Pharm Pearls

[1,2] Severe symptoms such as hypovolemia, shock, metabolic acidosis Persistent and severe GI symptoms Lethargy or toxic appearance Serum iron level greater than 500 mcg/dL What is the dosage of deferoxamine for iron toxicity? [1] Intensive Care Med 2014; 40(1):104. PMID 1] Initial dosing starts at 5 mg/kg/hr intravenously.

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Episode 864: Why Did ISMP Remove the Do Not Crush List from Their Website?

Pharmacy Joe

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher If you navigate to the page on the website for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices that once hosted the document titled “Oral Dosage Forms That Should Not Be Crushed” you will instead find a notice that the list has been removed from the ISMP website.

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Securing every dose with an edible security technology for safe medicines

European Pharmaceutical Review

On- or in-dose authentication means that a security measure or anticounterfeit feature is integrated with the dosage form itself, offering product verification and traceability embedded into each medicine, rather than on the secondary package” WHO estimates that >50 percent of the drugs for sale on the internet are fake. References.

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New to Pharmacy

RX Note

Alternatively, you can start by learning the drugs listed in this blog post on their indications and common dosage. External Links The Top 100 Drugs, 2014 Remington The Science and Practice of Pharmacy, 2021 Words from the wise: tips for new pharmacists, 2021 Career Tips For New Pharmacist Graduates, 2022

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Adverse Drug Reaction Drug Induced Diseases, 2018 Meyler's Side Effects of Drugs, 2015 Antibiotics The Sanford Guide to Antimicrobial Therapy, 2022 Breastfeeding Briggs' Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation, 2021 Hale's Medications and Mothers' Milk, 2021 Clinical Practice Applied Therapeutics, 2018 Conn’s Current Therapy, 2022 Current Medical Diagnosis (..)

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FDA ends 7-year obesity drug drought, clearing Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy

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mg once-weekly formulation – which will be sold as Wegovy – is the first new medicine to be approved in the US for obesity since 2014. Already approved at a lower dose as Ozempic for treating diabetes, the new 2.4 Photo by i yunmai on Unsplash.