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Salt

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Introduction A customer walked into your community pharmacy and would like to buy some iodized salt. Strategies for sodium reduction include Make reading food labels a habit. meats, fruits and vegetables) rather than their packaged counterparts. Types of Salts Essentially, salt is sodium chloride (NaCl).

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Pharmaceutical Compounding Calculations, Part Two–Bulk Drugs

PharmaTech

Thakar Varanya Chaiyaperm View All News Article Bulk drug calculations for different types of active moieties and drugs require different calculations and labeling. Part two discussion describes a simple medication order and demonstrates calculations and labeling for each bulk drug type. Pluta Nishant B. Mole calculations.

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ISMP Safety Brief: Unintentional Ingestion of Boric Acid Vaginal Suppositories

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

Also, they are often packaged in plastic bottles as loose capsules that resemble oral medications or dietary supplement products. Later, when she read the container label more carefully, she realized the capsules were suppositories meant for vaginal insertion. Patients may not be familiar with capsules used as suppositories.

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Contents

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Terazosin - Off-label use in ureteral stone(s) expulsion Topical Corticosteroids - Apply thinly on the skin using fingertip unit. The information provided is meant to act as a guide and should not substitute professional clinical judgement. insulins, inhalers, GTN, transdermal patches, etc.) Figures - Elemental iron and calcium content?

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PBMs <3 Counterfeit Drugs

Ramblings of a pharmacist

To all external observers, the medication looked legitimate – it bore a normal label, it was the right size, the product tracing documentation was received in good order. Biktarvy® and other HIV drugs are generally labeled to “dispense in original packaging” so the pharmacist never broke the seal on the bottle.

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Spring Clean Your Medicine Cabinet: How to Safely Declutter and Organize Your Medications

Community Pharmacy

Then, turn to the medication on the table and inspect the expiration date on the label or packaging. The post Spring Clean Your Medicine Cabinet: How to Safely Declutter and Organize Your Medications appeared first on Community Pharmacy. Those past the date should be set aside and not returned to the cabinet.