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Using My Medical Advocate Skills To Detect And Eliminate Errors With My Girlfriend’s Prescription

The Happy PharmD

I decided to calculate the dosage quickly. A 5ml dosage contains 1.8g Or maybe there might be a different dosage of what you (the resident) want. It was available at a dosage of 0.5mg/5 ml. As a hospital pharmacy manager, I have been in the medical field for over thirty years. Writing the dosage as a percentage.

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Unicorns Don’t Exist: Rethinking the Generalist Model in Oncology Pharmacy

Pharmacy Times

Oncology pharmacy practice changes at a rapid pace. There are too many drug approvals, label updates, and new data published for even the most skilled and experienced oncology pharmacist to keep up with, let alone those still building their baseline knowledge. Fifteen years ago, pharmacists could learn oncology on the job.

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Understanding Recent Changes to 505(b)(2) Drugs and Reimbursement

Pharmacy Times

Additionally, ANDA submissions should extrapolate the RLD safety and effectiveness data for drugs with the same active ingredients, dosage forms, strengths, routes, and labeling. For submission consideration, manufacturers can petition the FDA for ANDA status if the requested change does not require safety or effectiveness studies.

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INCB057643 in Combination with Ruxolitinib Improves Symptoms in Patients With Myelofibrosis

Pharmacy Times

2,3 LIMBER is a phase 1, open-label, dose escalation study evaluating INCB057643 as a monotherapy at a dose escalation of 4 to 12 mg daily (part 1) or in combination with ruxolitinib at a dosage of 4 mg once daily and escalating to the maximum tolerated dose in part 1 (part 2).

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Histamine and Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

As a young pharmacy technician, I was excited to learn about antihistamines, and their effects on allergies. Then in pharmacy school, I learned about how psychiatric medications have histamine-blocking properties as well. I list my recommended brands and dosages in the Root Cause Approach section below.

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New Frontline BTK Inhibitor Strategy Gains FDA Approval in Untreated Mantle Cell Lymphoma

Pharmacy Times

Although no formal contraindications are listed in AstraZeneca’s US labeling, perioperative management may require holding acalabrutinib 3 to 7 days before and after surgery to minimize bleeding risk. Hepatotoxicity and drug-induced liver injury are additional risks that require monitoring.

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Efepoetin Alfa Noninferior to Mircera When Correcting Anemia, Maintaining Hemoglobin in CKD

Pharmacy Times

Limitations included open-label design and dosage constraints, but the multicountry approach enhanced generalizability and external validity. All patients underwent a 20-week correction period for dosage titration and Hb correction, which was followed by an 8-week evaluation for efficacy assessments.