medication management

What Are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors?

Submitted by Dr Marc Macera on Mon, 05/06/2013 - 12:32

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are one of the most commonly prescribed antidepressants. They are used by health care providers as first-line medication therapy for depression and are often utilized to treat other psychiatric disorders such as: generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder and bulimia.

What Medications Are Used to Treat Asthma?

Submitted by Dr Marc Macera on Mon, 04/29/2013 - 13:15

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways and lungs characterized by airflow obstruction and various recurring symptoms such as: chest tightness, wheezing, coughing and shortness of breath. Asthma can be a debilitating condition for those who suffer from it and can prevent individuals from carrying out day-to-day activities such as exercise, work and school....luckily with the right medications asthma can be treated and asthma symptoms can be managed.

What oral medications are used to treat asthma?

What Medications Are Used to Manage Pain?

Submitted by Dr Marc Macera on Wed, 04/24/2013 - 22:58

Pain...we have all experienced it at some point in our lives...whether it was the result of an injury, surgery or a chronic condition, pain can dramatically affect our lives...it can prevent us from working, spending time with our loved ones and rob us of our ability to enjoy life...luckily health care providers can help manage pain. There are many different treatment strategies a health care provider can use to manage pain but one of the more effective treatment strategies involves oral medications.

What oral medications are used to manage pain?

What Medications Are Used to Treat Type 2 Diabetes?

Submitted by Dr Marc Macera on Mon, 04/01/2013 - 12:21

Over the past several months you have been experiencing fatigue, weakness, blurry vision, weight loss and an increase in both thirst and urination...you are concerned so you make an appointment with your health care provider...after some tests your health care provider breaks the news to you...you have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a chronic

What Medications Are Used to Treat High Blood Pressure?

Submitted by Dr Marc Macera on Mon, 03/18/2013 - 13:16

Millions of people around the world have diagnosed high blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension...if left untreated hypertension can lead to decreased kidney function, vision impairment, memory loss, aneurysms, heart attacks, strokes, heart failure and even death. When individuals are diagnosed with hypertension they often seek treatment from their health care provider.

What is Medication Therapy Management?

Submitted by Dr Marc Macera on Mon, 02/11/2013 - 14:19

For decades health care professionals have been trying to determine the best way to manage patients' medications...with patients seeing multiple physicians and using multiple pharmacies it has become increasingly difficult for health care professionals to grasp the full scope of patients' medication regimens...compounding the issue, thousands of new prescription medications, over-the-counter medications, herbal agents and supplements have hit the market over the years and added to the complexity of medication regimens...with that said it seems more imperative than ever for health care profe

62. PharmD and OP dispensary

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Thu, 08/23/2012 - 08:56
I was the one who was very happy when I learnt that students are taught in hospital environment in PharmD course. This has been one of my major observation and demand that culturing the students away from the hospital and community environment cannot yield healthy pharmacists supportive to community or hospital service.

61. Pharmacist of yester decades

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Wed, 08/22/2012 - 07:19
Indian Health Service: Paving the Way for Pharmaceutical Care Quote: "For more than three decades, pharmacists with the federal Indian Health Service (IHS) have practiced pharmaceutical care in its broadest form. In fact, some credit the IHS with having invented the very concept long before the term "pharmaceutical care" was coined." ..Read more.. on:

47. Tobacco - a nuisense created by man!

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Tue, 01/10/2012 - 10:43
Thanks to Shiva for a good opening topic for 2012. I wish you are not a smoker or at least a ex-smoker now! Cigarette is one such product that does more harm when used in the right way! Cigarette is the only product on the market that is perhaps exempted from disclosing the contents. There are no quality parameters which you can use to cross check the quality.

40 Toxicity treatment - a challenge to the hospital

Submitted by Bhagavan P S on Thu, 10/13/2011 - 10:07
We encounter two distinct toxicity cases in the hospital: Toxicity due to drugs & Toxicity due to poisons Many a time these two though are generally looked upon as alike superficially the practitioners and academicians need to treat them differently. The picture perhaps would be clear if I put it as: 'Toxic effect of a poison' & 'Toxic effect of a drug'

China CPU Challengers May Topics

Submitted by Pettho on Wed, 05/04/2011 - 16:25
The Month of April has been one of the tough month for most of us, due to a personal School Schedule. Therefore, we couldn't cover all the topic announced. However, this Month of May, we will discuss on: -Naltrexone -Tramadol -Asthma -Crohn's Disease -Gene Therapy and cancer -Modern Pharmacy Vs Traditional Pharmacy -Mechanized nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Part Two