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Sandra Knowles

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Sandra Knowles is a pharmacist with the Ontario Drug Policy Research Network, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michaels’ Hospital, Toronto, Ont.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

8/12/2021
Practice Experts: CNS-active drug polypharmacy in patients with dementia
Although psychotropic medications are often prescribed in community-dwelling persons with dementia, there is limited evidence for the use of these medications in this population

Sandra Knowles
5/11/2021
Addressing sunscreen hesitancy + Drug-induced ototoxicty

Sandra Knowles
11/12/2020
Adverse Reactions: ACEIs, ARBs and COVID-19

Sandra Knowles
9/21/2020
Adverse Reactions: Clarithromycin–DOAC interaction

Sandra Knowles
5/5/2020
Mortality in patients prescribed hypnotics/anxiolytics
Mortality of multimorbid patients who did not use the drugs was approximately 14% higher than in patients who were neither multimorbid nor using the drugs

Sandra Knowles
5/5/2020
Depressive symptoms with oral contraceptives
Adolescents, but not adult women, appear to be at increased risk for depressive symptoms when taking OCPs

Sandra Knowles
11/23/2019
Cough and cold medications in young children

Sandra Knowles
11/23/2019
Pregnancies continue to occur during isotretinoin therapy

Sandra Knowles
10/14/2019
ADR rates may differ between men and women

Sandra Knowles
10/14/2019
Infection risk varies with psoriasis systemic medications

Sandra Knowles