Medication Management

Chris Oliveiro wants to help people kick the tobacco habit. His efforts aren’t going up in smoke. “Yes, we are making an impact,” says the pharmacist/owner of Springdale Pharmacy in Brampton, Ont.

Pierre Rizk “was a maverick whose only goal was to prescribe drugs" concluded the Alberta College of Pharmacy, and he abused the prescribing privileges of the province's pharmacists.

​​​​​​​Assess medication use, Talk about risks versus benefits, select Alternatives, Plan next steps, Engage patient and Reduce dose.

As the pandemic drags on into its third (!!!) year, here are a few lessons learned that have helped me to not just cope, but thrive

As I reflect on 2021 it has been a taxing year on the #pharmacy profession & through it all #pharmacists have stepped up to help protect their communities & provided optimal patient care which gives us optimism for the future.

Goal is to titrate quadruple therapy to maximally tolerated doses within three to six months of diagnosis

Treatment was thought to potentially have beneficial effects against COVID-19–mediated hyperactivated inflammatory response.

Once-daily single tablet may help reduce pill burden and improve treatment adherence