April 2018 Respiratory Health

Cigarette smoking remains the leading preventable risk factor for cancers and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, leading to 480,000 deaths each year across the United States.

Allergic rhinitis, also known as hay fever, is a common condition that causes symptoms such as congestion, nasopharyngeal itching, rhinorrhea, and sneezing.

What should these pharmacists do?

Can you figure out what these prescriptions say?

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a broad term used to include chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or a combination of both.

Read about allergies, impatient patients, and more pet peeves.

Read about the generic products featured in April.

Read about the Rx products featured in April.

Before a pertussis vaccine was widely available, about 200,000 American children contracted this highly contagious acute respiratory tract infection annually, and between 4000 and 9000 children died each year.

Read about the OTC products featured in April.

A cough is a common symptom for which some patients seek medical attention at urgent care clinics and emergency departments.

What OTC products would you recommend in these cases?

The emergency department used to be the place for drug shoppers to get their medications, though the number of dosage units was seldom high.

On March 12, 2018, the New England Journal of Medicine published a cluster-randomized trial of an intervention by pharmacists who were operating under collaborative practice agreements to initiate, titrate, monitor, and otherwise manage drug therapy for non-Latino African American men in barbershops.

Spring is here, and though the change of season brings warmer weather and new life, it also can be a source of distress for those with allergies, asthma, or COPD.