August 2015 Pain Awareness

This Continuing Education activity is supported by an educational grant from Alcon, Inc.

A recent report from Project Catalyst at AARP found that seniors are more amenable to wearable health and fitness devices than previously thought.

Read about the new generic products featured in August.

Women with nodular thyroid disease or Hashimoto's thyroiditis face a higher risk of developing benign breast diseases.

Two different classes of drugs, aromatase inhibitors and bisphosphonates, may be able to reduce breast cancer mortality among postmenopausal women.

Using a common local anesthetic during surgery can reduce the likelihood of women developing chronic pain following the a mastectomy.

Pharmacists can have a positive impact by identifying and helping patients in pain.

What should these pharmacists do?

Can you you figure out what these prescriptions say?

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Recognized by her peers for her character and capabilities, Michele Pagel, PharmD, has been named Walmart's Market Health and Wellness Director of the Year.

Pain is associated with a variety of injuries and diseases, and is often the disease itself.

If you are receiving radiation and chemotherapy for cancers of the head and neck, you may experience oral mucositis.

What is the liability exposure of a pharmacy employer when a pharmacist ignores policies regarding confidentiality and releases a patient's protected health information?

The results of recent reports from the Drug Enforcement Administration indicate that pharmacy robberies increased significantly between 2014 and 2015.

When schools close their doors for the summer, kids are released from the shackles of homework and tests to enjoy months of action-packed, nonstop fun.

The low back, also known as the lumbosacral region, is a complex structure of interconnected and overlapping tendons, ligaments, muscles, nerves, joints, and discs.

Read about the new Rx Products featured in August.

Over the past several months, the Institute for Safe Medication Practices has received a number of reports of mix-ups between hydrocodone-acetaminophen and oxycodone-acetaminophen combination products.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 2% of the population is affected by fibromyalgia.

Nearly 30% of patients with diabetes have reported that injectable insulin was the most difficult part of their care regimen.

Edoxaban (Savaysa) has been approved for patients with atrial fibrillation.

Read about the new OTC Products featured in August.

Migraines are usually unilateral in nature, with throbbing associated with them and an aura prior to onset, which alerts patients to the migraine.

Pain is a common complaint for which patients elect to use one of the various nonprescription analgesics currently on the market.

The recent explosion in deaths from opioids seems to be different from any previous observations.