February 2016 Autoimmune Disorders

This Continuing Education activity is supported by an educational grant from Teva Pharmaceuticals and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Read about staring patients, inappropriate prescriptions, and other pet peeves.

What should these pharmacists do?

Can you you figure out what these prescriptions say?

Diabetes is a complex autoimmune condition that requires many treatment and education strategies to achieve health goals beyond glycemic control.

Accountable care organizations are groups of health care providers or hospitals that work collaboratively to provide coordinated and high-quality care to their covered patients.

Read about the new generic products featured in February.

As a 2018 PharmD candidate at the Auburn University Harrison School of Pharmacy, Anthony Todd has lived out his belief that all patients should have equal access to health care.

When a patient receives a bag containing medication for another, is the pharmacy staff legally obligated to deliver the right medication to the right patient?

A common problem is that police officers are prone to job-related injuries and prescribed pain medication, resulting in drug dependence or addiction.

Although generic drug pricing was a hot-button political issue throughout 2015, not every drug saw a price increase last year.

Irritable bowel syndrome is a chronic, functional, gastrointestinal disorder characterized by symptoms of abdominal pain associated with altered bowel habits.

Arthritis is a general term that covers more than 100 diseases and related conditions.

Multiple sclerosis is a chronic autoimmune, inflammatory neurologic disease of the central nervous system that affects more than 400,000 individuals in the United States and 2.5 million individuals worldwide.

Community pharmacists can have a positive impact in terms of encouraging patients to be proactive about their health.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the beta cells of the pancreas are destroyed and are unable to produce an adequate amount of the hormone insulin.

Read about the new Rx Products featured in February.

The FDA has approved Tresiba (insulin degludec injection) to improve glycemic control in adults with diabetes mellitus.

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If the assumption is correct that warfarin and sulfonylureas are competing for the same binding sites, the order of drug administration might be an important factor determining the potential outcome.

Which OTC products should these pharmacists recommend?

Read about the new OTC Products featured in February.

Everyone may occasionally experience the unpleasant sensation of dry mouth (xerostomia), but some individuals endure the discomfort of dry mouth on a regular basis.

As we struggle to allow pharmacists to practice at the top of their license, the issues of professionalism and ethics will become more critical.