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Employee Spotlight: Paula Styer Pharmacy Technician

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Paula : I do, primarily I am a compounder, that is how I started out. I am manipulating something for an end product and that’s what I like about compounding - the end product, and [the process of] coming to it. I had been working at a pharmacy in Flint as a technician for about three years doing chemotherapy compounding.

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Too Much of a Good Thing? Unpacking the Rise of Polypharmacy in Seniors

PharmD Live

Research, including a cross-sectional study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (2009-2016), indicates that 65% of senior visits involved polypharmacy, often including high-risk medications. Major polypharmacy: more than 5 medications.

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2022 spells change for EU pharmaceutical legislation

European Pharmaceutical Review

The review was impacted by Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic, which compounded existing issues surrounding high drug pricing and patient access that had been brewing since 2016 and highlighted several shortcomings in the EU’s pharmaceutical system. Maarten has significant competition law experience in a variety of sectors. References.

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Pharmacy united in the recovery of healthcare

Hospital Pharmacy Europe

In 2016, the country’s first National Strategic Plan in Antimicrobial Resistance 2017–2021 was published. People with poor health literacy have poor understanding of what to do and where to obtain medicines and services; communications are generally poor and interactions with health care professionals tend to be largely passive.

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What's the Next Billion Dollar Pharmacy Startup going to be?

The Digital Apothecary

I do not think you want over 50,000 of the equivalent highly educated individuals who know how to make and compound drugs unemployed when many of them have >$150,000 in loans, and a pharmacy degree isn't exactly a way to get into any other job — just saying. billion in 2016 US dollars" with a low end of $495.3

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Brain Fog and Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Compounded medications : If NDT medications do not seem like a good fit for you, compounded T4/T3 products offer another alternative. Thyroid compounds are usually prepared in the same physiological ratio that is found in NDT products. 2016 Jul-Aug;38(4):357-60.; 2016 Oct 29;63(10):885-895. Epub 2016 Jul 16. [34]

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Methylprednisolone interactions to avoid

The Checkup by Singlecare

However, its use can result in serious adverse effects that other medications with similar side effect profiles can compound. Key takeaways: Methylprednisolone is an effective therapeutic agent to control immune responses and inflammation.