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Understanding Recent Changes to 505(b)(2) Drugs and Reimbursement

Pharmacy Times

The Orange Book is the reference, and it allows the FDA to declare something [to be] therapeutically equivalent. Additionally, ANDA submissions should extrapolate the RLD safety and effectiveness data for drugs with the same active ingredients, dosage forms, strengths, routes, and labeling.

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Unicorns Don’t Exist: Rethinking the Generalist Model in Oncology Pharmacy

Pharmacy Times

But together, they contribute to the ever-expanding expectation that oncology pharmacists should “know all the things,” an emotion aptly captured by Allie Brosh in her book Hyperbole and a Half. Touchstone Books; 2013. Time Enough for Love. Putnam’s Sons; 1973. Rao KV, Gulbis AM, Mahmoudjafari Z.

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Investigating the Pharmacist’s Role in Psychedelic-Assisted Psychotherapy for Patients With Cancer

Pharmacy Times

In the 2017 book The Big Picture , author Sean Carroll seamlessly blends the scientific with the philosophical and comments that “life is not a substance, like water or rock; it’s a process, like fire or a wave crashing on the shore. Fortunately, he had a great oncology team with a pharmacist who specialized in gastrointestinal oncology.

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How Myo-inositol Can Improve Hashimoto’s Symptoms

The Thyroid Pharmacist

For example, having people take therapeutic dosages of two nutrients, selenium and myo-inositol , in addition to working to balance their blood sugar, can work wonders at reducing their anxiety and OCD symptoms, as well as reducing their thyroid antibodies and thyroid symptoms. Recommended dosage and precautions.

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Solutions for Constipation Relief

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Chemotherapy agents: Chemotherapy agents can lead to constipation in a variety of ways such as slowing the movements of the intestinal tract or creating inflammation that disrupts digestive function. Be sure to work with your doctor or practitioner to determine the right supplements and dosages for you. 2020;12(1):205.

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Selenium: The Nutrient That Can Reduce Thyroid Antibodies by 40%

The Thyroid Pharmacist

The good news is that supplementing with selenium at a therapeutic dosage, has been found to reduce thyroid antibodies, reduce thyroid symptoms, and improve overall well-being. (1-3). Half of the participants were given selenium supplementation at a dosage of 200 mcg per day, along with levothyroxine, for a 90-day period.

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How Does Carnitine Support Hashimoto’s?

The Thyroid Pharmacist

10-13) For example, research relating to cancer and the use of chemotherapy drugs found that carnitine supplementation was able to help reverse muscle damage and weakness caused by toxic side effects of anticancer drugs. (38). I provide many protocols and recommendations throughout my blog as well as in my book, Hashimoto’s Protocol.