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Extemporaneous Compounding

RX Note

Introduction In 2018, the Ministry of Health Malaysia published the Good Compounding Practice as a guidance for compounding practices. NOTE: When compounding a preparation using the contents of an ampoule , care should be taken to withdraw the solution using a filter needle to avoid incorporating glass particles into the compound.

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Hospital Pharmacy FAQ

RX Note

What can I expect once I entered hospital provisional registered pharmacist training? In most hospitals, you first introduction to your workplace is through an induction period during which you are shown many different areas and meet many new people. Is it very different from I learnt in university and real practice?

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Extemporaneous Preparation with Unknown Stability

RX Note

Introduction Recently, you are assigned the task of updating extemporaneous preparation formulae at your hospital. USP General Chapter and and both describe compounded preparations that are required to be sterile or can be prepared as nonsterile. However, what should you recommend if stability data is unavailable?

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Extemporaneous Formulation

RX Note

Introduction Despite the shifting of pharmacy focus to pharmaceutical care, the practice of compounding pharmaceutical formulations remains an essential skill for pharmacists. Most hospitals in Malaysia are unable to obtain the raw material caffeine citrate anhydrous BP stated. Being a drug expert, we are expected to know them all.

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Rise of Digital Pharmacy: How Emerging Technologies Are Changing the Practice 

National Association of Boards of Pharmacy

Notably, between 2010 and 2015, educators at the Rangel College of Pharmacy at Texas A&M University experimented with utilizing Second Life , which they describe as “an interactive three-dimensional virtual environment that simulates the real world.” Along with educational applications, AR and VR could also be used to treat patients.

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How to Shrink Thyroid Nodules

The Thyroid Pharmacist

This is unchanged dating to the earliest available exam of 11/05/2010. A review paper published in 2010 that discussed the relationship between thyroid dysfunction and metabolic disorders, highlighted the fact that patients with diabetes were up to three times more likely to develop a thyroid disorder. [29] 2010 Jul;64(8):1130-9.

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Air Quality and Hashimoto’s – Is the Air You’re Breathing Making You Sick?

The Thyroid Pharmacist

I’ve seen a number of airborne toxins showing up as frequent triggers/exacerbating factors for my clients’ autoimmune conditions — mold, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and artificial/synthetic fragrances, in particular. For cleaning products, only compounds need to be identified. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) .