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From Healing to Harm: The Unintended Consequences of Polypharmacy in Seniors

PharmD Live

Medication Non-Adherence Polypharmacy increases the likelihood of medication non-adherence due to the complexity and confusion of managing multiple medications.Patients often struggle with the regimen, missing doses, taking incorrect dosages, or discontinuing medications altogether, which can lead to suboptimal treatment results.

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Educating Patients about Generic Drugs: Strategies for Success

Drug Patent Watch

They’re designed to be bioequivalent, meaning they have the same dosage, strength, route of administration, quality, and intended use as the original brand-name drug. ” Health Affairs, 2011. Generic drugs are pharmaceutical products that contain the same active ingredients as their brand-name counterparts. Shrank, W.H.,

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Turmeric for Your Thyroid and Hashimoto’s

The Thyroid Pharmacist

Research has shown plasma concentrations of curcumin as low as 50 ng/mL after administration of dosages as high as 12 g/day. The dosage I used when working to detox my body of arsenic was 500 mg, three times per day. Headaches and nausea have been noted in a small number of people at dosages over 450 mg. Food Chem Toxicol.

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Statins

RX Note

NOTE: The FDA recommends rosuvastatin dosage reductions in Asian patients to maximum 20 mg daily because pharmacokinetic studies have demonstrated an approximate two-fold increase in median exposure to rosuvastatin in Asian subjects when compared to Caucasian controls. Stopping Statins?

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Micromedex

RX Note

In my experience, there are increasingly more off-label uses and dosages included in this resource. NeoFax is one of the most widely used neonatal drug dosing but has been discontinued in print format since June 2012 (The last copy was the 2011 edition ).

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Tablet Excipients

RX Note

Plus, studies have shown that some excipients can have a significant effect on the performance of an oral solid dosage form , including bioavailability and stability. 2011 Excipients Used In the Manufacture of Tablets, 2020 However, in reality, they can cause adverse and hypersensitivity reactions in patients.

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Geriatric Patients

RX Note

In 2011, after Beer's death, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) began to oversee the revisions and updates to the criteria. Geriatric Giants In 1965, Bernard Isaacs coined the term "Geriatric Giants".