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Opinion: To overcome the overdose crisis, addiction treatment must be integrated into the health care system

STAT

The first time I saw Maya (not her real name) huddled under blankets in a hospital bed in 2013, she had been to dozens of inpatient detox programs and residential treatment centers since she had begun using heroin two decades earlier. After every release, she returned to heroin use, usually within days.

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Episode 997: The use of methylene blue for the treatment of refractory anaphylaxis without hypotension

Pharmacy Joe

A case report published in 2013 in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine illustrates the drugs usefulness for this indication. If you like this post, check outmy book A Pharmacists Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Pharmacy FAQ’s – About Me

The Luxe Pharmacist

I began college in September 2013 and I graduated in May 2019. I always hoped I would land an inpatient pharmacy intern job but it never happened, at the time I was very frustrated and down that others in my class had one and I didn’t but in the end that was okay and everything happened for a reason.

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Episode 802: The use of methylene blue for the treatment of refractory anaphylaxis without hypotension

Pharmacy Joe

A case report published in 2013 in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine illustrates the drug’s usefulness for this indication. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Episode 802: The use of methylene blue for the treatment of refractory anaphylaxis without hypotension

Pharmacy Joe

A case report published in 2013 in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine illustrates the drug’s usefulness for this indication. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–

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Antibiotics For Pediatric Respiratory Tract Infections In The Era Of Amoxicillin Shortages

ID Stewardship

As of the 2013 AAP guidelines we have specific recommendations for watchful waiting in children with non-severe cases. Other less commonly seen bacterial pathogens in a pediatric inpatients surveillance study were S. Proving the bug responsible for lower respiratory tract infections in kids is difficult. pneumoniae. pyogenes and H.

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Episode 849: Should apixaban’s loading dose duration ever be shortened?

Pharmacy Joe

The trial that secured the approval of apixaban to treat VTE was published in 2013 in the New England Journal of Medicine. If you like this post, check out my book – A Pharmacist’s Guide to Inpatient Medical Emergencies: How to respond to code blue, rapid response calls, and other medical emergencies. <–