Pharmacy Joe

JUNE 2, 2024

Recommendations on who should receive tetanus immune globulin as post-exposure prophylaxis are those patients with less than 3 or an unknown number of tetanus vaccines and a dirty/contaminated wound. If the patient is also receiving a tetanus vaccine, separate syringes and different anatomical sites must be used for each injection.

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Pharmacy Joe

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The rabies vaccine produces active immunity beginning about 7 to 10 days after the vaccine series is started. Because the half-life of RIG is about 3 weeks, the passive immunity lasts long enough until active immunity via vaccine response can be generated. The dose of RIG is 20 units/kg x 1.

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Pharmacy Joe

JUNE 12, 2024

This could become of clinical significance in the administration of vaccines, benzodiazepines, and antipsychotics. 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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Pharmacy Joe

DECEMBER 29, 2021

No interim analysis had been performed and blinding was maintained prior to the study being stopped but the study protocol no longer fit into real-world practice given the widespread use of vaccination and monoclonal antibodies.

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Pharmacy Joe

AUGUST 30, 2020

Recommendations on who should receive tetanus immune globulin as post-exposure prophylaxis are those patients with less than 3 or an unknown number of tetanus vaccines and a dirty/contaminated wound. If the patient is also receiving a tetanus vaccine, separate syringes and different anatomical sites must be used for each injection.

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Pharmacy Joe

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

This could become of clinical significance in the administration of vaccines, benzodiazepines, and antipsychotics. 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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FDA Law Blog: Biosimilars

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Another rejected proposal was a definition of “vaccine” (vaccines are exempt from Medicaid rebates), which would have limited this term to a product that is administered prophylactically – i.e., to prevent rather than treat a disease. 1396r-8(k)(3).

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Pharmacy Joe

DECEMBER 13, 2020

In this episode, I’ll discuss the available safety and efficacy data of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine. A fact sheet for the vaccine is available from the FDA here. 43,548 patients were divided evenly between the vaccine and placebo groups. The vaccine overall was 95% effective.

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RX Note

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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