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STAT+: Pharmalittle: We’re reading about a Covid-flu shot setback, mpox vaccine supplies, and more

STAT

You could hit the proverbial pause button to curl up with a good book or stream a few moving pictures. The combination vaccine met its goal in generating an immune response against influenza A and against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid. Or perhaps this is a chance to plan the rest of your life. But be safe.

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Episode 927: Tetanus immune globulin

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss the use of tetanus immune globulin. Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Tetanus Immune Globulin can be part of successful tetanus post-exposure prophylaxis for certain patients as well as tetanus treatment. Peak concentrations are reached in 2 days and the half-life is 23 days.

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Pharmacogenomics: The Up-and-Coming Field of Pharmacy

Pharmacy Is Right For Me

My grandfather, who is a pharmacist, bought me a book with a hundred step-by-step experiments, and we would spend hours doing the experiments and talking about the science behind them afterward. Pharmacogenomic researchers discovered a genetic variant in the immune system that causes this life-threatening allergic reaction to Abacavir.

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Episode 862: Why hypokalemia can result from digoxin immune fab fragment administration

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss why hypokalemia can result from digoxin immune fab fragment administration. With the administration of antidote therapy with digoxin immune fab fragments, the function of the sodium-potassium ATPase pump is restored.

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Episode 862: Why hypokalemia can result from digoxin immune fab fragment administration

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss why hypokalemia can result from digoxin immune fab fragment administration. With the administration of antidote therapy with digoxin immune fab fragments, the function of the sodium-potassium ATPase pump is restored.

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Bringing the promise of immunotherapy to a broader population

pharmaphorum

When James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2018 for their discovery of cancer therapy through inhibition of negative immune regulation, it shone a light on decades of research into recruiting the immune system to fight cancer. Growing up, they were the books I read and the films I watched.

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Episode 535: Tetanus immune globulin

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss the use of tetanus immune globulin. Episode 535: Tetanus immune globulin Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Tetanus Immune Globulin can be part of successful tetanus post-exposure prophylaxis for certain patients as well as tetanus treatment. Prevent toxin production 4.