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The Silent War in Inpatient

RX Note

However, a significant number of dedicated pharmacists work diligently in inpatient settings, ensuring accurate medication dispensing to hospitalized patients. Having transitioned from outpatient to inpatient pharmacy, I personally prefer the latter due to its reduced patient-related stress. mcg/kg/hour?

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Episode 864: Why Did ISMP Remove the Do Not Crush List from Their Website?

Pharmacy Joe

Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher If you navigate to the page on the website for the Institute for Safe Medication Practices that once hosted the document titled “Oral Dosage Forms That Should Not Be Crushed” you will instead find a notice that the list has been removed from the ISMP website.

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Episode 764: What an Inpatient Pharmacist Needs to Know About the Outpatient CDC Opioid Guidelines

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss what an inpatient pharmacist needs to know about the outpatient CDC opioid guidelines. Recommendation 4 states: When opioids are initiated for opioid-naïve patients with acute, subacute, or chronic pain, clinicians should prescribe the lowest effective dosage.

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Episode 575: Novel dosage forms that should not be crushed (but look like they can be)

Pharmacy Joe

In this episode, I’ll discuss novel dosage forms that should not be crushed but look like they can be. Episode 575: Novel dosage forms that should not be crushed (but look like they can be) Subscribe on iTunes , Android , or Stitcher Two relatively new dosage form technologies are nanocrystals and amorphous solid dispersions.

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Securing every dose with an edible security technology for safe medicines

European Pharmaceutical Review

On- or in-dose authentication means that a security measure or anticounterfeit feature is integrated with the dosage form itself, offering product verification and traceability embedded into each medicine, rather than on the secondary package” WHO estimates that >50 percent of the drugs for sale on the internet are fake.

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Episode 990: Lowest Effective Dose of Haloperidol for Agitation in Elderly Patients

Pharmacy Joe

Secondary outcomes were the hospital length of stay, utilization of restraints, and discharge outcomes (to a facility when admitted from home) between dosage groups. The primary outcome looked at efficacy as judged by the need for repeat doses within 4 hours. The low, medium, and high dose groups had 15, 23, and 19 patients, respectively.

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Episode 902: The analgesic ceiling dose of ibuprofen applies to ED patients too

Pharmacy Joe

The authors hope that with their research and “proper patient and provider education supported by the evidence, the myth of better pain relief with “prescription-only” dosages will be debunked.” ” To access my free download area with 20 different resources to help you in your practice, go to pharmacyjoe.com/free.