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How to Rehydrate Someone Properly When There Is No IV
How to Rehydrate Someone Properly When There Is No IV By the Jase Medical Team When someone is losing fluid from vomiting or diarrhea, rehydration isn't simply a matter of getting them to drink something. The type of fluid matters. The amount matters. And especially...
Why You Can’t Dose a Child From an Adult Tablet
Why You Can't Dose a Child From an Adult Tablet You cannot reliably turn an adult medication into a child's dose just by cutting the tablet smaller. That can be frustrating to hear at 9 p.m. when the children's ibuprofen bottle is empty, the pharmacy is closed, and...
What is Plague?
What Is Plague? By the Jase Medical Team Plague is back in the headlines, and people are suddenly Googling a disease they may not have thought about since history class. A 28-year-old laboratory worker at an anti-plague research institute in Siberia recently died...
Nobody Has Your Medication List, Including Your Doctor and Your Pharmacy
Nobody Has Your Medication List, Including Your Doctor and Your Pharmacy By the Jase Medical Team Most of us assume that somewhere in the healthcare system, there is one correct list of every medication we take. Your primary care doctor has a list. Your pharmacy has a...
Carbon Monoxide After the Storm
Carbon Monoxide After the Storm: The Symptoms Mistaken for the Flu By the Jase Medical Team The storm has passed, but the power is still out. It's raining, so the generator gets moved a little closer to the house—maybe under the porch or near an open garage. You're...
Why Patients Run Out of Meds
Why Patients Run Out of Meds: Ordinary Disruptions By the Jase Medical Team Most people who unexpectedly lose access to a prescription didn't lose it in a hurricane. A bottle gets left in a hotel room. A suitcase doesn't make the flight. Medication disappears during a...
For Clinicians
For Clinicians | Should You Suck Out Snake Venom?
For Clinicians | Should You Suck Out Snake Venom? The Snakebite Myths Your Patients Still Believe By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Aaron Asay, PA-C, DMSc, FIBODM, FAWM I really love gathering my little boys...
For Clinicians | Oral Rehydration When IV Fluids Aren’t Available
For Clinicians | Oral Rehydration When IV Fluids Aren't Available By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C Hi again, it's Jamie, your pharmacist who loves writing about appropriate medical...
For Clinicians | Pediatric Dosing 101: What Parents Need From You Before They’re Dosing Alone
For Clinicians | Pediatric Dosing 101: What Parents Need From You Before They're Dosing Alone By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Aaron Asay, PA-C, DMSc, FIBODM, FAWM Pharmacy school drills one line into you over...
For Clinicians | What Is Plague? One Bacterium, Three Diseases
For Clinicians | What Is Plague? One Bacterium, Three Diseases By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Aaron Asay, PA-C, DMSc, FIBODM, FAWM Well, the plague is back in the news. Reports out of Russia in early October...
For Clinicians | Medication List Accuracy
For Clinicians | Medication List Accuracy: Nobody Has the Whole Picture Anymore By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C We're closing out National Preparedness Month with the one step that...
For Clinicians | Why Patients Run Out of Medication
For Clinicians | Why Patients Run Out of Medication: The Ordinary Disruptions, Not the Disaster By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C As a pharmacist, I've helped patients keep access to...