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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...
The Drug Interactions You Create in an Emergency
The Drug Interactions You Create in an Emergency By the Jase Medical Team Most of the time, you don't have to think very hard about drug interactions. Your doctor has your medication list. Your pharmacy has it too. When a new prescription comes through, software...
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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...
For Clinicians | Drug Interactions in a Disaster
For Clinicians | Drug Interactions in a Disaster: The Combinations a Bad Week Creates By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C When we think about prescription medicine in a disaster, we most...
For Clinicians | Animal Sting Reactions
For Clinicians | Animal Sting Reactions: Large Local Reaction vs Cellulitis, and When It's Anaphylaxis By Dr. Jamie Wilkey, PharmD, Director of Clinical EducationMedically reviewed and edited by Kristen Carpenter, PA-C This is part two of our Animals + Disaster...