Archive for March, 2010
Bayer Crystals versus Aspirin for Prevention of Heart Attacks
Studies have shown that if a person that is having a heart attack chews a tablet of aspirin 325mg (or 4 tablets of aspirin 81mg), it can limit damage that happens during a heart attack (of course, you still call 9-1-1!). Now there is a new rumor out there on the world wide web about taking [...]
Plan B: Rx Only for Women Under Age 17
Holy geez, guess it’s time for me to light a fire under my butt and get blogging! The good news is I’ve finished up my overnight position and now carry ”normal” daytime working hours. It feels right so far! As a result of some confusion over the wording on the packaging of the various Plan B products, I decided to do this [...]
My HFA Inhaler is Broken!
Patients often bring in their inhalers and state, “This stupid inhaler is broken!” I take a look at it and the funny thing is, I have yet to find an actually broken HFA inhaler. I am sure there are some busted HFA inhalers out there but the real issue here -clogged HFA inhalers! Yes, those [...]
How do I Dispose of Medications?
Patients often ask us, “What do I do with my expired/unneeded drugs?” This is a toughie because most chain pharmacies will not take medications back -even just to dispose of them. So, what do you do? Flush it down the toilet? Throw it in the trash? Keep it in your medicine cabinet indefinitely?! What to [...]
