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How to Document Safety Alerts on Your Medication List: A Practical Guide for Healthcare Teams
Learn how to properly document safety alerts on medication lists to prevent deadly errors. Follow evidence-based steps from ISMP and WHO guidelines to protect patients using high-risk drugs like insulin, opioids, and anticoagulants.
Safe Use of Cough and Cold Products in Kids Under 6: What Parents Need to Know
Cough and cold medicines are unsafe and ineffective for kids under 6. Learn what actually works-like honey, saline drops, and humidifiers-and what to avoid to keep your child safe.
Mycophenolate GI Side Effects: How to Manage Nausea and Diarrhea
Mycophenolate commonly causes nausea and diarrhea, but these side effects can be managed with dose adjustments, timing changes, probiotics, and switching formulations. Learn proven strategies to stay on this critical immunosuppressant without suffering.
Leukemia and Lymphoma: How Targeted and Cellular Therapies Are Changing Survival Rates
Targeted and cellular therapies are transforming leukemia and lymphoma treatment, offering deeper remissions, fewer side effects, and new hope for patients who once had few options. Learn how these breakthroughs work and who benefits most.
State Laws on Generic Drug Substitution: What Pharmacists and Patients Need to Know
State laws on generic drug substitution vary widely across the U.S., affecting how pharmacists switch brand-name drugs for generics. Learn how consent rules, liability protections, and narrow therapeutic index drugs create a patchwork system-and what patients and pharmacists need to know.
Bipolar Disorder: How Mood Stabilizers and Antipsychotics Work and What to Watch For
Learn how mood stabilizers and antipsychotics manage bipolar disorder, their real-world side effects, and how to balance effectiveness with tolerability for long-term stability.
Weight Maintenance: How to Keep Off the Pounds After Losing Them
Most people regain weight after dieting - not because they lack willpower, but because biology fights back. Learn the science-backed habits of those who keep it off for good.
Manufacturing Deficiencies: Common FDA Quality Issues in Pharma and Medical Devices
The FDA is cracking down on manufacturing quality failures in pharma and medical devices. Learn the top 4 issues - aseptic processing, data integrity, material control, and process validation - and why culture is now the biggest red flag.
Blood Thinners and NSAIDs: Why This Combination Can Cause Life-Threatening Bleeding
Combining blood thinners with NSAIDs like ibuprofen or naproxen can cause life-threatening bleeding. Learn why this interaction is so dangerous, which drugs pose the highest risk, and what safer alternatives exist.
How to Tell Food Allergies Apart from Medication Allergies
Learn how to tell the difference between food and medication allergies based on timing, symptoms, immune response, and testing. Misdiagnosis can lead to dangerous outcomes - here’s how to get it right.