Back to school travel safety
It’s hard to believe, but it’s already time to kick off another school year—and time to remind our children how to get to and from school safely. These suggestions, from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, will get your kids off to a great start. Riding the school bus School buses are the safest way […]
Travel tips for diabetics
With a few weeks left in the summer and more people traveling this year than last year, we thought it would be a good time to remind those with diabetes of how to take care and precaution when away from home. Depending on where you are headed, there may be specific vaccines and immunizations that […]
The Art of Compounding
Before prescriptions became mass produced with advanced manufacturing of the 1950s and ‘60s, nearly all medications were compounded by pharmacists. Afterwards, the pharmacist’s role as a preparer of medications quickly changed to that of a dispenser of manufactured dosage forms, and most pharmacists no longer were trained to compound medications. However, the “one-size-fits-all” nature of […]
Arthritis in children
Just like adults, children can get arthritis causing the same pain, swelling, stiffness and loss of motion in the joints. The most common type of juvenile arthritis is idiopathic, meaning the cause is not known. Juvenile arthritis is usually an autoimmune disorder meaning the immune system attacks some of the body’s healthy cells and tissues. […]
New FDA Approvals
Several new drugs have been approved since April of this year including treatments for migraine, liver disease, kidney disease, and those facing opioid withdrawal symptoms. Aimovig (erenumab-aooe) from Amgen has been approved for the preventive treatment of episodic or chronic migraine in adults. Aimovig is supplied as an injection with a recommended dosage of 70 […]