It may take a new graduate many years to learn about the countless over-the-counter items that a pharmacy may sell. Specifically, there...

In pharmacy school, we learn all about drug-drug interactions, but drug-food interactions are often missed. Some medications are taken...

Nobody likes to take many pills, and nobody wants to take a pill more frequently than required. Imagine this: a patient has to take a...

Have you ever left an item out at room temperature without realizing it was a fridge item? Aside from the usual injectables including...

If you work in community pharmacy, you may come across hundreds of medications in your day-to-day practice. While tablets can take on...

Think about this: how often does a medication get withdrawn from the Canadian market? Not often, but when it does, there is a good...

A half life is defined as the time for the medication level to reduce by 50%. Long half lives can be beneficial (less withdrawal, more...

Happy Halloween! Have you heard of the term “ghost shell”? This term refers to medications whose outer tablet shells appear in one’s...

On a short lighthearted note, this week we’re going to look at medications with unusual smells that patients may notice. Note that this...

Medications can be great when they work the way they intend to. However, sometimes you want to stop its action due to excessive adverse...

There are a handful of Schedule II medications which are behind the counter, including iron supplements, lice shampoos and...

While using clinical expertise to determine if a dose is appropriate or not, you may come across some high doses which are perfectly...

Manufacturers employ a variety of techniques to attract customers to buy their over-the-counter products. Without proper knowledge, you...

Have you ever seen two formulations of the same medication prescribed for a patient? Doctors can fine tune medication action by...

Yellow can be a sign of liver issues, especially in the skin or the whites of your eyes. Many medications can change the colour of urine...

Continuing with the colour series, we are going to look at the colours blue and purple. Blue can be an indicator of lack of oxygen or...

When people think of the colour “red”, bad things come to mind, possibly due to an association with blood. For example, blood in stool or...