PEBC: Theme of the Week: Unique Pharmacy Numbers
In pharmacy practice, there are certain numbers which are uniquely useful for calculations or oddly specific. Do you know the reason...
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PharmPower
- Jan 17
- 1 min
PEBC: Theme of the Week: Metals for Treatment of Diseases
Metals are interesting elements which occur in nature. While some can cause toxicity, there are metals we can use to treat diseases. ...
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PharmPower
- May 20, 2022
- 2 min
Theme of the Week: When Does 1 Plus 1 Not Equal 2?
Medications often come in many different strengths - most of the time, when one strength is not available, a lower strength can be...
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PharmPower
- May 1, 2022
- 1 min
Theme of the Week: Essential WHO Medications
Have you ever imagined what life would be like if certain medications did not exist? The world would be a different place if not for...
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PharmPower
- Apr 18, 2022
- 1 min
PEBC: Theme of the Week: Chiral Switches
Chiral switches are an interesting part of drug development as this can easily produce two separately marketed products. Chiral switches...
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PharmPower
- Apr 3, 2022
- 1 min
PEBC: Theme of the Week: You Have a Lot of Strength(s)!
Looking at the pharmacy shelves, it becomes clear that there are certain drugs which are available in a wide range of strengths and take...
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PharmPower
- Mar 9, 2022
- 1 min
PEBC: Theme of the Week: To Shake or Not Shake?
During counselling, a very common instruction to give patients is to shake well, especially with suspensions to ensure even drug...
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PharmPower
- Oct 14, 2021
- 1 min
PEBC: Theme of the Week: Marketed Prodrugs and Their Metabolites
Drug manufacturers can use variety of methods to create new yet familiar products to maximize return on investment. Once a drug is...
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PharmPower
- Sep 21, 2021
- 1 min
PEBC: Theme of the Week: Using a Medication for a Different Route [Part 2]
Continuing from Part 1 where we looked at liquid formulations, let's have a look at some more unusual off-label routes of administration....
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PharmPower
- Sep 12, 2021
- 1 min
PEBC: Theme of the Week: Using a Medication for a Different Route [Part 1]
When medications are approved by Health Canada, they are intended for certain approved indications called “on-label” use. However,...
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PharmPower
- Aug 24, 2021
- 1 min
PEBC: Theme of the Week: Stringent Storage Requirements
We have all counselled patients to put certain medications in the fridge to preserve its stability, including vaccines and reconstituted...
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PharmPower
- Aug 1, 2021
- 2 min
PEBC: Theme of the Week: What’s in a Diabetes OTC Section?
It may take a new graduate many years to learn about the countless over-the-counter items that a pharmacy may sell. Specifically, there...
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PharmPower
- Mar 29, 2021
- 1 min
PEBC: Theme of the Week: Notable Drug-Food Interactions
In pharmacy school, we learn all about drug-drug interactions, but drug-food interactions are often missed. Some medications are taken...
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PharmPower
- Mar 1, 2021
- 1 min
Theme of the Week: Frequent Dosing Drugs
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...
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PharmPower
- Feb 5, 2021
- 1 min
PEBC: Theme of the Week: The Most Unusual Pharmacy Fridge Items
Have you ever left an item out at room temperature without realizing it was a fridge item? Aside from the usual injectables including...
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PharmPower
- Jan 8, 2021
- 1 min
Theme of the Week: Large and Small Tablets
If you work in community pharmacy, you may come across hundreds of medications in your day-to-day practice. While tablets can take on...
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PharmPower
- Dec 15, 2020
- 1 min
Theme of the Week: Withdrawn Drugs
Think about this: how often does a medication get withdrawn from the Canadian market? Not often, but when it does, there is a good...
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PharmPower
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
Theme of the Week: Battle of the Longest Half-Lives
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...
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PharmPower
- Nov 1, 2020
- 1 min
Theme of the Week: Ghost Shells
Happy Halloween! Have you heard of the term “ghost shell”? This term refers to medications whose outer tablet shells appear in one’s...
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PharmPower
- Oct 12, 2020
- 1 min
Theme of the Week: Medications with Weird Smells
On a short lighthearted note, this week we’re going to look at medications with unusual smells that patients may notice. Note that this...
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