Pharmacist's Letter Canada

Article: stronger warnings from Health Canada about movement disorders with metoclopramide September 2011

Article: how to use PPIs in patients taking clopidogrel (Plavix) January 2011

Article: new proton pump inhibitor called Dexilant (dexlansoprazole) October 2010

Article: QT prolongation drug interaction alerts May 2010

Article: Should patients stop taking low-dose aspirin after a GI bleed March 2010

Commentary: Using Low-Dose Aspirin After a GI Bleed March 2010

Guideline: International Consensus Recommendations on the Management of Patients with Nonvariceal Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding (2010) March 2010

Article: a specific list of drugs to avoid with Plavix January 2010

Article: whether proton pump inhibitors decrease the efficacy of clopidogrel (Plavix) November 2009

Article: warfarin used in combo with aspirin AND clopidogrel (Plavix) in more cardiac patients September 2009

Guideline: Primary and Secondary Prevention of Coronary Artery Disease (ACCP, 8th edition) September 2009

Guideline: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (ACC/AHA/SCAI, 2007 Update) September 2009

Article: how genetic variations and drug interactions may decrease the efficacy of clopidogrel (Plavix) July 2009

Article: proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) might DECREASE the efficacy of clopidogrel (Plavix) April 2009

Article: which patients on low-dose aspirin should also get a proton pump inhibitor December 2008

Gastroenterology