Assist Your Patients During a Disaster

November 2017

Recent wildfires, hurricanes, and earthquakes have put the spotlight on how you can help your patients weather natural disasters.

Follow your provincial laws, pharmacy policies, and common sense.

Encourage patients to try to have an adequate supply of meds...to avoid scrambling to get their meds filled if a disaster hits.

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Table of Contents

Cholesterol Improve Patient Adherence to Statins
NSAIDs Continue to Limit Celecoxib and Other NSAIDs in High-CV-Risk Patients
Emergency Preparedness Assist Your Patients During a Disaster
Insulin Know How Tresiba Compares to Other Basal Insulins for Type 2 Diabetes
Kidney Disease Explain How to Reduce Itching From Chronic Kidney Disease
Med Administration Don't Be Surprised to See Inhaled Steroids With Sigs to "Swallow"
Pregnancy Help Pregnant Women With Appropriate Opioid Use
Practice Minimize Exposure to Oral Anticancer Drugs in the Community Pharmacy
Interactions Tell Patients to Separate All Oral Meds From Potassium Binders
Antiplatelets Expect Some Stent Patients to Be Switched to Clopidogrel
Practice Explain When Study Results Are Clinically Meaningful to Patients