Pharmacist's Letter Canada

October 2019 Issue

What's new with flu vaccines for 2019-2020? This year's vaccines contain different A strains (H1N1 and H3N2) than last year.....

Efforts will ramp up to stop kids and teens from using e-cigarettes (Juul, Smok, etc)....

You'll face questions about how to manage direct oral anticoagulants (Eliquis, etc) around an elective procedure or surgery....

You'll see more emphasis on using Victoza (liraglutide) to treat type 2 diabetes in children....

Lady with wrist pain

Evenity
romosozumab
A sclerostin inhibitor for treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis in women at high risk for fracture

Onstryv
safinamide
An MAO-B inhibitor add-on therapy for "off" Parkinson's episodes in patients on stable doses of levodopa

Skyrizi
risankizumab
An interleukin-23 antagonist for moderate to severe plaque psoriasis