Pharmacist's Letter Canada

Article: Latuda (lah-TOO-dah, lurasidone) will soon compete in the crowded market of atypical antipsychotics September 2012

Chart: Comparison of Tramadol Products August 2012

PL Voices: Managing Drug Interactions between Warfarin and Antimicrobials August 2012

Article: how to handle alerts for drug interactions between warfarin and many antimicrobials August 2012

Article: Durela (Du-REHL-ah) will compete with other extended-release tramadol products July 2012

Commentary: H2-Blockers in the Elderly July 2012

Commentary: Cipralex (Escitalopram) and Abnormal Heart Rhythms July 2012

Article: Toviaz (TOE-vee-az) will add to the confusion of choosing among the antimuscarinics for overactive bladder July 2012

Article: limiting doses of escitalopram (Cipralex) July 2012

Article: Can all H2-blockers cause confusion in the elderly July 2012

Article: Aggressive management of rheumatoid arthritis often means monitoring multiple meds July 2012

Guideline: 2012 Update of the 2008 American College of Rheumatology Recommendations for the Use of Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs and Biologic Agents in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis July 2012

Guideline: Canadian Rheumatology Association Recommendations for Pharmacological Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Traditional and Biologic Disease-modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (2011) July 2012

Other: Warfarin Dose Calculator June 2012

Article: whether azithromycin (Zithromax, etc) increases the risk of arrhythmias and cardiovascular death June 2012