Pharmacy Technician's Letter Canada

Article: more Rxs for the newer anticoagulant blood thinners...Xarelto (rivaroxaban), Pradaxa (dabigatran), and Eliquis (apixaban) November 2014

Article: Expect Juxtapid Patients to get Vitamin E and Essential Fatty Acid Supplements November 2014

Commentary: Hormonal Contraceptives and Thrombosis Risk October 2014

Patient Education: What I Need to Know About My Heart Stent Meds October 2014

Commentary: Resistant Hypertension October 2014

Article: patients using combos of aspirin PLUS other "antiplatelet" blood thinners (clopidogrel, etc) October 2014

Article: more focus on managing patients with "resistant hypertension" October 2014

Article: whether NuvaRing increases the risk of blood clots October 2014

Article: Xeljanz (ZEL-jans, tofacitinib), a new ORAL tablet for moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis in adults September 2014

Article: whether ADHD stimulants (methylphenidate, etc) increase heart risk in children and adolescents September 2014

Article: managing low potassium levels in patients on diuretics (hydrochlorothiazide, furosemide, etc) September 2014

Article: Patients will ask if they should stop niacin (Niaspan, etc) September 2014

Patient Education: What You Should Know About Niacin for Cholesterol September 2014

Commentary: Do Statins Cause Diabetes? September 2014

Commentary: DMARDs in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis September 2014

Cardiology