new efforts to wean patients off benzodiazepines (lorazepam, etc)

August 2014

You'll see new efforts to wean patients off benzodiazepines (lorazepam, etc)...due to increasing concerns about misuse and abuse.

Benzos DOUBLE the risk of car accidents, falls, and hip fractures in seniors...and are among the hardest class of drugs to stop.

The good news is that you and your pharmacy team can make a difference...and help patients successfully taper off these meds.

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Table of Contents

Dosage Forms which tablets, capsules, and patches can be cut or opened
Medication Errors Mixing up letters and numbers can be a big source of med errors
Practice We're seeing reports of meds and other products catching fire
Diuretics a new blood pressure med, Inspra (IN-sprah, eplerenone)
Benzodiazepines new efforts to wean patients off benzodiazepines (lorazepam, etc)
STIs Veregen (VER-ah-jen, sinecatechins) ointment as a new therapy for genital warts
Measles push for measles vaccination due to recent outbreaks
Antifungals Jublia (JOO-blee-uh, efinaconazole), a new Rx topical "onychomycosis" treatment for fungal toenail infections
Pediatrics see more Rxs for quinolone antibiotics (ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, etc) in KIDS
Infections ORAL antibiotics will be used more for bone or joint infections
Practice Pharmacy technicians will help "make or break" pharmacists' new emphasis on providing medication reviews