Take Steps to Help Ensure Safety With Organ Transplant Meds

July 2019

You'll see more focus on immunosuppressant meds (tacrolimus, etc) used after organ transplants...partly due to an updated law.

Nova Scotia now presumes all adults are organ donors unless they opt out...to help increase the number of organ transplants.

More transplant patients will mean more immunosuppressant Rxs...since these meds are key to lowering the risk of organ rejection.

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Table of Contents

Cultural Awareness Don't Let Rxs for Non-English-Speaking Patients Get Lost in Translation
Asthma Expect to See Some "Controller" Inhalers Used PRN for Mild Asthma
Inventory Management Keep Your Inventory Under Control to Prevent Out-of-Stocks
Cardiology Improve Care of Patients With Peripheral Artery Disease
Hemorrhoids Sort Through Treatments for Hemorrhoids
Transplantation Take Steps to Help Ensure Safety With Organ Transplant Meds
Psoriasis Think of Skyrizi as Similar to Stelara or Tremfya for Plaque Psoriasis
Opioids Help Avoid Problems With Injectable Hydromorphone for Opioid Use Disorder
Public Health Recognize Human Trafficking Victims Hidden in Plain Sight
Hepatitis C Look Out for Risky Drug Interactions With Hepatitis C Meds