Pharmacy Technician's Letter Canada

October 2019 Issue

Recent mix-ups will put renewed focus on preventing errors with look-alike/sound-alike med names....

What's new with flu vaccines for 2019-2020? Timing. ...

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

Teamwork is key for good patient care and safety....

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