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Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 : Issue #1083 DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies
Using Pens - Keep It In and Hold It Down! |
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Letter from the Editor
Is sooner always better? As the years have gone by, many providers have looked to treat pre-diabetes in the same way as diabetes, with the idea of preventing the onset. Food choices and exercise have always been the number 1 choice, but as newer medications come on line and offer additional health benefits, the starting points are changing. This has been dictated by numerous studies and mostly logical thought processes.
This week our University of Colorado intern, Abdullah Al-Ajmi, PharmD Candidate, has an excellent feature to help you make the right decision for each individual patient.
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We can make a difference!
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Dave Joffe
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DISASTERS AVERTED — Near Miss Case Studies |
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| Using Pens - Keep It In and Hold It Down!
Susan received a phone call from her clinician's office recommending that she start using a pen for her insulin. She had also been prescribed a GLP-1 receptor agonist and was to go to the pharmacy to pick them up.
She went and signed up for the long 'discourse' patients receive when they pick up new meds including questions such as whether or not the pharmacist had offered instructions and pages of small print. She, like many of our patients, signed the sheets and went on her own way without ever talking to a pharmacist or asking a question.... |
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