Medication Management Podcast

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All oral infant (or children under 2) cough and cold preps voluntarily withdrawn from the US market due to "rare patterns of misuse leading to overdose, particularly in infants."

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Thursday, Oct 04, 2007

Gaps in Medicare Part D Coverage Causing Seniors to Stop Meds

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Gaps in Medicare Part D Coverage Causing Seniors to Stop Meds. A report out indicates that when seniors fall into coverage gaps, 15% stop taking anti-cholesterol medication and 28% stop taking their heart medications. The majority do not resume taking these medications once coverage resumes. Strategies must be employed to further reform prescription drug coverage and to provide medication therapy management to prevent long-term complications of drug regimen nonadherence.

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Monday, Sep 24, 2007

High Blood Pressure may be linked to Glaucoma Development

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In a recently published Dutch study, researchers oberseved that those with high blood pressure had a 32% increased risk of developing open-angle glaucoma.

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