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Today's Headlines
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) is cautioning hospital pharmacists and other healthcare professionals about the intravenous cancer medication fluorouracil.
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A new, painless “smart insulin patch” lowered blood glucose in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes for up to 9 hours, according to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Continuing Education
This month’s CE activity is part of a CPE series, Medication Therapy Management for the Patient with Respiratory Disease. From April 2015 through December 2015, pharmacists can earn up to 18 hours of CPE credit with 9 monthly knowledge-based activities from the University of Connecticut School of Pharmacy and Drug Topics.
The goal of this month’s activity is to assist pharmacists in understanding the pathophysiology and pharmacologic treatment of COPD and to discuss how COPD is similar to and different from other chronic respiratory disorders.
To read and print the article with TEST QUESTIONS, click here.
To proceed to the online exams and earn up to 2 CPE credits, click here to log in with the session code 15DT31-KTJ28.
Announcement: The login to the Online CE Center is
https://web2.uconn.edu/pharmacyce/login.php. To review your registration page or to register, go to: https://web2.uconn.edu/pharmacyce/program_register.php. For a full list of courses, go to http://pharmacy.uconn.edu/academics/ce/drug-topics-and-uconn-ce/
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EDITOR'S PICK
Bona E. Benjamin, BS Pharm, director, Medication-Use Quality Improvement and coordinator, Drug Shortages Resources Center for Medication Safety and Quality, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), and the University of Utah Drug Information Service, helps identify the 4 drugs in short supply that are among the most problematic.
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